One of the most beloved dishes of many people is dumplings. And it’s not strange, because it’s not only nutritious, but also very tasty food. Therefore, no one can deny the pleasure of trying them, even despite the high calorie content. There are a lot of varieties of dumplings. Any store boasts a huge selection of this product. But home-made dumplings, the recipe of which has been passed on from generation to generation, will always be valued higher than purchased ones.
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In our country, dumplings are very popular. And not only in ours. Almost every nation has a national dish, very similar in recipe to dumplings. What’s the funniest: in every country they believe that they have had such a dish.
They love dumplings in the West. For example, in Italy. Only there they are called ravioli. There are homemade dumplings, the recipe of which in each part of the country will be different. But the best is the one in which the filling consists of minced chicken, parmesan and spinach.
For example, in China, dumplings have been around for a very long time. Only there they are more like pies. This dish is cooked only for a couple and add toppings such as finely chopped zucchini, lettuce. The Chinese almost never use just minced meat, most often they combine it with onions, mushrooms and shrimp.
In Russia, there are a huge number of different options for cooking dumplings. The easiest way to cook homemade dumplings, the recipe of which will be given below.
Students and seniors love dumplings.
In a special study, it was revealed that dumplings are most in demand among middle-income buyers. The biggest lovers of dumplings were pensioners and students.
For students, this dish is generally salvation. Indeed, most often young people prefer not to cook any complicated dishes, and often they don’t have time for this. Therefore, the easiest way is to go to the supermarket and choose dumplings that are most to your liking.
For retirees, on the contrary, often enough time. But at the same time, they also do not want to trouble themselves and sculpt dumplings manually. Following the examples of students, they also acquire purchased dumplings. And in vain. After all, how nice it would be for their children and grandchildren to eat this dish, prepared by caring grandmother's hands. The taste of dumplings has a wonderful property to return us to childhood.
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Homemade dumplings. Recipe
First you should take flour, eggs, salt and knead the dough. It must be cool. Using a glass, cut out circles of 5 centimeters in diameter from the dough. Put the filling on each circle in the middle and cover the edges of the dumplings.
For the filling, it is better to take pork (you can beef, or both, in equal parts) and onions. All this scroll in a meat grinder. In the resulting mince, you need to add a little water, salt and pepper.
We lay out the filling on the center of the circles and fasten the edges. It remains only to send dumplings to boiling water and you can enjoy it.
Siberian dumplings. Recipe
Water for kneading dough should be cold. The dough itself is kneaded very steeply, thinly rolled and circles are cut out with a glass. Thus, the dumplings will turn out small.
For minced meat and meat are chopped, you can add a little water (so the minced meat will be juicier), salt and pepper. Then the dumplings are molded and boiled in salt water until they float to the surface. Everything is extremely simple!
Dumplings with mushrooms. Recipe
First you need to boil fresh mushrooms in salt water, finely chop and fry with onions in a pan. Then flour and butter are added to it. It is still fried. In parallel, you need to boil the eggs, cut them, add to the pan and mix everything well. For the test is taken: eggs, salt, half a glass of cold water and flour. From the resulting dough, cut a glass of mug, spread the cooked filling on them and fasten the edges. Dumplings are ready. It remains only to boil them