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Cooking lazy dumplings. Video
If you adore traditional dumplings, but sometimes you simply do not have time to prepare them or do not want to mess with the dough, then lazy dumplings will be an excellent option for you, where instead of dough you will use pita bread.
Cooking lazy dumplings: video recipe
Ingredients for making lazy dumplings
To cook lazy dumplings, you will need: – 3 pita bread; – 500 grams of minced meat (pork or beef); – 2 onions; – 1 sprig of dill, cilantro and parsley; – salt; – ground black pepper; – paprika; – vegetable oil; – 0,5 cups of sour cream; – 0,5 cups of tomato paste.
If you are using minced meat, remove it from the freezer and leave it to defrost. If you want to cook minced meat from a piece of meat, peel it of film and fat, and then grind it with a meat grinder.
Best for minced meat with several types of meat, such as beef and pork
Rinse the onions and herbs with running water. Cut the onions into small cubes or chop in a blender, and disassemble the greens into leaves and finely chop.
Now combine all the listed ingredients, add salt and spices to taste. You will have a great flavorful mince for lazy dumplings.
Now make the lazy dumplings sauce. To do this, in a deep cup, mix sour cream and tomato paste, add salt and spices to taste. Set the sauce aside and start making the lazy dumplings.
If you get too thick sauce, add a little broth or hot water to it and beat thoroughly with a fork.
Unfold the lavash, evenly grease with minced meat, twist into a tube and leave for 5 minutes to soak and soften. After this time, cut the pita bread into small circles – dumplings. Grease a skillet or saucepan with vegetable oil and line the lazy dumplings with the cut side down. Then pour the sour cream-tomato sauce over them, put on medium heat, cover and simmer for 25-35 minutes.
Tips for making lazy dumplings
Firstly, you can add a small amount of garlic to the minced meat for more spice, or mushrooms, cheese and other ingredients, depending on your taste preferences. Secondly, to lazy dumplings you can prepare not only sour cream-tomato sauce, but sour cream – garlic or any other at your discretion. Feel free to experiment to get new flavors. Third, you can make a fry with onions and carrots in which to stew lazy dumplings.