Appetizing dumplings with potatoes, cottage cheese or cherries are loved by many, especially if they are made with their own hands. However, some housewives prefer to buy packaging in the store, although such a product is inferior in taste. The reason is that they just don't know how to make a simple dumpling dough. It's actually easy to knead, especially if you remember a few culinary tricks.
Every guru in the matter of making dumplings has their favorite, proven recipe for making dough. It can be mixed in different ways: with water, kefir, even with whey. Sometimes, just three ingredients are enough for the finished hearty dish to amaze with its excellent taste. Try to reproduce step by step any simple recipe for dumplings once, and you certainly won't want to go to the store for purchased ones.
Culinary Tricks and Secrets
Traditionally, the dough for dumplings is made unleavened, but if berries are used in the filling, you can also sweeten it. The consistency of the "workpiece" for sculpting should be elastic, not sticky to hands, rolling thinly and not too dense. It should not tear during cooking and stirring, or crack in the freezer. If all the details of the kneading are observed, you will get an ideal dough for homemade dumplings to the envy of other housewives:
- it is best to knead the dough in ice water - it does not dry longer, remains elastic when molded, sticks well;
- the dough, consisting of flour, water, salt and eggs, should be moderately elastic, a couple of teaspoons of vegetable oil will make it pliable;
- you need to make a simple dough for dumplings by taking flour milled from durum wheat;
- so that the dough does not stick to your hands, it must be kneaded longer (about 15 minutes), pouring flour in a stream in small portions;
- before sculpting it is necessary to give the dough a "rest" for about an hour, so that later it does not "shrink" in the freezer;
- the layers need to be rolled out with a thickness of about 3 mm - for berries, 1.5 mm - for dry fillings (cottage cheese, mashed potatoes);
- Pour a lot of water into the pan so that the dumplings float freely in it.
Knowing how to make a simple dumpling dough, it is easy to prepare an appetizing dish with any filling.
A simple recipe for dumplings on water
This option with water and an egg will appeal to those who want to make a quick dough that does not boil over and does not break during cooking.
What to prepare:
- 2 cups of flour;
- 1 egg;
- 3/4 cup water (room temperature can be used);
- a pinch of salt.
How to do
- Sift flour on the table with a slide.
- Pour water into the recess in the middle, break an egg there, add salt.
- Knead an elastic dough, give it an oval shape.
- Cover with a sweat or a cloth, leave to "rest" for half an hour.
Kefir dumplings recipe
This simple dumpling dough recipe is perfect for those who dream of making fluffy, elastic "dumplings" with berries, cottage cheese or potatoes.
What to prepare:
- 4 cups flour;
- 230 ml of kefir;
- 2 eggs;
- 10 g of salt.
How to do
- Mix together flour, salt, beaten eggs and kefir.
- Stir with your hands.
- Wait until the dough becomes homogeneous during kneading.
- Form a ball, cover and leave for an hour.
Having tried to knead the dough for dumplings according to these two recipes, you will no longer want to look for others, because the delicacy will turn out to be appetizing, insanely tasty and aromatic.
