Who does not like dumplings ?! Famous treats from childhood are listed in the list of favorites of many housewives. True, not everyone manages to get really tender, pleasant, amazingly tasty food. The whole secret of the presented dish lies in creating the right basis for it, and therefore you should learn how to cook the perfect dough for dumplings with potatoes. This will help a few popular recipes.

Universal dough for dumplings with potatoes

Everyone can fulfill the basic recipe for an elastic base for home-made dumplings if they are patient and will exactly follow the recommendations made.

Essential Ingredients:

  • flour - 3 tbsp .;
  • water / milk - 1 tbsp .;
  • egg - 1 pc.;
  • vegetable oil - 1 tbsp. l .;
  • salt is a pinch.

Work Stages:

  1. Sift the flour on the table, give it time to warm up.
  2. Beat the egg with a pinch of salt with a fork or whisk.
  3. Add the bulk product in parts, then pour in the vegetable oil.
  4. Pour in drinking water or milk and begin to quickly knead the dough with a spatula. Do not worry, it will not be liquid or sticky.
  5. We continue to work until all lumps disappear.
  6. We decorate the ball, leave it to rest for 10 minutes.
  7. After we divide the dough into several pieces, roll out each part in the formation water, squeeze out round blanks with a cup and proceed to sculpting the dumplings from the potato filling.

Advice! If part of the test remains, freeze it mono to use if necessary.

Cooking in a custard way

Choux pastry is no worse for dumplings than its classic counterpart. This base makes the potato treat much softer and more tender.

Structure:

  • flour - 2 tbsp .;
  • vegetable oil - 2 tbsp. l .;
  • boiling water - 200 ml;
  • salt is a pinch.

Work Stages:

  1. Sift flour, combine with salt, collect in the form of a slide. We make a small depression in it, pour in vegetable oil first, and then boiling water.
  2. Using a spatula, we begin to knead the dough very quickly.
  3. When the composition cools down a bit, continue to work with your hands. In the process of kneading, you do not need to add flour - the dough turns out to be plastic and very soft to the touch.
  4. We roll it out with a thin layer, cut out circles of the desired size.
  5. We make dumplings with potato and onion filling, then we cook the products for a couple.

How to make kefir

The dough for dumplings on kefir makes it possible to cook very tender and lush products. True, it is advisable to cook them not in water, but in a double boiler. You have to work hard, but the result is worth it.

 

Essential Ingredients:

  • flour - 550 g;
  • kefir - 320 ml;
  • egg - 1 pc.;
  • soda - 1 tsp;
  • salt - 1 tsp.

Work Stages:

  1. Beat the egg with a fork along with salt. When the composition becomes homogeneous, combine it with a little warmed kefir.
  2. Sift flour with soda.
  3. We make a small hole in the resulting hill, pour the kefir-egg mixture into it.
  4. We begin to quickly knead the dough directly on the table. If necessary, you can add a little more flour.
  5. The resulting mass should not stick to the hands, but be soft and elastic.
  6. We roll the dough into a ball, set aside for 15 minutes to swell, then divide it into separate elements and sculpt dumplings in the usual way.

Yeast dough

Want to get a very magnificent, soft and malleable dough? Make it yeast according to the simplest recipe.

Structure:

  • flour - 400 g;
  • warm water - 1 tbsp .;
  • kefir - 100 ml;
  • dry (fast) yeast - 1 tsp. with a slide;
  • sugar - 1 tbsp. l .;
  • salt - 1 tsp;
  • olive oil - 15 ml.

Work Stages:

  1. First make a dough. Soluble in warm water, sugar, yeast and a whisper of salt. Add the warmed kefir.
  2. Pour a little flour to make the resulting composition look like liquid sour cream. We put the dough in a warm place to approach.
  3. At this time, sift the remaining flour, combine it with a suitable base and vegetable oil. Knead the soft dough. Leave it warm for the final "ripening". We crumple the raised mass several times.
  4. Roll out a blank 1 cm thick, squeeze the same circles and go on to the molding of dumplings.
  5. It is best to steam such a treat so that the result is even more tender and softer.

Important! To make the test work faster, it is better to use dry yeast. With a wet component, the result will be better, but it will take more time.

Lean base for dumplings with potatoes

Thanks to the Lenten basis, you can continue to enjoy your favorite dumplings throughout the post, even if it is strict. The main thing is to use a suitable dough recipe for dumplings.

Structure:

  • flour - 500 g;
  • water - 260 ml;
  • vegetable oil - 15 ml;
  • salt is a small pinch.

Work Stages:

  1. Sift wheat or any other flour. Combine the ingredient with salt. Add vegetable oil and slightly warmed water.
  2. Knead not too cool dough. If you need more flour during the work, use an additional approximately 100 g of the indicated component.
  3. Cover the resulting mass with a towel, leave to “rest” for 40-60 minutes (at this time you can just do the filling for the dumplings).
  4. After that, you just have to roll out the dough, arrange the circles, fill them with delicious filling, carefully fix the edges. Boil in slightly salted drinking water.

Important! According to this recipe, a very elastic dough is obtained that does not tear and does not fall apart during the cooking process. Therefore, dumplings from such a base can be safely prepared in a liquid composition.

Recipe for milk

According to experienced chefs, the most delicious dumpling for dumplings is obtained exclusively on milk. Dumplings from such a product are extremely delicate and very pleasant to taste.

 

Essential Ingredients:

  • milk at room temperature - 210 ml;
  • flour - 4 tbsp .;
  • egg - 1 pc.;
  • vegetable oil - 1 tbsp. l .;
  • salt - ½ tsp

Work Stages:

  1. Sift half the specified amount of flour into a deep bowl. We make a small depression in the formed hill, put an egg there, a pinch of salt, then pour in the milk.
  2. We begin to gently knead the dough using a spoon. Add the remaining flour periodically, continuing to combine the components. When the mass becomes elastic, go to work with your hands until the product reaches the required elasticity.
  3. Add vegetable oil, continue the process for a few more minutes.
  4. Cover the base for dumplings with a towel, leave for 30 minutes.
  5. After that, it is only necessary to divide and roll out the dough into small, round and not quite thin cakes.

Make dumplings with potato filling, cook tasty treats, serve hot with homemade sour cream.

Serum Option

So that dumplings do not boil during cooking and heat treatment, while they are no less tasty than milk or kefir, you should prepare a dough on whey.

Required Components:

  • flour - 3.5 tbsp .;
  • water - 50 ml;
  • serum - 220 ml;
  • soda - ½ tsp;
  • salt - ½ tsp

Work Stages:

  1. In a spacious bowl, combine slightly warmed fermented milk product with ordinary water (preferably boiled and cooled beforehand).
  2. Sift flour, add salt and soda.
  3. Pour in a thin stream of serum, while mixing the composition with a spoon. When the base becomes too thick, continue the process with your hands. We arrange a batch of elastic and soft dough, we work for at least 5 minutes.
  4. Leave the dough to rest for 30 minutes, and then use it to create potato dumplings.

If you know how to cook dough for dumplings, and even know how to do it in a variety of ways, you can get your favorite treat with potato and others, including sweet fillings.