Dumplings - this is the most popular everyday dish that can be found on tables of different nations. In Italy it is ravioli, in China - gedza, in the Czech Republic - dumplings. Each country has its own culture of cooking dumplings, which will be interesting to lovers of this dish.
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Vareniki
This dish is traditional for the Slavs; it is most widely used in Ukrainian cuisine. The meat used for dumplings is pre-cooked and then finely chopped. For juiciness, onions and fried lard are often added. As a filling for dumplings, you can use potatoes, mushrooms, cabbage, fruits, berries and cottage cheese. A similar dish can be found in Polish cuisine called pierogi ruskie.
Ravioli
A traditional Italian dish, the first mention of which is found in Italian literature in the XIII century. It is believed that ravioli first appeared in Sicily, and they got there from China along the Silk Road. The filling for Italian dumplings is meat, but you can find ravioli with vegetables, fruits or cheese. Ravioli can be boiled and fried, in the second case they are served with soup. Boiled ravioli is traditionally accompanied by sauces - mushroom, tomato, cream.
Wontons
A variety of Chinese dumplings are wonton or huntun. As the filling, chicken, shrimp, pork, Chinese cabbage, syungu or shiitake mushrooms are used. Sometimes you can find odors with fruit filling. As a rule, wontons are steamed, fried or boiled. Large dumplings are served as an independent dish, and small are added to the soup.
Manti
A delicious dish that is popular in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan. The filling in manti is usually meat - beef, lamb, horse meat, poultry or goat. Often mantle fat, cow udders or camel humps are added to manti. Minced vegetables can be supplemented with vegetables - potatoes, onions, carrots or pumpkin. Manti is usually served with sour cream or with tomato sauce with garlic and hot pepper.
Modak
Modak can be found in the Indian state of Maharashtra. These dumplings are made from dough, which is based on rice flour. As the filling, unrefined palm sugar, chopped coconut flesh, cardamom and nuts are used. Modak are similar to domes, they are fried or steamed, and served with hot ghee - ghee. Traditionally, a modak is prepared on the day of worship of Ganesha, the god of wisdom and prosperity.
Kimchi mandu
These are Korean spicy dumplings. For frying, the manda are molded in the form of boats, and the boiled ones resemble our dumplings - they are round in shape. Stuffing is usually made from beef and pork, and ginger, spicy kimchi and tofu are added to it. In the vegetarian version, mushrooms are used instead of meat, mainly shiitake.
Ban bot lock
These are Vietnamese dumplings, the dough for which is made from tapioca starch. As a filling, pork or shrimp is used, and a finished dish with sweet and sour sauce is served.