Recommendations for Typical Russian Foods

Pirog

Pirog is a variant of a typical Russian food in the form of a stuffed pie. This is known as a serving symbol from a kind-hearted housewife. This Russian-style pie is made with yeast, a puff pastry filled with ingredients that have a sweet or savory taste.

Reporting from emilierestaurant.com, the popular fillings with a salty taste found in Pirog are generally processed minced meat, fish, mushrooms, cheese, cabbage, potatoes. In addition, for the sweet taste of Pirog, it is usually filled with various kinds of fruit such as plums, apples or berries.

Blini

Blini is a traditional pancake dish made from flour, eggs, yeast and milk. This typical Russian food has been around for a long time, where it is usually served during certain ceremonial parties.

Currently, Blini is one of the menus that can be enjoyed at any time. Blini pancakes are usually served with savory or sweet toppings. Some of the favorite toppings that are chosen to complement Blini are jam, sweetened condensed milk, caviar or fish eggs.

Ponchiki

For those of you who are donut admirers, you definitely have to try one of the 7 street foods that you must try in Moscow, because this food is similar to donuts. Of course, it is very fitting if this snack becomes a friend when drinking tea or when watching TV. Ponchiki itself is commonly known as custard cream filled donuts, of course this food is very easy for you to find anywhere when you are in Moscow later. Because the Russian people themselves really like various styles of donuts, so if you come to this country you are guaranteed to find various styles of donuts that are appetizing. Of the various styles of donuts, Ponchiki is the most popular style. This is none other than because the taste of these donuts is very good, if a regular donut only contains toppings on it but not this donut. Because the inside contains custard cream mixed with egg yolks. Of course the taste of cream is very suitable to be combined with donuts, so you have to try this one, especially if you like sweet things.

Echpochmak

If you want to find halal street food, then you have to try this food, originating from the Kazan area, this cake is sure to make your tongue wag. The cake itself is triangular in shape, where inside it contains a filling of vegetables, meat and chopped potatoes. Besides being delicious, the appearance of this cake will make you want to eat it. Of course, this cake is very suitable for drinking tea or coffee, not only that because the fillings are varied, of course it will make you feel full easily when eating these pastries. Therefore, don’t let you give up street food, you have to try this in Moscow, because of course it will taste very good. Plus it’s not certain that you can find this cake in Indonesia, I guarantee you won’t regret it when you try street food in Moscow. Besides being diverse, it can also make you full.

Okroshka

Okroshka is a classic Russian cold soup consisting of cooked meat, chopped vegetables and potatoes with the basic ingredients of kvass, a fermented wheat drink, or kefir. The meat used in okroshka depends on the regional variant. There are those who use tongue or sausage to smoked fish, ham, and Dokterskaya kolbasa (bologna-style sausage).

Most versions of this Russian soup contain cucumber, dill, green onions, radishes and hard-boiled eggs. Meanwhile, some other versions use fruits such as cherries and apples. It is said that the ratio of vegetables and meat must always be 1:1. The name of the soup comes from the Russian verb kroshit, which means to crush or chop.