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🇧🇾 Traditional dishes from Belarus

3 dishes people actually cook in Belarus: what they are, how long they take, and what you need to buy.

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Draniki

30 min · easy · 7 ingredients

Draniki, a traditional dish from Belarus

Crispy potato pancakes that are simply irresistible!

  • 800 g potatoes
  • 1 onion
  • 1 egg
  • 50 g flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 0.5 tsp pepper
  • 200 ml oil

Kalduny

90 min · medium · 8 ingredients

Kalduny, a traditional dish from Belarus

Delicious Belarusian dumplings filled with meat!

  • 500 g potatoes
  • 300 g ground beef
  • 1 onion
  • 300 g flour
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 0.5 tsp pepper
  • 50 g butter

Machanka

120 min · medium · 10 ingredients

Machanka, a traditional dish from Belarus

Savor the rich, hearty flavors of Belarusian machanka!

  • 500 g pork belly
  • 300 g smoked sausage
  • 2 onions
  • 1 carrot
  • 4 garlic
  • 500 ml water
  • 200 g sour cream
  • 50 g flour
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 1 tsp salt

What do people eat in Belarus?

The three dishes from Belarus documented in Copper are Draniki, Kalduny and Machanka. Flour and onion each appear in more than one recipe. All three are fried. Not one needs an oven — they cook entirely on the hob. Between them they use 16 different ingredients.

What ingredients do you need for cooking from Belarus?

The three recipes need 16 ingredients between them, of which 4 are shared by more than one dish. Flour is the hardest to find: of the 588 dishes in Copper's atlas, 25 use flour. Every ingredient list on this page is complete, with quantities, and free to read.

How long do recipes from Belarus take?

Draniki is the quickest at 30 minutes. Machanka is the longest at 120 minutes, most of it unattended. The median is 90 minutes — a weekend dish rather than a weeknight one.

Which dish from Belarus is easiest to make at home?

Draniki is rated easy — start there. The full method is on its recipe page, step by step, free to read.

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