How many calories are in dumplings?

Pelmeni is one of the traditional Russian dishes, which is loved not only by adults, but also by children.

In classic form, pelmeni are minced, wrapped in a thin layer of dough. The calorie content of the ravioli depends on the filling, as well as on the way the dish is cooked.

Calorie dumplings

Since during preparation, freshbezdozhzhevoe dough, then the main calories are contained in the filling. Also, as we have already said, calorie content depends on how they were cooked: steamed, fried or boiled in water. It is possible to visualize the caloric content of pelmeni by using a table (the way cooking - boiling in boiling water):

Thus, it can be concluded that the most low-calorie dumplings are dumplings with chicken filling, and the most caloric dumplings with meat.

Homemade or factory dumplings

The data in the table are applicable topelmeni, manufactured by the factory way. About how many calories in home dumplings, you can judge by filling: if the filling is more oily, then the calories are more. Accordingly, in a less fat filling contains fewer calories.

Cooking method

If we talk about the method of processing orcooking pelmeni, then less calories are cooking dumplings on a steam bath. If you want to know about the number of calories in fried dumplings, then the standard number of calories should be multiplied by 2. For example, if the cooked pork dumplings contain 275 kcal, then the fried, respectively, will contain 550 kcal (if during cooking you use butter or margarine , then it is necessary to take into account the caloric content of these products).

About how to properly cook dumplings, you can learn from the article How much to cook dumplings.