Ukraine

Syrniki

Name: Syrniki
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Ukrainian
Ingredients: 400 g fresh paneer or chhena finely crumbled (tvorog if you can get it) paneer; 1 egg; 1/2 cup plus extra for dusting maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour); 2 1/2 tbsp sugar; 1/2 tsp vanilla essence (vanilla flavouring, imitation vanilla extract); a pinch salt; 2 tbsp or butter cooking oil (vegetable oil); 1/2 cup to serve sour cream; 2 tbsp to serve fruit jam (jam or preserves)

Cheese pancakes, golden and crisp outside, soft and tangy inside. Eastern Europe's best breakfast secret.

30 minTime

22 gProtein each

mildSpice

Little cheese cakes2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayFresh cheese pancakes with sour cream and jam.

The original

499kcalsame

22 gproteinsame

1 gfibresame

30minutessame

Syrniki, Ukrainian style.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Paneer400 g fresh paneer or chhena, finely crumbled (tvorog if you can get it)

Egg1

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)½ cup, plus extra for dusting

Sugar2½ tbsp

Vanilla essence (vanilla flavouring, imitation vanilla extract)½ tsp

Salta pinch

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)2 tbsp, or butter

Sour cream½ cup, to serve

Fruit jam (jam or preserves)2 tbsp, to serve

Method

5 steps

1Mash the paneer with a fork or press through a sieve until smooth and crumbly with no lumps.
2Mix in the egg, sugar, vanilla, salt and most of the flour to a soft dough.
3Shape into 12 small patties, about 1.5 cm thick, and dust with flour.
4Fry in oil on medium low heat until golden on both sides and cooked through.
5Serve warm with sour cream and jam.

Serve it like this

Stack three syrniki on a warm plate with a dollop of sour cream and a spoon of jam, and dust with powdered sugar.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Ukraine

Syrniki

Cheese pancakes, golden and crisp outside, soft and tangy inside. Eastern Europe's best breakfast secret.

30 minTime

22 gProtein each

mildSpice

Little cheese cakes2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayFresh cheese pancakes with sour cream and jam.

The original

499kcalsame

22 gproteinsame

1 gfibresame

30minutessame

Syrniki, Ukrainian style.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Paneer400 g fresh paneer or chhena, finely crumbled (tvorog if you can get it)

Egg1

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)½ cup, plus extra for dusting

Sugar2½ tbsp

Vanilla essence (vanilla flavouring, imitation vanilla extract)½ tsp

Salta pinch

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)2 tbsp, or butter

Sour cream½ cup, to serve

Fruit jam (jam or preserves)2 tbsp, to serve

Method

5 steps

1Mash the paneer with a fork or press through a sieve until smooth and crumbly with no lumps.
2Mix in the egg, sugar, vanilla, salt and most of the flour to a soft dough.
3Shape into 12 small patties, about 1.5 cm thick, and dust with flour.
4Fry in oil on medium low heat until golden on both sides and cooked through.
5Serve warm with sour cream and jam.

Serve it like this

Stack three syrniki on a warm plate with a dollop of sour cream and a spoon of jam, and dust with powdered sugar.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Syrniki

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

Syrniki

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

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