Dushbara

Ingredients

for the dough:

3 cups flour

250 ml water

1 egg

Salt to taste

For the filling:

300 g minced meat

200 g onion

Ground black pepper to taste

6 tbsp water

Salt to taste

Dushbara are Azerbaijani dumplings, half the size of regular dumplings. They are cooked in a variety of broths, including meat and chicken.

Chop the onion very finely and mix with the minced meat. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Add water and stir. Sift the flour. Lightly beat the egg with a whisk. Make a well in the center of the flour. Add the egg and salted water. Knead the dough. Wrap in plastic wrap and let rest for 30-40 minutes.

Divide the dough into 4 pieces. Roll each portion of dough into a circle, the thickness of a pelmeni dumpling. Cut each circle into 1 cm wide strips. Dust each strip with flour. Stack three on top of each other and cut into 1 cm x 1 cm squares.

Place the filling in each square and bring the two corners together to form a triangle. After the edge, pinch and join the two ends of the dough together to create a small but very beautiful dushbara dumpling. :)

Do the same with the remaining dough. This will make 300 pelmeni. Place the pelmeni on a floured board and refrigerate. Transfer the frozen pelmeni from the board to a freezer bag and store in the freezer. Use in soups as needed.

Enjoy!