Russian Street Food Recipes

Caspian News checked out some of the most popular food stalls and dishes worth trying in Russia and put together a list of the top five most mouthwatering treats worth trying when you visit the world’s largest country.

One of the best things about travelling in Russia is all the delicious street food you can enjoy while being on the road. Caspian News checked out some of the most popular food stalls and dishes worth trying in Russia and put together a list of the top five most mouthwatering treats worth trying when you visit the world’s largest country.

Might look like a hybrid of a calzone and a large dumpling, but once you’ve tried it, you will realize it’s not – but just as delicious as either. These deep-fried pies are traditionally stuffed with mix of minced meat, onions and multiple spices, but you can also get them with cheese and vegetables.

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Fast-food café that has been around for nearly 40 years. With high tables, no chairs and just one dish served, this place is famous and has an aura of Soviet times. So, don’t miss a chance to taste delicious Russian

These deep-fried pies are traditionally stuffed with mix of minced meat, onions and multiple spices, but you can also get them with cheese and vegetables.

Is a delicious and popular dish in Russia made from creamy quark – a dairy product made by warming soured milk and straining the curd – mixed withflour, eggs andsugar, sometimes addingvanilla extract. The most popular way to eat this pancake-like dish is with different toppings ranging from savory sour cream to sweet honey.

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In Russian may be translated as “made of cheese, ” which is surprising, since there is no cheese inside, only curd. The Russian word

In every Russian restaurant and supermarket, where they are sold in a frozen type, and bring them from Russia back home as the sweet and tasty present for friends and family.

You can find syrniki in every Russian restaurant and supermarket, where they are sold in a frozen type, and bring them from Russia back home as the sweet and tasty present for friends and family.

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, are to Russians. Sprinkled with powdered sugar these round, fried pillows of goodness are the inverse of donuts – being the hole – and are best served warm.

Is sweet farmer’s cheese, a staple in the Slavic kitchen. Other key ingredients are sour cream and rum, which get mixed together with flour, baking powder, salt and sugar.

Sprinkled with powdered sugar these round, fried pillows of goodness are the inverse of donuts – being the hole – and are best served warm.

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, a tasty treat served either sweet or savory, are the pride of the Slavic kitchen. Bliny are the Russian equivalent of French crepes, thin pancakes made with yeasted dough folded around fillings such as sweet cheese, ground meat, or salmon roe. These traditional Russian pancakes are usually eaten for breakfast.

Bliny are the Russian equivalent of French crepes, thin pancakes made with yeasted dough folded around fillings such as sweet cheese, ground meat, or salmon roe.

Are one of the most popular traditional Russian street foods. Pan-fried or oven-baked, these pies come in many different shapes and can be stuffed with multiply fillings.

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This pastry with the funny name is a much-beloved snack across the country. Chebureki are thin triangles of dough stuffed with minced meat and spices and quickly fried in boiling oil. Be careful when biting a cheburek: meat juices are likely to squirt from the hot pie! Chebureki can be bought at special cafes called cheburechnayas that are often associated with the Soviet era.

These thin, crepe-like pancakes have been consumed in Russia for centuries. Today they are the most popular type of Russian street food, and the most popular place to buy them is the “Teremok” chain. The staff at these cafes dress in old-style Russian costumes and address their customers as “sudar” and “sudarynya” - the old Russian form of “sir” and “madam.” Solid round blini are cooked on a griddle while you wait and can be had with fillings ranging from ham, cheese or red caviar to honey, jam or sweetened condensed milk. Teremok is even expanding its empire abroad - you can find an outlet in Midtown Manhattan!

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This root vegetable is as beloved in Russia as in many other parts of the world, and the fast-food chain “Kroshka-Kartoshka” has capitalized on its popularity. In contrast to its name, which means “tiny potato, ” the cafe offers giant baked potatoes with a variety of fillings, including cheese, butter, pickled mushrooms, salty cheese with dill and salmon.

This sliced meat wrap invaded the country in the 1990s, and stands selling them could quickly be found at every metro station. At a typical shawarma stand, a huge cut of meat is roasting in an open window. Sandwiches are sliced to order, then mixed with vegetables, ketchup and mayonnaise and bound tightly into lavash. Today shawarma is most beloved by comedians and journalists: the first joke about this ubiquitous street food while the second make it a point to know the best shawarma stands in the city.

This sweet street food became popular in the Soviet era. Unlike American doughnuts, Soviet “ponchiki” are round balls, fried and covered in powdered sugar. Today this retro-treat can be purchased in paper cones from kiosks in several Moscow parks and in special shops in St. Petersburg called “pyshechniyes.”

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Corn was introduced into Russia by Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev, who called it the “queen of the fields, ” in the hope that it could feed the entire country. Khrushchev’s experiment wasn’t successful, but corn remains a popular street food - many Russians have fond memories of sinking their teeth into an ear dredged from a huge pot of boiling water, covered in butter and salt. Today stands offering boiled corn on a stick can be found in many Moscow parks.

The word “pirog” (Russian for “pie”) derived from the ancient Russian “pir” (“feast”), clearly demonstrating that no celebration could be had without them. Today small pies are available in every cafeteria. Stuffed with fish, meat, rice, mushrooms, spring onion and eggs, vegetables, berries and fruits — you can never have enough of them.Time is always precious, especially if you are on a trip visiting another country. You may not have time to look for a restaurant and wait for your meal to be ready. Street food is often the best solution to get the energy to go exploring the country. Russia, despite the arrival of fast food giants, has its own types of street food that you might enjoy as well. Here are some of the best ( and I personally tested them for you!).

The question of who created Shawerma is still a source of tension but we are not here to discuss it today. Shawerma arrived in Russia through the Caucasus and extended its influence over all Russia, from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific ocean. It’s the most popular food among the young generation of Russians and students (maybe because it stays open until late in the night).

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It is usually composed of chicken, sheep or beef meat, marinated and sliced in thin slices. It is rolled up in a Lavash bread with different vegetables likes tomatoes or cucumbers and sauce.

One of the most famous traditional Russian meal. The best are of course the home-made ones by a real “Babushka”, but you can still find good ones in the streets of every Russian city. A pirojok, which is the singular form of Pirozhki, is a type of pastry stuffed with different fillings. It goes from stewed fruits, like apples or berries, to marinated beef with onions or mashed potatoes and mushrooms.

WARNING !!! never forget to ask what is inside the Pirozhok or you might eat one expecting a sweet fruit taste and end up with some boiled cabbage (happened to me once).

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As for Shawarma, Pelmeni are not a traditional Russian food, it comes from Siberia and is now one of the most favorite food of Russians. In Siberia, they used to be frozen outdoors and then carried by explorers but nowadays no need for Siberian winter, a simple refrigerator is