oladyi

alternative oladi

1. pluralplural onlySmall thick pancakes or fritters common in Russian and Ukrainian cuisines.

   Mix thoroughly and cook the oladyi on a hot griddle.

   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

   4 more examples

   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.

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

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

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

   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.

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

   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.

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

   Synonyms: oladky