How to make the perfect dough for dumplings: 2 options

There are few people who don't like dumplings with meat filling and tender dough with butter. But it often happens that you can't make a really good dish as the dough sticks together, falls apart, or is just rubbery. It's all about the right ratio of ingredients.

Today, FoodOboz editorial team shares options for making the perfect dough for homemade dumplings.

Dough for water-based dumplings

Ingredients:

• eggs - 1 pc
• oil - 3 tbsp
• salt - ½ teaspoon
• flour - 3 cups
• water - 200 ml

Method of preparation:

1. Beat the egg with oil and salt with a whisk.
2. Pour the mixture into the flour and mix.
3. Add boiling water and knead a smooth, homogeneous dough.
4. Cover with foil or a towel and leave for 15 minutes.

Colored dumplings with sour cream

There are many useful natural coloring agents that can be used to make colored dough:

• green - frozen spinach

Squeeze the juice out of it. Use the liquid for the dough.

• yellow - turmeric
• red - tomato juice

Ingredients:

• flour - 250-300 g
• selected natural color dye
• water or milk - 100 ml
• egg - 1 pc
• sour cream -1 tbsp
• salt -1 pinch
• vegetable oil - 1 tsp

Method of preparation

1. Add sour cream and half of the egg, previously stirred in a cup, to the dye.
2. Mix everything.
3. Add flour and salt.
4. Grease your hands with vegetable oil and knead the dough.
5. Leave the dough for a while to make it elastic.

Dumplings that conquered TikTok

Fried dumplings have become a real trend on social media. Famous culinary blogger Vasyl shared the recipe on TikTok

Ingredients:

• dumplings
• spices
• sour cream
• cheese

Method of preparation:

1. Heat a frying pan.
2. Add dumplings and fry until golden brown.
3. Add spices and sour cream and simmer for a few minutes.
4. Sprinkle with grated cheese.