How to cook dumplings from radish in an original and delicious way

Dumplings - a hearty dish, the two main components of which are dough and minced meat, came to the territory of the middle part of Russia from Siberia and the Urals, where “ears of dough” based on black or green radish and cabbage are very fond of.

The secrets of dumpling dough

• Fresh. It is made on the basis of flour, water, as well as eggs as desired. It lacks sugar and yeast.
• Cool. When rolling the dough with your hands in a ball, it should not spread, but always be in the form that you gave it.
• It may be colored. How to make it like that? You just need to add a few "secret ingredients".

Dumplings with radish recipes

Delicious dumplings can be made only on the basis of black radish, but you can experiment and add other ingredients, in particular, those that will help children eat healthy vegetables. How to cook dumplings from radish in an original and delicious way?

Classical

Radish is a plant important for promoting health, containing beneficial minerals and vitamins. Radish improves intestinal motility and can often be used as a dish that promotes appetite. Also, the product is dietary, its calorie content is about 30 kcal per 100 grams.

You will need:

• radish, always black - 500 g;
• wheat flour - 500 g;
• boiled water, it should be cooled - 250 ml;
• vegetable oil - 50 ml;
• onions - 2 large;
• egg - 2 pcs.;
• salt, pepper, spices - to taste.

Cooking

1. Sift flour, sprinkle with a little pot, and pour one beaten egg into the recess, then water. Knead the dough, first stirring with a wooden spatula, and then with your hands. Leave the dough for about half an hour.
2. Peel the radish, onions, then chop all the vegetables in a meat grinder. Squeeze the juice to make the minced vegetable a pleasant texture for molding. In addition, with the squeezing of juice from black radish, strong bitterness will disappear.
3. Add another egg and a little sunflower oil to the resulting rare minced meat for flavor and juiciness. Mix everything. Leave the filling in the refrigerator for a while.
4. Roll the dough into a flagellum or sausage, which is cut into equal pieces. Roll out each piece obtained as a result of this action into a circle and put a filling into it, pinch it.
5. Put in boiling water and boil with the addition of salt and pepper for about three minutes after you see that the semi-finished product has surfaced.

With cabbage

Fresh white cabbage contains many useful vitamins and minerals, and its calorie content is only 27 kcal per 100 grams. The combination of products with radish and cabbage gives an original taste that is better not to “overload” with spices.

You will need:

• radish, preferably black - 300 g;
• white cabbage - 300 g;
• wheat flour - 500 g;
• boiled water, it should be ice - 250 ml;
• butter - 60 g;
• onions - 2 medium;
• egg - 2 pcs.;
• salt, pepper, fresh herbs - to taste.

Cooking

1. Sift flour through a colander or sieve, then beat one egg into the flour and pour water until a dough is obtained. Leave for about thirty minutes, covering with a napkin or towel.
2. Peel the onion and radish, then chop and mince the mincer with the cabbage through a small knife. Squeeze out the extra juice and add one egg and the necessary spices. Mix everything. Leave in the fridge for about 8-10 minutes.
3. Roll out the dough into a medium-length tourniquet, which is cut into uniform slices. Roll each slice into a circle and carefully put in it cabbage and rare soft stuffing.
4. Cook the semi-finished product in salt water with pepper.

With fat

Fat as a product containing animal protein, has a wide range of essential amino acids for the human body. Dumplings with radish and bacon - a recipe that will delight everyone who likes a hearty meal.

You will need:

• radish, preferably black - a pound;
• fresh pork lard - 150 g;
• wheat flour - 500 g;
• boiled water, chilled - 250 ml;
• onions - 2 medium;
• egg - 1 pc.;
• salt, pepper, spices - to taste.

Cooking

1. In the flour, previously sifted, beat the egg, lightly beaten with a whisk, and chilled water, knead a cool plastic dough. It should stop sticking to your hands. Then leave the dough for a while.
2. Peel and chop the radish and onion. Pass through the meat grinder all the ingredients, squeeze the juice.
3. Through a meat grinder, it is advisable to use a small knife, skip the bacon and mix it with onion and minced meat.
4. Roll the fresh dough into a uniform plate, and then roll it into a roll and cut with a knife into equal elements. Expand each piece of roll, put a juicy stuffing into it, and then pinch it in your favorite way.
5. Throw in already boiling water and cook for 4-5 minutes after surfacing dumplings with radish on the surface of the pan.

Colored dumplings with radish as in the photo

How to persuade a child to eat a healthy but unloved product? A little trick with color dough will allow not only to feed the child with this dish, but also to participate in its preparation.

You will need:

• radish, you can green - a pound;
• tomato juice or tomato paste diluted with water - 150 ml;
• boiled water, chilled - half a glass;
• wheat flour - 3 cups or about 500 g;
• vegetable or sunflower oil - 50 ml;
• onions - 2 medium;
• egg - 1 pc.;
• salt and spices to taste.

Cooking step by step

1. Pour some water into the pre-sifted flour, but the main body of the liquid will be a red dye - tomato juice or paste. Substitute the dough based on them and leave for a while.
2. Make minced meat with onion from the radish, chop and mince the mincer, squeeze out the extra juice and add the egg. Then mix everything and salt.
3. Roll the dough into a layer, then cut out the fragments using a special curly shape or a glass. Put a radish in each piece of red dough. Blind colored “ears”.

Dumplings dough can be easily made colorful not only with tomato paste. Add a little frozen spinach and get a green color, a little turmeric - yellow. Everyone who loves dumplings will love dumplings with pleasure.

Cooking, as well as eating Ural dumplings with radish is a real pleasure!