OUR NATIONAL DISH "VARENIKI"

There are some words in all languages that should be left without any translations (even if they exist), and Vareniki is one of them because it's a national dish of my country. It's popular in many cultures connected with Russian history and traditions.

Early they are made by hands, and often the whole family took part in the process.
It was great bonding time!

I remember it from my childhood - my parents and me with my brother gathered together in the kitchen and made Vareniki.....
Sweet memories...
We made many of them! 100-150 pieces!
Then we frozen them and could eat them from time to time for a long time.
They were the best in the world for me!

Now people as a rule don't spend much time on cooking and don't make Vareniki by hands....
It's faster to buy them in any shop.
But it's DIFFERENT. And it will NEVER be the same.
You all know the difference between handmade home food and food from cafes or shops....

I decided to involve my little son into this tradition because he is big enough to make them by hands too.

So we made dough:

• 500g of whole-wheat flour
• 1 egg
• salt
• 3 tb.sp. plant oil
• 200g of hot water

The dough is soft, warm, and it's pleasure to deal with it.
My son got his experience as well:)

We made a thin layer of dough, and then made circles of it.

It would be future Vareniki;)

Now we need to put stewed cabbage into every circle.

Stewed cabbage with carrot and onion had ben already cooked by me before.
But we could put inside anything different as well (for example, cherry or cottage cheese).

When cabbage was inside, we needed just to create that very Vareniki design which makes them popular:)
it looks like this;)

Now we can cook them at once or freeze them.

it's one of my son's favourite dishes, and when it was cooked by his own hands, he loved it even more;)

And the main - he saw the whole process from the very beginning;)

Do you know this dish, guys?
How is it called in your place?