Thread: Russian cuisine and meals

Hey guys
so i've been looking at russian cuisine for a while now and i have come across these names of meals, but i don't quite understand what they are exactly and what they mean. Can someone tell me what each one is and what it's name translates into english? Thanks in advance!

- salmon kulebyaka
- osetrina pod syrom
- fish solyanka
- Fish tolcheniki
- piroshki
- pelmeni
- golubtsi
- medovik
- sraza
- manti
- blinchiki c masom & oliveye

I'm sure if you ask Mr Google you will get all your answers. For a quick start: salmon kulebyaka - Google Search

You can ask him for images, too.

- osetrina pod syrom - grilled sturgeon covered with cheese
- fish solyanka - fish solyanka soup
- Fish tolcheniki - never heard about that
- piroshki - little baked stuffed pies
- pelmeni - boiled dough-covered meat-balls
- golubtsi - stewed cabbage leaf-covered meat-balls
- medovik - honey cake
- sraza - some kind of cutlet
- manti - Siberian version of pelmeny, usually bigger size
- blinchiki c masom - pancake-wrapped meat stuff (usually it has some onion in it)
- oliveye - salad with mayonnaise

salmon kulebyaka
Kulebyaka - a general name for closed pies with different fillings.
One of many salmon kulebyakas (clickable):

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Step-by-step recipes with pictures (in Russian): here.
Video recipe of a very fancy salmon kulebyaka (in Russian) - RECOMMENDED: here.

osetrina pod syrom (grilled sturgeon with cheese covering).
The name speaks for itself. I would not say that cheese covering is crucial and is a part of traditional Russian cusine, though. Mashroom sause seems more like it.

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fish solyanka
Solyankas are spicy thick soups, cooked on meat, fish or mushroom broil. Mandatory pickles (and/or similar ingridiends - olives, lemon slices, capers) give it rich and slightly acidic taste.

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Fish Tolcheniki (fish balls)
Google says it's a Ukrainian dish. Anyway, I've never heard of it, it's probably a regional thing. Russian cuisine uses a similar concept in fish patties (but they are grilled, not boiled).

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fish balls? I have never seen and never heard about this dish..
А где же моя любимая селедка под шубой?

Originally Posted by Basil77

- osetrina pod syrom - grilled sturgeon covered with cheese
- fish solyanka - fish solyanka soup
- Fish tolcheniki - never heard about that
- piroshki - little baked stuffed pies
- pelmeni - boiled dough-covered meat-balls
- golubtsi - stewed cabbage leaf-covered meat-balls
- medovik - honey cake
- sraza - some kind of cutlet
- manti - Siberian version of pelmeny, usually bigger size
- blinchiki c masom - pancake-wrapped meat stuff (usually it has some onion in it)
- oliveye - salad with mayonnaise

I haven't had them all but this list has a lot of my favorites on it.. We always had golubtsi when I was a kid, but someone mis-translated the name so in our house it got called "Golumfky" =)

About six months ago I made the fish solyanka and just followed the recipe I found, nothing special on my part, but it was so good my neighbors ended up eating most of it and asking us to make more =) good stuff, if you ask me (which nobody did, hehe) ...

also one more for your list, if it counts.. грибы в сметане .. Грибы в сметане / Кулинарный рецепт .. seems like everyone makes it different but it's so good =)

приятного аппетита !