pelmen

English

Etymology

From Russian пельме́нь (pelʹménʹ).

Noun

pelmen (plural pelmeni)

1. (rare) singular of pelmeni
   • 1991, Soviet Soldier, page 79, column 3:

     Stick the edges together and join the ends to form a pelmen.

   • 1996, Rosalie Sogolow, compiler, Memories from a Russian Kitchen: From Shtetl to Golden Land, Fithian Press, →ISBN, page 99:

     According to an old tradition, the cook puts some object like a button into one pelmen, instead of the filling.

   • 2011 March 17, Malkhaz Maisashvili, quotee, “Unknown Diversity of Georgian Cuisine”, in Georgian Journal‎^[1], archived from the original on 2023-10-18:

     Every piece is folded in dough like a pelmen and boiled.

   • 2012 December, “Tempting Russian Pelmeni”, in Where Siberia, page 40, column 1:

     It’s better to use a spoon, preferably a wooden one. This way a pelmen keeps inside the meat broth made during the cooking, and so the dish stays juicier. There’s also a variety of traditions connected with pelmeni, like making “the lucky” pelmen with some different filling. It is believed that the person who gets a pelmen with pepper will meet his love, the one finding the pelmen with sugar will be happy, with a coin inside – will be rich.