Steamed dumplings on kefir with cottage cheese

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 45 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make steamed dumplings? You can start cooking with either the dough or the filling, it doesn’t matter. Let’s start with the dough. Prepare the necessary ingredients. Take kefir with a fat content of 2.5% or higher. It should be at room temperature, so take it out of the refrigerator in advance.

2. STEP 2

   

   Sift the flour into a bowl.

3. STEP 3

   

   Make a depression in it and pour room temperature kefir, yolk, salt and soda into it.

4. STEP 4

   

   Knead into a soft, slightly sticky dough, adding a little more flour if necessary. You can knead by hand or using a special kitchen machine. Cover the finished dough with a towel to prevent it from airing.

5. STEP 5

   

   Now let's prepare the filling. It is better to take cottage cheese that is not dry, without hard grains with a fat content of 5% or more. The fattier the cottage cheese, the juicier and tastier the filling will be.

6. STEP 6

   

   Mix cottage cheese with yolk, sugar and vanilla sugar and mix, breaking up large lumps.

7. STEP 7

   

   If the curd mass turns out to be liquid, add 1 tbsp. l. semolina and leave for 10 minutes.

8. STEP 8

   

   On a floured board, roll out the dough into a sausage shape and divide into 12-14 equal parts.

9. STEP 9

   

   Roll each part into a small and not very thin circle. If you roll it out too thin, the dough is likely to tear even at the stage of pinching the dumplings. Place 1 tbsp on a circle of dough. l. filling and carefully pinch the edges.

10. STEP 10

    

    Form all other dumplings in the same way.

11. STEP 11

    

    Fill the pan a quarter full with water and place a steaming dish with holes on top. If you have a slow cooker or a double boiler, then it’s better to cook in them, of course. And if there is none of the above, it’s also not a problem. You can cook the dumplings the old fashioned way in a colander, a sieve, or even stretch gauze folded in 3-4 layers over the pan and cook the dumplings in it.

12. STEP 12

    

    When the water boils, grease the pan with vegetable oil and place several dumplings at a distance from each other, as they will greatly increase in size.

13. STEP 13

    

    Cook the dumplings for 5-7 minutes covered or a little longer depending on the thickness of the dough.

14. STEP 14

    

    Place the finished dumplings in a bowl with butter and stir. Boil the remaining batches of dumplings, each time greasing the mold with vegetable oil, and stirring the finished dumplings with butter so as not to stick together. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Best

01.08.2023

4.5

A very necessary and healthy recipe! Thank you! Instead, my way...

Daria ☼

01.08.2023

5

Steamed dumplings on kefir with cottage cheese - healthy and tasty for children and adults! I really like to pamper my family with dishes with cottage cheese - both tasty and healthy! And steamed dumplings don’t spread apart. Soft, airy - melt in your mouth! Thanks for the recipe!

Elena Sharikova

01.08.2023

4.5

The dumplings turned out to be very tasty! I made some with cottage cheese and some with fried cabbage. The dough is made from fermented baked milk, so it is beige in color. I liked everything! My daughter and I decided that next time we would try to make it with berries. And with potatoes too. In general, I don’t want to eat dumplings made from traditional dough anymore. )))