Potatoes are one of the healthiest vegetables. It is rich in vitamins, minerals. In addition, this is a hearty vegetable. No wonder at all times they said that potatoes are the second bread. From it you can cook anything: soups, main dishes, pastries, desserts. Dumplings are especially delicious . There are a lot of recipes . But if the dish is of low calorie content, dumplings with potatoes and onions or mushrooms will be what you need. Their calorie content is about 180 Kcal.
Dumplings with onions
We need: a pound of potatoes, a pair of medium onions, half a glass of milk, salt and pepper to taste, a couple of tablespoons of sunflower oil. This is for the filling. We make the dough from a pair of eggs, a pinch of salt, half a glass of milk and a couple of glasses of flour. If you need lean dumplings with potatoes, then milk must be changed to water.
Cooking Dumplings
First, the dough is prepared. Break eggs into a bowl, salt a little and beat thoroughly, then gradually pour in the milk and beat everything again. If you want to reduce calories, dumplings with potatoes are prepared from dough prepared on water. Then add the flour in portions. Stir and knead the cool dough. Then cover it with plastic wrap, and let it stand, but at this time you need to do the filling.
Wash and peel the potatoes thoroughly. Put in a saucepan with boiling and salted water. To potato was friable and cooked faster, you need to add a tablespoon of any vegetable oil. While it is boiling, wash and peel the onions. Next, finely chop it and lightly fry in butter.
When the potatoes are boiled, drain the water and mash the vegetables. Add warmed milk and mash again, you can use a mixer. Add the fried onions in mashed potatoes and mix. Roll out round dough small cakes from the dough. Put mashed potatoes in the center and slice in a semicircular shape. Dip the dumplings in boiling water and cook for a couple of minutes until they float.
If it is necessary to reduce calorie content, dumplings with potatoes must be sprinkled with olive or other vegetable oil before serving . Calorie content will be around 150 Kcal. And such dumplings will be very tasty with sour cream or melted butter.
Raw Potato Dumplings
Such a dish can be varied. Often, many cook raw mushrooms dumplings with mushrooms. Calorie content will not be high either. The dough is prepared according to the recipe described above. And the filling will be slightly different.
Wash and peel the potatoes. Then you can either grate it on a fine grater, or use a combine and grind it. Add salt, mix and squeeze the juice. Any mushrooms are suitable: it can be any forest or champignon. They need to be finely chopped and lightly stewed with chopped onions. Add vegetable oil to the pan, put mushrooms and onions and stir, simmer for about five minutes. Mix with potatoes and stick dumplings. Boil in boiling water and serve with sour cream or butter.
Dumplings with potatoes and green onions
The dough is prepared in the same way as in the first recipe. Even during the diet I want to please myself with something tasty. This dish has a low calorie content. Dumplings with potatoes and green onions would be ideal for those who follow the fasts.
For the filling you will need: half a kilogram of potatoes, an average bunch of green onions. Cook mashed potatoes (according to the first recipe). Sort green onions, wash and finely chop. Then lightly put out in a pan with any vegetable oil. Salt a little and put in a bowl with mashed potatoes. Mix everything and you can start sculpting dumplings. Their shape may be different. For potato, a medium semicircular is well suited. Boil until cooked and arrange on plates. Serve with sour cream or melted butter.