Vareniki with cabbage

Traditional Ukrainian dish - vareniki with cabbage For a long time any vareniki, including those with cabbage filling, are traditionally considered a national dish of Ukrainian cuisine. Remember at least Gogol's Solokha, who knew how to make them. However, initially vareniki with cabbage were called "dush-vara" and were a dish of Turkish cuisine. And the Ukrainians, who liked it, first altered it into vara-niki, and then, gradually, and in the dumplings habitual to our hearing. Previously, dumplings were not the daily food of the Ukrainian peasant, they were prepared to decorate a festive or Sunday table, they were necessarily included in a wedding or memorial meal. Dumplings with cabbage were usually cooked during the fast days of the religious calendar, and at the rest of the day, lard or cracklings were added to the filling. The dough for the preparation of vareniki with cabbage was kneaded not only from wheat, but also from buckwheat, rye flour or from a mixture thereof. It was mixed with egg and serum, then allowed to separate and cut into small pieces, which were then rolled and stuffed. Usually such cakes were made more than dumplings with stuffing, and boiled and served them together.

Traditional Ukrainian dish - vareniki with cabbage For a long time any vareniki, including those with cabbage filling, are traditionally considered a national dish of Ukrainian cuisine. Remember at least Gogol's Solokha, who knew how to make them. However, initially vareniki with cabbage were called "dush-vara" and were a dish of Turkish cuisine. And the Ukrainians, who liked it, first altered it into vara-niki, and then, gradually, and in the dumplings habitual to our hearing. Previously, dumplings were not the daily food of the Ukrainian peasant, they were prepared to decorate a festive or Sunday table, they were necessarily included in a wedding or memorial meal. Dumplings with cabbage were usually cooked during the fast days of the religious calendar, and at the rest of the day, lard or cracklings were added to the filling. The dough for the preparation of vareniki with cabbage was kneaded not only from wheat, but also from buckwheat, rye flour or from a mixture thereof. It was mixed with egg and serum, then allowed to separate and cut into small pieces, which were then rolled and stuffed. Usually such cakes were made more than dumplings with stuffing, and boiled and served them together.

Ingredients:

• Kefir 1 tbsp.
• Wheat flour 5 tbsp.
• Salt 1 tsp.
• Soda 0.5 tsp.
• Cabbage white sour 400 g
• Onions 3 pcs.
• Sunflower refined sunflower oil 3 tbsp. l.
• Pepper black ground 0.5 tsp.

Instructions

• Step 1 To make dumplings with cabbage, you need flour, kefir, sour cabbage, onions, vegetable oil and spices.
• Step 2 For the filling, cut the onions into cubes.
• Step 3 Fry the onion in vegetable oil until golden brown.
• Step 4 Sour the sour cabbage finely, and then let it sit on the vegetable oil.
• Step 5 Mix the cabbage and the third part of the onion, add the pepper to taste and let the filling cool.
• Step 6 Go to the preparation of the dough, mix the salt, soda and kefir (kefir should be at room temperature) and mix thoroughly.
• Step 7 In the yogurt begin to add flour to half the glass and mix.
• Step 8 When the dough begins to thicken, put it on the table to continue the kneading. Sprinkle the surface with flour.
• Step 9 The dough should turn out to be steep, flour comes about 4-5 glasses. If the dough is cut, then it should be uniform, elastic, well behind the hands.
• Step 10 Cut the strip from the dough about 2 cm and cut it into cubes, which are dipped into the flour from the sides of the cut.
• Step 11 Roll out the resulting cubes with a rolling pin.
• Step 12 Put the filling in the center of the circle and tighten the edges tightly.
• Step 13 Varenikov is obtained approximately 20-23 pieces.
• Step 14 Cook vareniki with cabbage from the moment of boiling for 5 minutes in salted water.
• Step 15 Finished vareniki pour the remaining roast. Serve dumplings with cabbage and sour cream.