The perfect dumpling dough: what to add to make it successful

Iryna Melnichenko
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Recipe for dumplings
Recipe for dumplings. Source: pexels.com

Dumplings are a delicious, hearty, and easy-to-prepare dish made from dough with meat filling. They can be made from different doughs, and not only meat can be used for the filling.

How to cook delicious homemade dumplings
How to cook delicious homemade dumplings

Cook Olga Matviy shared a recipe for a successful dough for delicious meat-filled dumplings on her YouTube channel.

Delicious dumplings
Delicious dumplings

It is better to make dumpling dough with kefir. It will make it elastic, but not hard!

Raw dumplings for cooking
Raw dumplings for cooking

Ingredients:

  • Flour - 400 - 450 g
  • Egg - 1 pc.
  • Kefir - 200 ml
  • Dill - 30 g
  • Soda - 1 tsp
  • Salt - a pinch

The filling:

  • Onions - 2 pcs.
  • Garlic to taste
  • Minced meat - 400 - 500 g
  • Salt, pepper, paprika, bay leaf - to taste

Method of preparation:

1. For the dough: beat the egg with kefir at room temperature, add baking soda, salt and chopped dill. After 3-4 minutes, add all the flour and knead the dough.

Dough for dumplings

2. Knead the dough for about 5 minutes.

3. Season the minced meat with salt, add the garlic, blended onion and spices.

Minced meat for dumplings

4. Roll out the finished dough into a thin layer, make circles with a glass.

5. Put the filling, fold in half, without pressing the part to the minced meat, and connect the corners.

6. Bring water to a boil and boil the dumplings.

Ready-made dumplings

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