These simple but hearty dishes are easy to diversify by adding your favorite ingredients.
Lazy dumplings with cabbage
Ingredients for the dough:
- 200 g of flour;
- about 80 g of kefir;
- 1 egg;
- 1/2 tsp. soda;
- pinch of salt
For the filling:
- 300 g of fresh cabbage;
- 1 carrot;
- 1 bulb;
- tomato paste or sauce to taste;
- spices (coriander, cloves, cumin if desired);
- salt, pepper - to taste;
- vegetable oil for frying;
- bay leaf, water or broth for cooking;
- greens for serving.
Preparation:
Knead the dough from flour, soda, salt, egg and kefir, leave it at room temperature.
Cut the cabbage, carrots and onions. Fry the vegetables in oil for about 5 minutes, add tomato paste and spices, pour a little water or broth. Simmer until soft, and then cool.
Roll out the dough in a thin layer, spread the filling, roll it into a roll and cut it into pieces.
Put the dumplings in a pan with the rest of the filling, pour hot salted water or broth, add a bay leaf. Cook covered over low heat for about 15 minutes.
When serving, sprinkle with fresh herbs.
Lazy dumplings with potatoes
Ingredients:
- 360 g of peeled and hot boiled potatoes;
- about 75 g of flour;
- 1 egg;
- a bunch of dill or parsley (optional);
- 1 Art. l. butter;
- salt, pepper, nutmeg - to taste;
- flour for shaping;
- water and salt for cooking.
Preparation:
Mash the potatoes and mix with butter, herbs, salt, pepper and nutmeg. Allow to cool.
After adding egg and flour, knead a soft dough.
On a surface sprinkled with flour, form "sausages" from the dough and cut them into pieces.
Boil water in a large pot, add salt. Cook the dumplings in portions, stirring. After boiling, keep on fire for no more than a minute, and then fish them out with a slotted spoon. Bon appetit!