Prepare these incredibly tasty and fluffy Poltava dumplings. Recipe for dough and secret cracklings

Products:

• 350 g flour;
• 250 g kefir;
• a pinch of salt;
• 1 tsp. soda;
• 400 g minced pork;
• 100 g carrots;
• onion: one for minced meat, the second for cracklings;
• 1 tbsp. l. tomato paste;
• 30 g water;
• 20 g butter;
• 1 tsp. dry garlic;
• 0.5. tsp black pepper;
• 100 g lard;
• dill and sour cream for serving.

Preparation

1. Combine flour, kefir, salt and soda, knead the dough.
2. Wrap it in cling film and let rest for 30 minutes.
3. In a preheated frying pan, fry the chopped carrots and onions until soft. Add the minced meat and cook, stirring, for six minutes.
4. Add tomato paste, water and spices. Stir and heat for another four minutes until excess moisture evaporates.
5. Turn off the heat and add a knob of butter.
6. Prepare the cracklings. To do this, fry the chopped lard over medium heat in a dry frying pan until golden brown. Remove the cracklings and drain off excess fat. Over low heat, slowly caramelize the onions until deep brown. Combine rendered fat, onion and cracklings.
7. Form dumplings with meat from the dough. Cook the dumplings in a steam bath for seven minutes.
8. Serve dumplings with cracklings and sour cream, sprinkled with dill.