Oladyi

{{Short description|Small, thick pancakes or fritters common in East Slavic cuisine}}

{{Infobox food

| name = Oladyi

| image = ОладкиУкраїнські.jpg

| image_size = 250px

| caption = Oladyi

| type = Pancake

| main_ingredient = Batter, raisins, apples

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Oladyi ({{langx|ru|оладьи}} {{IPA|ru|ɐˈɫadʲjɪ|}} pl., diminutive: оладушки, oladushki, sg. оладья, oladya {{IPA|ru|ɐˈɫadʲjə|}}, {{langx|uk|оладки}}, oladky) are small thick pancakes or fritters common in Russian{{sfnp|Whitaker|2010|p=69|loc=[https://books.google.com/books?id=Os8J7GTf1JQC&dq=oladyi&pg=PA69 Oladyi]}}{{sfnp|Benediktova|2016|loc=[https://books.google.com/books?id=JnmpCgAAQBAJ&dq=oladyi&pg=PT56 Oladyi (Thick Pancakes)]}} and Ukrainian cuisines.{{cite book |last1=Цвек Д.Я. |title=Солодке печиво |date=1989 |publisher=Львів: «Каменяр» |isbn=5-7745-0248-1|page=101 |url=https://archive.org/details/pechyvo3/page/101/mode/2up}}{{cite book |title=UKRAINIAN CULINARY GLOSSARY |date=1980 |publisher=UKRAINIAN NATIONAL WOMEN'S LEAGUE OF AMERICA |page=65 |url=https://diasporiana.org.ua/wp-content/uploads/books/17147/file.pdf}} The batter for oladyi is made from wheat or (nowadays more rarely) buckwheat flour, eggs, milk, salt, and sugar with yeast or baking soda.{{sfnp|Molokhovets|1901|loc=[http://www.molohovetc.ru/otdel_xviii/1816oladi_na_drozhzhakh/ 1816. Оладьи на дрожжах]}}{{sfnp|Cookery|1955|loc=[http://kulinaria1955.ru/izdelia_iz_testa/kulinarnye_hlebobulochnye_konditerskie/izdelia_iz_drozhzhevogo_kislogo_testa/2556-2208-oladi.html 2208. Оладьи]}} The batter may also contain kefir, soured milk or yoghurt.{{sfnp|Whitaker|2010|loc=[https://books.google.com/books?id=Os8J7GTf1JQC&dq=oladyi&pg=PA69 Oladyi]}} Oladyi may also include various additions, such as apple{{sfnp|Cookery|1955|loc=[http://kulinaria1955.ru/izdelia_iz_testa/kulinarnye_hlebobulochnye_konditerskie/izdelia_iz_drozhzhevogo_kislogo_testa/2558-2210-oladi-s-yablokami.html 2210. Оладьи с яблоками]}} or raisins.{{sfnp|Cookery|1955|loc=[http://kulinaria1955.ru/izdelia_iz_testa/kulinarnye_hlebobulochnye_konditerskie/izdelia_iz_drozhzhevogo_kislogo_testa/2557-2209-oladi-s-izyumom.html 2209. Оладьи с изюмом]}}

Oladyi are usually served with smetana (sour cream), as well as with sweet toppings such as jam, powidl, honey etc.{{sfnp|Cookery|1955|loc=[http://kulinaria1955.ru/izdelia_iz_testa/kulinarnye_hlebobulochnye_konditerskie/izdelia_iz_drozhzhevogo_kislogo_testa/2556-2208-oladi.html 2208. Оладьи]}} Savoury versions may be served with caviar, similarly to blini.

Generally, the term oladyi in Eastern Slavic cuisines may also denote fritters made with other ingredients, e.g. potato pancakes (картофельные оладьи),{{sfnp|Cookery|1955|loc=[http://kulinaria1955.ru/natsionalnye_bliuda_soiuznyh_respublik/belorusskie_bliuda/2834-2480-kartofelnye-oladi.html 2480. Картофельные оладьи]}} carrot fritters (морковные оладьи),{{sfnp|Molokhovets|1901|loc=[http://www.molohovetc.ru/otdel_xviii/1822_oladi_iz_morkovi/ 1816. Оладьи из моркови]|ps= ([https://books.google.com/books?id=ttlCGJxfLRUC&pg=PA343 1402. Carrot fritters])}} bean pancakes (оладьи из бобовых),{{sfnp|Cookery|1955|loc=[http://kulinaria1955.ru/krupa_bobovye_makarony/bluda_iz_bobovyh/1869-1611-oladi-iz-bobovyh.html 1611. Оладьи из бобовых]}} rice pancakes (рисовые оладьи),{{sfnp|Cookery|1955|loc=[http://kulinaria1955.ru/recepty_economnyh_i_vkusnyh_bliud/sladkie_bliuda_krupy_frukty/4203-risovye-oladi.html Рисовые оладьи]}} summer squash fritters (кабачковые оладьи){{sfnp|Cookery|1955|loc=[http://kulinaria1955.ru/recepty_economnyh_i_vkusnyh_bliud/vtorye_bliuda_zapekanki_garniry/4314-oladi-iz-kabachkov-so-smetanoy.html Оладьи из кабачков со сметаной]}} etc. Syrniki (tvorog pancakes){{Cite web |title=1775. Сырники сладкие |url=https://kulinaria1955.ru/yaitsa_tvorog/bliuda_iz_tvoroga/2057-1775-syrniki-sladkie.html |access-date=2022-12-27 |website=Кулинарная Энциклопедия. Рецептуры предприятий общественного питания |language=ru}} may also be considered a type of oladyi.