Khinkali at home - 8 step-by-step recipes

An appetizing and hearty Georgian dish with a lot of meat and aromatic broth inside. This is a kind of oriental interpretation of Russian dumplings. In the article you will find 8 different recipes for making khinkali at home.

Classic khinkali in Georgian at home

The classic recipe for the famous Georgian khinkali. This dish will warm, saturate and give strength for the whole day, it can be served for lunch or dinner.

Cooking time: 90 minutes

Cooking time: 60 minutes

Servings: 8-12.

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  First you need to knead the dough. Pour 500 milliliters of boiling water into a bowl.
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  Add a teaspoon of salt and vegetable oil, stir.
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  After that, add the sifted flour in portions. Begin to stir the ingredients with a whisk.
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  Then place the dough on a floured table and knead by hand for 10 minutes. Wrap the finished dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for half an hour.
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  Cut the onions into very small cubes. Add the onion to the minced meat.
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  Also add cumin and pepper mixture, chopped cilantro and salt to taste.
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  Pour 500 ml of water into a bowl of minced meat and mix well.
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  Wrap the dough again with your hands and make billets out of it in the form of bundles.
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  Then cut the dough into small pieces.
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  Roll each piece of dough into a thin circle.
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  Put about a tablespoon of meat filling on the dough.
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  Gather the edges of the dough in the center and hold them together well.
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  You will get the blanks in the form of convolutions.
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  Pour water into a saucepan, bring it to a boil, add salt to taste and lay out the workpieces. Cook khinkali 5 minutes after surfacing.
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  Serve hot khinkali with sauces and herbs to taste.

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How to cook delicious khinkali with minced meat and onions?

Khinkali with meat is an incredibly tasty national Georgian dish. The main charm of this dish is that the bundles are almost half filled with aromatic meat broth.

Cooking time: 90 minutes

Cooking time: 60 minutes

Servings: 6-8.

Ingredients:

• Minced meat - 300 gr.
• Bulb onions - 2 pcs.
• Wheat flour - 3 tbsp.
• Meat broth - 1 tbsp.
• Chicken egg - 1 pc.
• Water - 1 tbsp.
• Salt to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.

Cooking process:

1. Add salt, ground pepper and chopped onion to the minced meat, mix. Pour in broth little by little and stir. As a result, the minced meat should become viscous and sticky.
2. Sift the flour into a separate bowl, make a depression in it and pour in the water.
3. Break an egg into a glass, beat it with a whisk and add to a bowl to flour, mix.
4. Knead the dough until smooth and no longer sticky to your hands. Leave the dough to "rest" for half an hour.
5. After that, roll out the dough thinly, cut out circles with a diameter of 10 centimeters.
6. Place the meat filling on each circle. Then, gently gather the edges in the center so that folds form.
7. At the resulting bags, fix the tails well, then cut off the tops with a knife.
8. Cook khinkali for 5-6 minutes after surfacing. Serve hot khinkali sprinkled with ground pepper.

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Step-by-step recipe for making khinkali with meat and potatoes

Khinkali with meat and potatoes will solve the problem with a hearty lunch or dinner. In addition, khinkali can be molded in large quantities and prepared for future use. It is easy and interesting to sculpt them.

Cooking time: 90 minutes

Cooking time: 60 minutes

Servings: 10.

Ingredients:

• Water - 230 ml.
• Flour - 2 tbsp.
• Chicken egg - 1 pc.
• Salt to taste.
• Beef - 600 gr.
• Potatoes - 1-2 pcs.
• Bulb onions - 1-2 pcs.
• Cilantro to taste.

Cooking process:

1. Sift flour into a bowl, add half a teaspoon of salt and break an egg.
2. Next, pour in 100-130 milliliters of very cold water and start kneading the dough.
3. When the dough is thick enough, knead it with your hands for 5-7 minutes, then put it in the freezer for 10 minutes.
4. Scroll the beef and potatoes through a meat grinder. Chop the onions very finely, transfer the ingredients to a bowl.
5. Also add chopped cilantro, salt and ground pepper, mix well.
6. Then pour in 100 ml of water and knead the minced meat again.
7. Divide the dough into parts, roll up strands of them, cut each into equal parts.
8. Roll out the dough into thin round cakes. Place about a tablespoon of the filling on each.
9. Gather the dough around the filling in folds and pinch well in the center.
10. Boil khinkali in boiling water for 5-7 minutes after surfacing.
11. Serve hot khinkali with fresh herbs and ground pepper.

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How tasty and easy to cook homemade khinkali with mushrooms?

Khinkali is a traditional Georgian dish that gathers all relatives and friends around the table. Although the mushroom filling is not classic, it deserves attention and is especially popular during the fast.

Cooking time: 70 minutes

Cooking time: 50 minutes

Servings: 4.

Ingredients:

• Mushrooms - 200 gr.
• Vegetable oil - 3 tablespoons
• Salt to taste.
• Spices to taste.
• Flour - 200 gr.
• Water - 70-100 ml.

Cooking process:

1. Sift flour into a bowl, add salt and pour in water. Knead the dough for 7-10 minutes, until soft and smooth. Leave the dough in the freezer for 10 minutes.
2. Cut the mushrooms into small cubes.
3. Fry mushrooms in vegetable oil until golden brown, add salt and spices.
4. Roll out the dough thinly, using a mold, cut out round blanks with a diameter of 10-12 centimeters. Place some mushroom filling on each dough. Gather the edges of the dough in a circle and fasten well, you get chubby bags with filling.
5. Cook the khinkali in salted water until they float. Serve hot with butter.

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Khinkali with suluguni cheese

Khinkali and Suluguni are outstanding representatives of Georgian cuisine, the fame of which has long since spread all over the world. We propose to combine them. Suluguni cheese has a pleasant creamy taste, moderately salty, which makes it an ideal filling for khinkali.

Cooking time: 120 minutes

Cooking time: 30 minutes.

Servings: 4.

Ingredients:

• Suluguni - 500 gr.
• Butter - 100 gr.
• Chicken yolk - 1 pc.
• Greens - 20 gr.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Wheat flour - 2 tbsp.
• Chicken egg - 1 pc.
• Water - 140 ml.
• Salt - 1 tsp

Cooking process:

1. Sift flour into a bowl, make a depression in the center, break an egg into it, pour in water and add salt. Knead the dough.
2. Grate cheese and chilled butter on a coarse grater. Finely chop the greens with a knife. Mix the ingredients. Add the yolk to the filling and mix well.
3. Divide the dough into several equal parts, roll them into thin circles.
4. Put the cheese filling on the dough, pinch the edges of the dough, laying folds and pressing them well together.
5. Lift each workpiece by the tail so that they hang down.
6. Boil khinkali in salted water. Cooking time is about 10-12 minutes from boiling. Serve hot.

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Delicious and simple recipe for khinkali with chicken

Love culinary experiments and surprise your family with delicious dishes, then this recipe should definitely get into your cookbook.Khinkali with chicken is a juicy and tasty dish that will conquer you with its tenderness.

Cooking time: 60 minutes

Cooking time: 40 minutes

Servings: 4.

Ingredients:

• Water - 150 ml.
• Wheat flour - 2 tbsp.
• Minced chicken - 300 gr.
• Onions - 50 gr.
• Salt - 2 pinches.
• Ground coriander - to taste.
• Dried cilantro to taste.

Cooking process:

1. First, knead the dough. Sift flour into a bowl, add salt, pour in water and knead to a homogeneous dough. Let it rest for 15-20 minutes.
2. Add salt, chopped onions, coriander and cilantro to the minced chicken, mix.
3. Divide the dough into small pieces, roll them out thinly. Place the meat filling on the dough and fasten the edges in a circle so that you get the blanks in the form of bundles.
4. Boil water in a saucepan, add salt to taste. Put the blanks in boiling water and cook them for 5-7 minutes after surfacing.
5. Serve hot khinkali with chicken, with sauces of your choice.

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How to cook juicy khinkali with beef and pork?

Hearty, juicy, fragrant khinkali will not leave anyone indifferent, and you will want to eat them again and again. How to cook the right Georgian khinkali with beef and pork at home, you will learn from our recipe.

Cooking time: 100 minutes

Cooking time: 60 minutes

Servings: 8.

Ingredients:

• Wheat flour - 600 gr.
• Chicken eggs - 2 pcs.
• Boiling water - 250 ml.
• Salt - 1 tsp
• Vegetable oil - 2 tablespoons
• For filling:
• Minced beef - 400 gr.
• Minced pork - 400 gr.
• Salt - 1 tsp
• Tarhun - 20 gr.
• Cilantro - 20 gr.
• Bulb onions - 400 gr.

Cooking process:

1. Sift the flour and salt into a bowl, add the eggs and combine the ingredients. Then make a depression and pour in boiling water. As the dough will be very hot, start kneading it with a spoon or spatula.
2. After most of the dough has set, add the vegetable oil and knead the dough.
3. Cover the finished dough with a clean towel and leave for 40 minutes.
4. Chop the onions and greens in a blender, add the resulting mass to the minced meat. Also add salt and tarragon, mix the minced meat well again. Roll out the dough thinly, cut out circles 10-12 centimeters in diameter. Put a tablespoon of minced meat on each.
5. Blind khinkali. Lift the edges of the dough in a circle, form small folds and hold them together. When the dough is collected, roll it in a circle to form a small ponytail.
6. Cut too long ponytails with a knife.
7. Boil khinkali in salted water. Serve hot.

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Khinkali with lamb at home

According to all traditions, khinkali is prepared with lamb pulp filling. Khinkali can be boiled or steamed. They are best served with spicy adjika or sour cream sauces.

Cooking time: 90 minutes

Cooking time: 60 minutes

Servings: 3-4.

Ingredients:

• Milk - 200 ml.
• Flour - 400 gr.
• Chicken egg - 1 pc.
• Salt - 1 tsp
• For filling:
• Lamb - 400 gr.
• Adjika - 2 tbsp
• Hops-suneli - 1 tsp
• Zira - 0.5 tsp
• Ground black pepper - 0.5 tsp
• Salt to taste.
• Water - 0.5 tbsp.
• Bulb onions - 2 pcs.

Cooking process:

1. Sift flour into a bowl, add egg and salt, mix. Then pour in the milk and knead the dough. Cover it with a towel and let it rest while you fill it.
2. Scroll the lamb together with the onion through a meat grinder, add adjika, spices and salt to the minced meat. Pour in water and mix the minced meat well, it should turn out to be viscous and sticky.
3. Divide the dough into several parts, roll them out thinly. Cut out round blanks for khinkali with a diameter of 10-12 centimeters.
4. Place the minced meat on top of the mugs. Gather the edges of the dough in a circle with small folds and fasten them well. Carefully cut the ponytails.
5. Khinkali can be cooked in salted water, it will take 7-9 minutes from boiling. You can also steam them for 20-30 minutes. Serve hot khinkali with herbs and sauces of your choice.

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