There are several rules on how to cook dumplings in a pan so that they do not lose their appetizing appearance and juiciness. Interesting recipes will help to prepare a delicious and nutritious dish.

How to cook delicious and proper dumplings in a pan?

The process of cooking dumplings begins with the choice of dishes. A low wide pan is ideal. For 1 kg of semi-finished products, 3 l of water is required. The volume of the dishes should be such that the liquid does not splash out when boiling.

How to cook dumplings according to the classic recipe?

For this you need:

  • 3 l of water;
  • 1 kg of frozen products;
  • 5 g of salt;
  • 4 peas of black pepper;
  • 2 bay leaves;
  • 20 ml of vegetable oil.

Cooking steps.

  1. Salt, bay leaf, peas of pepper, oil are put in a pan with cold water. Heat at maximum heat.
  2. In boiling water, without reducing the flame of the burner, dumplings are lowered (one at a time). This should be done carefully so as not to get burned with boiling water splashes.
  3. For 2-3 minutes, the contents of the pan are mixed so that the dough does not stick to the walls and bottom.
  4. When the water begins to boil, the fire is reduced.
  5. After all the dumplings float to the surface of the water, they are left to cook for 5-7 minutes.
  6. The cooked items are pulled out using a slotted spoon to a dish. Served with sauce to taste.
  7. Boiled dumplings are not left in the water for long: the dough swells and becomes inedible.

Useful advice: to reduce the cooking time, water for ravioli can be boiled in an electric kettle. Ready boiling water should be poured into the pan, and then lower the semi-finished products in it.

When cooking dumplings, you can add other seasonings.

Suitable Ingredients:

  • coriander;
  • nutmeg;
  • ground pepper;
  • mustard seeds;
  • fresh and dried greens.

Cooking on broth

If you want variety in the diet, and there is no time to cook culinary masterpieces, you can make dumplings in vegetable broth. The dish turns out delicious and very satisfying.

Ingredients:

  • 2 l of water;
  • 500 g of frozen convenience foods;
  • 3 potatoes;
  • 1 carrot;
  • 1 onion;
  • 80 ml of vegetable oil;
  • 1 clove of garlic;
  • salt to taste;
  • dried celery root, parsley to taste.

Recipe.

  1. They wash and peel the vegetables. Carrots are chopped on a medium grater, the onion and potatoes are cut into small cubes.
  2. Potatoes are poured into a pot in cold water. Put on the stove.
  3. Chopped onions and carrots are fried in a pan with warmed vegetable oil. The browned vegetables are combined with the garlic clove passed through the press and roasted for another minute.
  4. In boiled water with potatoes add frying, celery, parsley, salt. All boil over low heat under a lid for 15 minutes. Readiness is checked on potatoes: if the cube is easily divided into parts by a fork, the vegetables are cooked.
  5. Frozen dumplings are carefully lowered into the boiling broth, having previously increased the flame of the burner. After surfacing, the dish is cooked for another 6-7 minutes.
  6. Ready broth with dumplings left to infuse for 5 minutes under the lid. Served with sour cream dressing.

How to cook frozen dumplings?

Before cooking, dumplings should not be thawed so that they do not stick together. Semi-finished products will not lose their shape and will not stick to the bottom of the pan if you lower them in salt boiling water and stir occasionally.

To make frozen dumplings dough more tasty, soft, tender, a little secret will help. After the products in the boiled water float, you need to pour 250 ml of cold water into the pan and wait until it boils again. After this, dumplings should be cooked for another 4 minutes.

Tasty recipe: fried dumplings

How long do homemade, dumplings cooked in time?

On average, dumplings after surfacing are cooked for 4-7 minutes.

The readiness of the dish is determined by the softness of the dough. A more accurate duration of the preparation of products depends on their size and composition. Large dumplings can be cooked for up to 12 minutes, small dumplings - 4-5 minutes.

 

Unlike convenience stores, home-made semi-finished products have a denser dough, so you need to cook a little more. After boiling water again, self-prepared dumplings should be cooked for 7-10 minutes.

On the packaging with convenience foods, it is usually indicated how many minutes to cook dumplings in a pan. Cooking after surfacing should take about 5 minutes. Since minced meat in factory products is well salted, you should not add a lot of salt to the water for cooking.

What is the best way to serve a finished dish?

Properly selected sauce complements the taste of ravioli. Sour cream is considered a traditional addition to this dish. It is also served with ketchup, mayonnaise, butter, mustard, adjika. Compound seasonings for dumplings made from vegetables, berries, mushrooms, cheese, herbs, eggs, alcoholic beverages, which are easy to prepare at home, are very popular.

Homemade dumplings with sauce according to the following recipe are very tasty:

  • 200 g of fresh mushrooms and 150 g of onions are cut, fried in a pan;
  • add 0.5 l of meat broth, 20 g of flour, stew for 5 minutes;
  • mixed with 40 ml of sour cream, herbs and spices (to taste);
  • the sauce is served cooled.

It is desirable to cook dumplings so that they are enough for one meal. When stored, this dish loses its visual appeal and palatability.

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