oladyi

English

Alternative forms

• oladi

Etymology

From Russian ола́дьи (oládʹi), plural of ола́дья (oládʹja).

Noun

oladyi pl (plural only)

1. Small thick pancakes or fritters common in Russian and Ukrainian cuisines.
   • 1974, F. Siegel, transl., “[Fancy Breads and Pies] Thick Pancakes (Oladyi): Pumpkin, Squash Marrow or Carrot Thick Pancakes”, in Russian Cooking, Moscow: Mir Publishers, page 156, column 1:

     Mix thoroughly and cook the oladyi on a hot griddle.

   • 2005, Ulla Berkéwicz, translated by Katharina Rout, Love in a Time of Terror, Lantzville, B.C.: Oolichan Books, →ISBN, page 29:

     But at night when they came to see me in the Ural, when they had knocked back huge amounts of Kunzevskaya and Stolichnaya and devoured piles of piroshki, oladyi, vatrushki, and bulochki with zimmes, they spoke French, English, kissed hands and paid compliments, knew the wittiest toasts, and fiddled their Russian souls inside out in order to dance on the most crooked roofs of the most Eastern shtetl at dawn.

   • 2012, Kelly Andria, chapter 25, in The Art of Change, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN, page 193:

     Now, I tink only of latkes and grenki with jam and curly sausages, and oladyi crepes and patato rolls…

   • 2012 January, Paul Christopher, Red Templar, New York, N.Y.: Signet, →ISBN, page 191:

     At the moment Magnitsky was preparing Barsukov’s breakfast of oladyi pancakes and sausages with a pair of George Foreman grills kept on one of the broad concrete windowsills.

   • 2022, Deirdre Buryk, “[Winter: January] Puffy Oat Oladyi (Ukrainian Pancakes)”, in Peak Season: 12 Months of Recipes Celebrating Ontario’s Freshest Ingredients‎^[1], [Toronto, Ont.]: Appetite by Random House, →ISBN:

     Serve them as they come out of the pan or place the cooked oladyi on a plate loosely covered with a clean tea towel and repeat the process until all oladyi are ready to be enjoyed with a pat of butter and doused in maple syrup.

Further reading

• oladyi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia