Kolduny is a dish of Belarusian cuisine similar to dumplings and dumplings at the same time. They are flatbreads made of grated potatoes filled with minced meat, which are fried to a golden crust and then stewed in a sauce. Kolduns
are usually served with sour cream or a sauce based on sour cream and fried onions
.
This is a hearty and tasty dish that can be a great choice for lunch or dinner.
Now this dish is served in many establishments in Belarus, as it is considered traditional for this country
Let’s tell you how to make kolduns at home
Ingredients for stuffing:
- Stuffing – 600 g;
- Onion – 1 pc;
- Ground black pepper – a pinch;
- Salt – ⅓ tsp.
Ingredients for the dough:
- Potatoes – 1200 g;
- Onion – 1 pc;
- Egg – 1 pc;
- Flour – 4 tbsp;
- Salt – ½ tsp.
Ingredients for the sauce:
- Mushrooms – 300 g;
- Onion – 1 pc;
- Sour cream – 200 g;
- Water – 200 ml;
- Flour – 1 tbsp;
- Ground black pepper – a pinch;
- Salt – ⅓ tsp.
Cooking kolduns in Belarusian style:
For the stuffing into minced meat through a meat grinder chop onion, mix, salt and pepper. For the dough we grate the peeled potatoes on a small grater
, alternate grating potatoes and onions. Squeeze this mass through gauze from excess liquid. Remove excess juice, leaving only starch, settled on the bottom.
Put the starch to the potato mass, add egg, salt and flour. Knead elastic and slightly sticky dough.
Form the minced meat into small patties, which we wrap in dough cakes. Fry the kolduns on a frying pan in vegetable oil until golden on all sides.
Put the kolduns in a thick-bottomed pan, pour in the oil from the pan and a little water. Bake the kolduns under a lid at 170 degrees for 25 minutes. At
this time prepare the sauce: chop the onion finely, thinly cut mushrooms. First fry the onions in a frying pan, then add the mushrooms.
Pour the fried mushrooms and onions with a mixture of sour cream and water, salt and pepper.
Serve kolduns in Belarusian with this mushroom sauce. It turns out to be a hearty tasty dish of Belarusian cuisine.
