Buckwheat-and-Vegetable Dumplings
You've never had dumplings quite like these — it's time to give them a try! For a lot of people this is a fresh, surprisingly good take on varenyky (Ukrainian filled dumplings). Once they've cooled, reheat them in a skillet, fry up a little onion alongside, and finish with a dollop of sour cream, a splash of soy mayo, some fragrant oil, and fresh herbs. It's a little unusual, but genuinely tasty, and a nice way to shake up a meatless menu. You can also just boil them and drop them into vegetable soups like little "pies." I highly recommend these dumplings.
Cooking method
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Step 1:
For varenyky I like a soft dough made with vegetable oil, salt, and a drop of honey or sugar. Once in a while I make a hot-water dough, but not often.
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Step 2:
Chop the carrot and onion.
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Step 3:
To make the dough, sift the flour. In a measuring cup, stir together the salt, sugar (or honey), water, and vegetable oil, then pour it into a bowl and knead. Work in a little more flour as needed so the dough comes out firm and elastic, but not stiff.
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Step 4:
While the dough rests, cook the buckwheat. Sauté the onion and carrot and season with salt.
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Step 5:
Stir everything together.
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Step 6:
Roll out the dough.
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Step 7:
Spoon on the buckwheat-and-vegetable filling.
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Step 8:
With the vegetables.
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Step 9:
Pinch the dumplings closed.
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Step 10:
The finished buckwheat-and-vegetable dumplings, ready to cook.
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Step 11:
Drop them into boiling water, bring it back to a boil, and cook for 8–10 minutes.
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Step 12:
Serve them however you like.
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Step 13:
With ketchup, tomato sauce, sour cream, braised or fried onions, soy mayo, and so on.
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Step 14:
Enjoy!
Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish
- Onion - 41 kcal/100g
- Carrots - 33 kcal/100g
- Dried carrots - 275 kcal/100g
- Boiled carrots - 25 kcal/100g
- Buckwheat (whole grain) - 335 kcal/100g
- Dark buckwheat flour - 333 kcal/100g
- Light buckwheat flour - 347 kcal/100g
- Boiled buckwheat - 163 kcal/100g
- Buckwheat - 313 kcal/100g
- Whole durum wheat flour fortified - 333 kcal/100g
- Whole durum wheat flour, universal - 364 kcal/100g
- Flour krupchatka - 348 kcal/100g
- Flour - 325 kcal/100g
- Granulated sugar - 398 kcal/100g
- Sugar - 398 kcal/100g
- Vegetable oil - 873 kcal/100g
- Salt - 0 kcal/100g
- Water - 0 kcal/100g
