Ingredients for - Ukrainian steamed dumplings with poppy seeds
How to cook deliciously - Ukrainian steamed dumplings with poppy seeds
1. Stage
These are the products I used for the dumplings.
2. Stage
In a large bowl pour the kefir, add 1 tbsp. sugar and 1 tbsp. salt and baking soda. Stir.
3. Stage
Start adding the sifted flour
4. Stage
First, stir with a spoon while it's still handy.
5. Stage
Then with your hands you knead the soft dough. It will be sticky to your hands - that's how it should be! Let the dough rest in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
6. Stage
In the meantime, let's get to the poppy seeds. Beforehand, we should have poured the poppy seeds with boiling water, stirred/rinsed well, and drained through a fine strainer. Again, pour the poppy seeds with boiling water for at least 2 hours. Then take a mortar and grind the poppy seeds until a little white milk appears (about 10-15 minutes). Add sugar and a couple of spoons of thick jam or honey. Stir. I bought poppy seeds ready to use, so I am going to use them in the filling without adding anything.
7. Stage
We take the dough out of the fridge, tear off a piece of dough the size of a good ping-pong ball.
8. Stage
Knead with your hands into a layer up to 1 cm thick. And put the filling in the middle.
9. Stage
Shackle the dumpling and send it to the steamer...
10. Stage
Spread the dumplings not too close to each other, they will increase in size. Turn on the "Steam" program for 20-25 minutes.
11. Stage
While our dumplings are cooking, we make a sauce: mix milk and cream. We add sugar and vanilla. Leave 0.5 tbsp. of milk to dilute the starch. When the milk comes to a boil, we pour in a thin stream of milk with the starch, stirring constantly. Bring to a thickening and remove from the heat.
12. Stage
That's how we got the dumplings after the beep.