Making Kinkhali: Georgian Dumpling
Our friend Mari, who own the hotel we stayed at (Hotel Gomi 19 in Old Tblisi) hosts master cooking classes for groups. She offered to teach us how to make a Georgian dumpling called kinkhali since she knew our boys had really enjoyed them on our past two visits. The table was arranged and ready in the dining area for us to create them, the dough having already been prepared.
The feeling can be potatoes and onions, a mix of ground beef and pork (in our case), mushrooms… they are very similar to pirogis but differ in their shape.
The dough is rolled out, cut into circles (you can use a glass) and then rolled out again.
Then comes the hard part, shaping the dough around your meat as a purse. You are supposed to make 18 folds, but the most I could do was about 12. The shape of my kinkhali did improve with practice.
Here are some close-ups of some of the kinkhalis. Once you have enough, you boil them for a few minutes in batches. We met the author of the cookbook Tasting Georgia on our prior trip and she gave me a copy of her recipe book. Two of my boys made the recipe for kinkhalis and I will say they tasted very similar to these: it is a great cookbook with lots of information about wine and all of the regions in Georgia.
We enjoyed our kinkhalis with a salad, fruit compote juice and a few other things. It made quite a few, so there were leftovers for a couple of days!
This was a fun experience and I was happy that both my son and my husband enjoyed it. The rest of the boys were probably suffering from jetlag and were not interested in participating.
A bientôt!
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16 Comments
Joanne
They look delicious! It looks like a lot of fun.
mimifce
It was!
Kathrine Eldridge
I would love to learn how to make these! I’m a polish girl so dumplings are my jam. Would love to try one that you made!
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mimifce
They were good!
jodie
Talk about a fun thing to do. Especially since you get to eat what you make.
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Jodie
mimifce
Yes, it was a fun experience especially the laughs at the beginning with our first attempts!
Maureen
What a fun activity to do with family! It sounds like everyone enjoyed it. Plus, who doesn’t love leftovers?!
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mimifce
Leftovers for quite a while!
Rosie Amber
What a great idea and a fun project to do with the family.
mimifce
It was fun for me to see us doing it. My hubby does grill but usually doesn’t spend too much time in the kitchen.
Marsha Banks
Now, that is an excellent activity for vacation. I’ve always thought it would be fun to take a cooking/baking class in Paris. Now, I’d just like to get to Paris. Thanks for sharing these photos with us.
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mimifce
I have seen other do such activities so it was really fun for our friend to suggest it!
Anna+Marcus
I love this dish. When we were in Tbilisi in 2019, we couldn’t get enough of them
mimifce
We had some tasty ones at a restaurant too! Mushroom ones were tasty.
Celyn
This looks so yummy! Visiting Georgia has always been one of the countries I want to go to! Thank you for stopping by my blog! xx
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mimifce
It sure is worth a visit!