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Ingredients:

0.5 lb tvorog
2 eggs
1 tbsp sugar
Pinch of salt
Pinch of baking soda
7 tbsp all-purpose flour

Method:

Knead all ingredients together.

This dough is good for small pies cooked in a fryer with a variety of fillings (potato filling, meat, liver, or sweet ones).
Or, you can add more sugar, and just fry small balls.
Or, you can add small cuts of fresh plums, apricots, etc., to the dough, and fry small balls.

Ingredients for 4:

1 lb beef
Spices for beef broth (optional)
1 large shallot onion
1 cup rice

Dressing:
o.25 lb peeled grated walnuts
1 garlic (optional)
1 can peeled diced tomatoes
Adjika (traditional Caucasian spices mix) on taste
Kchmeli-suneli (traditional Georgian spices mix) on taste
Coriander green

Method:

Ingredients:

2 smoked fish
1 shallot onion
1.25 lb sour cream
3 eggs
2 tsp baking powder
1 cup flour
1 cup grated cheese
1 tbsp butter

Method:

Take boneless, skinless fish fillets, cut into medium cuts.
Peel and cut onions thinly.
Whip eggs, sour cream, and salt for 2-3 minutes.
Mix flour and baking powder.
Blend flour and egg-sour cream mix together, to get thin dough.
Let it sit for half hour in a warm place.

Ingredients:

2 medium fish fillets
3 medium boiled potatoes
2 medium beets
1 tbsp lemon juice
3 tbsp crabmeat cuts
Greens, mustard, mayonnaise, salt, pepper

Method:

Thinly slice fish fillets.
Sprinkle with salt, pepper, and lemon juice.
Grease a wide saucepan with butter.
Put slices in the saucepan, cover pan with a lid, and cook until ready on medium heating (12-15 minutes). Cool.
Peel and cut potatoes and beets into small cubes.

Ingredients:

6 tomatoes
3 potatoes
1 shallot onion
¼ lb salt mushrooms
1 cucumber
1 tbsp greens
Spices on taste

Method:

Boil potatoes, cool, peel, and cut into small cubes.
Cut salt mushrooms and onions into small cubes.
Mix potatoes, onions, and mushrooms, add oil, and mix once more.
Slice the cucumber into long thin slices.
Wash tomatoes, cut the upper parts, remove juice and seeds.

Ingredients:

0.5 lb beans
0.5 g water
1 shallot onion
1 garlic head
1 cup peeled walnuts
1 tbsp vegetable oil
Black pepper, red pepper, "kchmeli-suneli" (traditional Georgian spice mix^ Koriander, laurel leaves, karaway seeds, dried basil, onion, garlic) on taste

Method:

Soak ½ lb of dry beans (red or white) for 6-8 hours.
Put in a saucepan, pour 0.5 G water, and boil with low-heating until the beans are ready.
This can take 3 hours. Stir occasionally.

Ingredients for 2:

3 eggs
1 large shallot onion
0.5 lb beef
2 tbsp vegetable oil
½ tsp salt
Pepper, mayonnaise on taste

Method:

Whip 3 eggs with 1/3 tsp salt.
Cook thin crepes from whipped eggs on a preheated skillet.
Roll them tightly and set them aside.
Make a julienne cut of beef, fry it for 3-4 minutes on a pre-heated skillet with vegetable oil, stirring occasionally.
Peel and cut onions into half-rings, fry them on a pre-heated skillet until gold color.

Ingredients:

200 g (1 cup) strong warm tea
8 full tbsp flour
3 tbsp vegetable oil (refined)
100 g (0.25 lb) sugar
3 tbsp thick fruit preserves, preferably sour
1 tsp baking soda + 1 tbsp vinegar, or baking powder
Spices: Vanilla, cinnamon, a little cardamom and ginger
Optional: Raisins, crushed nuts, dried fruits

Method:

Ingredients for 4:

5 large potatoes
2 tbsp all-purpose flour
2 medium shallot onions
Greens, salt, and red pepper on taste
1 tbsp vegetable oil

Method:

Peel onions, cut into small cubes, and fry with oil until gold color.
Boil and peel 2 potatoes, and make puree with them and flour, pepper, and fried onions.
Peel 3 potatoes, grate them, and add to the dough. Continue kneading the dough until even and elastic consistency.

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Ingredients for 4:

2 medium beets
¾ lb sauerkraut
1/3 lb dried whitebaits (young fish)
1 carrot
2 shallot onion
2 tbsp tomato paste
1 tsp sugar
2 tbsp butter