3 recipes for dumplings with potatoes and additional ingredients

Dumplings created using dumplings are obtained not only quickly, but also beautifully, since all of them have the same shape at the output. But which dumpling is better - manual or electric? It all depends on your preferences.

Pros of manual dumplings

Hand dumplings can be plastic or made of metal, usually aluminum.

• Practicality. The plastic mold can be washed in the dishwasher, and its rubberized legs prevent slipping on the surface of the table. As practice shows, metal dumplings contribute to ease in the cooking process, as the dough is well separated from the aluminum surface.
• Convenience. The manual unit is very convenient to use due to its standard round shape, since it is easier for inexperienced housewives to roll round than a square layer of dough.
• Price. Another plus is its cost, which is very affordable!

3 recipes for dumplings with potatoes

The recipe for dumplings with potatoes can be supplemented with mushrooms, onions, as well as minced meat and pork lard.

With raw potatoes

It is well known that potatoes have high taste and nutritional qualities. Due to the content of a significant amount of potassium in its composition, potato helps to remove salt from the body, which improves metabolism. Dumplings with raw potatoes - an affordable recipe that can be prepared on a weekday.

You will need:

• raw potatoes, medium tubers - 6 pcs.;
• wheat flour - 2 cups;
• boiled water, pre-chilled - 1 cup;
• eggs - 2 pcs.;
• onions - 5 pcs.;
• vegetable or olive oil - 3 tablespoons;
• salt, ground black pepper and peas - to taste.

Cooking

1. Knead dough based on water and eggs added to pre-sifted flour. Mix thoroughly and pour in a little oil to create a malleable sculpting material. Leave it to rest for a short time (20-30 minutes).
2. Peel potatoes and onions, rinse and chop in a blender or meat grinder. Squeeze the juice, you get raw potato and onion forcemeat. Add spices to it as desired.
3. Roll out the dough, put a thin layer on the dumplings, then sort the potatoes with onions into the cells, roll another thin layer of dough on top. Roll from above with a rolling pin and take out mini pies with potatoes from the mold.
4. Boil in water with bay leaf, pepper and salt for about 5-7 minutes. All is ready!
5. Part of the dumplings can be stored in the freezer for up to three to four months and cooked as desired.

With mushrooms

A wide range of useful properties of mushrooms - there are both the amino acids necessary for the body and minerals that practically do not disappear as a result of drying or freezing. In addition, the lecithin contained in the mushrooms prevents the accumulation of cholesterol. How to cook dumplings with potatoes and mushrooms?

You will need:

• wheat flour - 2 cups;
• egg - 1 pc.;
• chilled boiled water - 200 ml;
• onions - 1 large;
• fresh mushrooms, can be frozen - 400 g;
• raw potatoes, medium tubers - 5 pcs.;
• butter - 50 g;
• vegetable or olive oil - 2 tablespoons;
• salt, garlic, ground black pepper and peas - to taste.

Cooking

1. Knead dumplings made from flour, water and one egg, add a little oil, leave it for half an hour.
2. Peel the potatoes, grate on a coarse grater.
3. If the mushrooms are frozen, first defrost them, drain the water and then finely chop. Peel and chop the onion.
4. Stir the filling of potatoes, onions and chopped mushrooms, add a little butter, garlic, spices.
5. Roll out the rested dough, put the layer on the dumplings, spread out the filling, roll up the second layer on top. Take out of the mold. Cook dumplings with minced meat and potatoes in salted water with bay leaves and peas.

With fat

Fat contains important arachidonic acid, which is responsible for the normal functioning of the human cardiovascular and hormonal systems. Dumplings with potatoes and lard - an original recipe, which results in dumplings with a filling similar to butterflies.

You will need:

• wheat flour - 2 cups;
• chilled boiled water - 1 cup;
• onions - 1 pc.;
• raw potatoes - 8 pcs.;
• fresh lard - 150 g;
• vegetable or olive oil - 2 tablespoons;
• butter - to taste and desire;
• salt, garlic, ground black pepper and peas - to taste.

Cooking

1. Form the dough on the basis of sifted wheat flour and boiled water, add a little salt and sunflower (olive) oil. Leave to let him get there.
2. Peel the raw potatoes, then pass them through a meat grinder along with lard and peeled onions. Squeeze the juice, getting a thick potato and onion forcemeat with lard. Add squeezed garlic, ground pepper.
3. Put a teaspoon in the cells of the dumplings, covered with dough, prepared minced meat with bacon, roll on top with a second layer of dough. Cook the dumplings for about 5-7 minutes, also with spices.

Salo can be replaced with minced meat, then you get dumplings with minced meat and potatoes. Dumplings with lard are best served with butter, sprinkled with fresh herbs: onions, garlic, dill.

A recipe for potato dumplings with the addition of lard, fresh or frozen mushrooms will help to quickly satisfy your hunger at any time of the day. Enjoy your meal!