Steamed Kefir Dumplings with Cottage Cheese Filling

The cooking process is as simple as two! Steamed dumplings with a juicy filling of tender cottage cheese are an excellent afternoon snack or dinner for both children and adults. A small amount of dough and filling can feed a large family.
cook time: 45 min
Ruby Colston
Steamed Kefir Dumplings with Cottage Cheese Filling

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

228
Calories
4g
Fat
33g
Carbs
10g
Protein

Ingredients (6 portions)

Dough:

Wheat flour 400 g
Kefir 250 ml
Egg yolks 1 pc
Soda 0.5 tsp
Salt 1 g

Filling:

Cottage cheese 250 g
Sugar 2 tbsp
Egg yolks 1 pc
Vanilla sugar 1 tsp

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to make steamed dumplings? You can start cooking with either the dough or the filling, it doesn’t matter. Letʼs start with the test. Prepare the necessary ingredients. Take kefir with a fat content of 2.5% or higher. It should be at room temperature, so take it out of the refrigerator in advance.

Step 2

Step 2
Sift the flour into a bowl.

Step 3

Step 3
Make a depression in it and pour room temperature kefir, yolk, salt and soda into it.

Step 4

Step 4
Knead into a soft, slightly sticky dough, adding a little more flour if necessary. You can knead by hand or using a special kitchen machine. Cover the finished dough with a towel to prevent it from airing.

Step 5

Step 5
Now letʼs prepare the filling. It is better to take cottage cheese that is not dry, without hard grains with a fat content of 5% or more. The fattier the cottage cheese, the juicier and tastier the filling will be.

Step 6

Step 6
Mix cottage cheese with yolk, sugar and vanilla sugar and stir, breaking up large lumps.

Step 7

Step 7
If the curd mass turns out to be liquid, add 1 tbsp. l. semolina and leave for 10 minutes.

Step 8

Step 8
On a floured board, roll out the dough into a sausage shape and divide into 12-14 equal parts.

Step 9

Step 9
Roll each part into a small and not very thin circle. If you roll it out too thin, the dough is likely to tear even at the stage of pinching the dumplings. Place 1 tbsp on a circle of dough. l. filling and carefully pinch the edges.

Step 10

Step 10
Form all other dumplings in the same way.

Step 11

Step 11
Fill the pan a quarter full with water and place a steaming dish with holes on top. If you have a slow cooker or a double boiler, then it’s better to cook in them, of course. And if there is none of the above, it’s also not a problem. You can cook the dumplings the old fashioned way in a colander, a sieve, or even stretch gauze folded in 3-4 layers over the pan and cook the dumplings in it.

Step 12

Step 12
When the water boils, grease the pan with vegetable oil and place several dumplings at a distance from each other, as they will greatly increase in size.

Step 13

Step 13
Cook the dumplings for 5-7 minutes covered or a little longer depending on the thickness of the dough.

Step 14

Step 14
Place the finished dumplings in a bowl with butter and stir. Boil the remaining batches of dumplings, each time greasing the mold with vegetable oil, and stirring the finished dumplings with butter so that they do not stick together. Bon appetit!

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