Tovchanka
Tovchanka is one of the most common side dishes in Ukrainian cuisine. It is believed that it comes from the Ternopil region and is a puree of boiled potatoes and beans that are cooked separately and then pounded (Ukrainian: "tovchut"). Hence the name of the dish comes. The third main ingredient in the mash is poppy seeds. In addition to beans, other legumes can sometimes be used.
Ingredients
- Potatoes - 300 g,
- Beans - half a cup,
- Poppy - 3 tbsp.,
- Sugar - 2 teaspoons,
- 1 Onion,
- Salt, pepper.
The cooking process
- Soak the beans in water for 8-10 hours. Then boil until cooked (approximately 2 hours). Drain the water.
- Peel the potatoes, cut them and boil in salted water. Remove the dish from the boiling water, add to the bowl with the beans.
- Soak the poppy for 10 hours in warm water. Then drain the water, grind the poppy in a mortar.
- In a bowl, mix boiled potatoes, beans, poppy seeds, finely chopped onions, add sugar, pepper, herbs to taste and puree everything. If the dish is very thick, you can add a little water in which the potatoes were cooked.
