If you know how to make dumplings for soup, then the question is: “What to cook for lunch?” will never baffle you.
After all, recipes for first courses with dumplings are usually extremely simple. They contain a minimum of inexpensive ingredients. Usually these are vegetables such as onions, carrots and potatoes. These soups often belong to the Belarusian and
Ukrainian cuisine. Let's find out how to cook the most common and nutritious ones. And also about how to make dumplings for soup to your taste: from potatoes, meat, semolina, eggs, flour and even pumpkin. Let's get started on culinary experiments!
How to Make Potato Soup Dumplings
The broth needs to be prepared in advance. Dumplings are usually dipped in an almost ready-made soup. In order for them to cook until cooked, they need very little time. You can, of course, cook them separately in water and arrange them on plates before serving. In this case, the dumplings will keep their shape better, and also will not have time to make the soup muddy. Take 5 medium potatoes, some black pepper, sunflower oil and onions. These ingredients are needed for the filling.
You will need half a bunch of spinach and a glass of flour to prepare green dumplings. And one carrot and the same amount of flour - for orange. Salt and pepper the boiled and crushed potatoes. Add fried onions to it, if desired. Prepare two types of dough - with the addition of carrots and spinach. The latter should be boiled in a small amount of salted water, pour flour into the cooled broth. Grate the carrots, pour half a glass of hot water and add flour. Mix well, cool. Refrigerate both types of dough for an hour. Meanwhile, cook the chicken stock, season it with sauteed onions. Form two types of dumplings from the dough, stuffing them with crushed potatoes. Boil in the broth. Serve hot immediately after cooking.
How to make dumplings for meat and potato soup
Half a kilogram of potatoes need to be boiled directly in the peel and, after peeling, rub through a sieve. 300 g of ground beef need to be boiled or fried. You can also take an equal-weight piece of finished meat and grind it in a blender. Then mix the minced meat with mashed potatoes, add a handful of washed raisins and crushed kernels of ten walnuts. Allow to stand for two hours. And, before you make dumplings for soup from this mixture, you need to add a raw egg to it. Form round balls and dip into the broth twenty minutes before being ready.
Pumpkin Dumplings
You will need one small nutmeg pumpkin. Since dumplings made from flour for soup have a high calorie content, this vegetable option is well suited for dietary nutrition. Cut the pumpkin into slices, bake. Grind in a blender. Add one and a half glasses of rice flour and a pinch of salt to the pumpkin puree. Knead the dough, divide into parts, roll. Cut each part into pieces no thicker than a centimeter. Such dumplings are best boiled in vegetable or mushroom broth. You can serve them separately from the soup, with sauce and herbs.
Good appetite!