Russia and Ukraine

Oladyi

Name: Oladyi
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Russian
Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups whisked thin, or kefir curd (plain yogurt, natural yoghurt); 1 egg; 2 tbsp sugar; a pinch salt; 1/2 tsp baking soda (bicarb soda, bicarbonate of soda); 1 2/3 cups maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour); Cooking oil (vegetable oil), for shallow frying (about 3 tbsp absorbed); 1/2 cup to serve sour cream; 3 tbsp to serve fruit jam (jam or preserves)

Little puffy pancakes that turn sour milk into a party, served with sour cream and jam.

35 minTime

10 gProtein each

mildSpice

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Grandma's wayThe original. Handle with reverence.

The original

459kcal

10 gprotein

2 gfibre

35minutes

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table. Grandma's way is the starting point the other versions are compared with.

Ingredients

Curd (plain yogurt, natural yoghurt)1¼ cups, whisked thin, or kefir

Egg1

Sugar2 tbsp

Salta pinch

Baking soda (bicarb soda, bicarbonate of soda)½ tsp

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)1⅔ cups

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)for shallow frying (about 3 tbsp absorbed)

Sour cream½ cup, to serve

Fruit jam (jam or preserves)3 tbsp, to serve

Method

5 steps

1Warm the curd gently until just lukewarm, then whisk in the egg, sugar and salt.
2Whisk in the baking soda. Leave 2 minutes, then stir in the maida until you have a thick batter. Rest 10 minutes.
3Heat a thin layer of oil in a heavy pan on medium. Drop heaped tablespoons of batter, spaced apart, without stirring the batter much.
4Fry 2 minutes until the bottom is golden and the tops show bubbles. Flip and fry 1 1/2 minutes more. Drain on kitchen paper.
5Serve warm, piled up, with sour cream and jam.

Serve it like this

Pile the oladyi on a plate with a bowl of sour cream and a small dish of jam alongside for dipping.

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