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Traditional Ukrainian food. Have you ever wondered where varenyky (dumplings) came from?

Varenyky(dumplings) are traditional Ukrainian food, the icon of Ukrainian cuisine. Perhaps, there is no other such dish in Ukraine, which is used so heavily and loved so dearly. But there was a time when nobody in Ukraine even heard about varenyky. So, how it all started? A few people know that this dish has Turkish roots. Little stuffed patties cooked from unfermented dough caught the fancy of Ukrainians. Such a dish as “diushvara” is still present in Azerbaijani cuisine. Outwardly, it resembles little varenyky or pelmeni. In those times when the Turks brought in Ukraine “diushvara”, at first Ukrainians renamed the dish into “varanyky” and replaced the meat filling with more common ones, like salo, potato, crackling, and sour cherries, and the food has become to be called “varenyky.”

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