Pelmeni is the most popular everyday dish that can be found on the tables of different nations. In Italy, these are ravioli, in China - gedza, in the Czech Republic - dumplings. Each country has its own culture of making dumplings, which will be of interest to lovers of this dish.
Vareniki
This dish is traditional for the Slavs; it is most widespread in Ukrainian cuisine. The meat used for dumplings is pre-boiled and then finely chopped. For juiciness, onions and fried bacon are often added. You can use potatoes, mushrooms, cabbage, fruits, berries and cottage cheese as a filling for dumplings. A similar dish can be found in Polish cuisine called pierogi ruskie.
Ravioli
A traditional Italian dish, the first mention of which is found in the literature of Italy back in the 13th century. It is believed that ravioli first appeared in Sicily, and got there from China along the Great Silk Road. Meat is the stuffing for Italian dumplings, but you can also find ravioli with vegetables, fruits or cheese. Ravioli can be boiled and fried, in the second case they are served with soup. Boiled ravioli are traditionally accompanied by sauces - mushroom, tomato, cream.
Wontons
A variety of Chinese dumplings are wontons or huntuns. Chicken, shrimp, pork, Chinese cabbage, xianggu or shiitake mushrooms are used as the filling. Sometimes you can find wonotons with fruit filling. Typically, wontons are steamed, fried, or boiled. Large dumplings are served as a separate dish, while small ones are added to the soup.
Manty
A delicious dish that is popular in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan. The filling in manti is usually meat - beef, lamb, horse meat, poultry or goat meat. Often fat tail fat, cow's udder or camel hump are added to manti. Minced meat can be supplemented with vegetables - potatoes, onions, carrots or pumpkin. Manti is usually served with sour cream or tomato sauce with garlic and hot pepper.
Modac
Modak can be found in the Indian state of Maharashtra. These dumplings are made from dough based on rice flour. The filling is brown sugar palm, chopped coconut pulp, cardamom and nuts. Modak are dome-like, fried or steamed and served with hot ghee, ghee. Traditionally, modak is prepared on the day of worship of Ganesha, the god of wisdom and prosperity.
Kimchi mandu
These are Korean spicy dumplings. For frying, mandu is molded in the form of boats, and boiled ones resemble our dumplings - they are round in shape. Minced meat is usually made from beef and pork, with ginger, spicy kimchi and tofu added to it. The vegetarian version uses mushrooms instead of meat, mainly shiitake.
Ban bot lock
These are Vietnamese dumplings, the dough for which is made from tapioca starch. Pork or shrimp is used as a filling, and a ready-made dish with sweet and sour sauce is served.
Ba-wan
This snack is traditional in Taiwan. It is a disk-shaped dumplings with a diameter of 6-8 centimeters. The dough for ba-wan is translucent, and the filling is made from a mixture of pork, shiitake mushrooms and bamboo shoots. A mixture of cornstarch, rice flour and sweet potato starch is used to make the dough. Ba-van is cooked steamed or deep-fried, and served with sweet and sour sauce.
