Pelmeni are stuffed with minced meat by default. It is believed that if you use other ingredients, then these are no longer pelmeni, but vareniki.
Be that as it may, you need to know what else you can wrap in dumpling dough to make it tasty, filling and healthy.
Here are 5 great ideas.
To do this, mix mushrooms (champignons are easier), spinach, onion and garlic, add spices and salt to taste. Then make dough from flour, eggs and water, roll it out and cut out circles. Put a little filling on each circle and mold dumplings.
For this recipe, you need to cut fresh vegetables (carrots, beets, cabbage) and mix them with herbs and spices. Then you need to make dough, roll it out, cut out circles and put a little filling on each circle. After that, you need to mold dumplings and cook them in boiling water.
Mix cottage cheese, dill, parsley, cilantro, add garlic and spices. Then everything is as usual. Freeze and cook in boiling salted water.
To do this, you need to cut the chicken fillet and champignons, fry them separately in a frying pan, add onions, garlic and spices to taste. Mix the ingredients together, mold the dumplings and start cooking.
Pumpkin and carrots need to be peeled, grated on a fine grater, add a little sugar and cinnamon, mix and bake in the oven until done.
Then mix the pumpkin with carrots, cottage cheese, herbs and egg. Cook in slightly salted water until done.
Bon appetit!