In Russian cuisine, foods are often steamed, boiled, or roasted rather than fried, and are made with meats, vegetables, and dairy. As Russia has long, cold winters, traditional Russian dishes emphasize carbohydrates and fats over proteins to provide more sustaining energy. Some common Russian foods include borscht (beet and meat soup), ukha (fish soup), okroshka (cold vegetable and egg soup), pelmeni (meat dumplings), vareniki (filled pasta), blini (thin pancakes), and kvas or kompot (fruit-based drinks).

2. In Russian cuisine not found fried food.
There are lot of steamed, boiled, roast
food. Dishes are prepared with meat,
vegetables, lactic food.
Basically Russia is a northern country
having extremely cold and longer winter.
So, the food has more carbohydrates and
fats as compared to proteins.

3. Borcsh – It is a
famous Russian
soup made of beet
and meat, usually
served with sour
cream.

4. Ukha is a fish soup
with carrot, spices
and potato with
minimum of
vegetables and
maximum of
different fish
varieties.

5. Okroshka
commonly called
Cold soup with
vegetables, potato,
eggs and spices.

6. Pelmeni is a traditional
Eastern European (mainly
Russian) usually made
with small balls of
minced meat covered
with pastry made out of
flour and eggs.
Sometimes milk and
water can also be added.

7. Vareniki looks like
Pelmeni in shape but
instead of meat there
are berries, potato or
curd inside the pastry.

8. Oladi is a traditional
Russian breakfast
Pancakes with
absolutely amazing
taste. It just takes 15-
25 minutes for
cooking.

9. Blini are thin
pancakes made
with yeasted batter
and served with
soured cream,
honey or jam.

10. Kvas is a bread based
sweet beverage. It is
the most popular
original beverage in
Russia. Water, flour
and malt liquid are
its main ingredients.

11. Kompot is a light
and refreshing drink
made of dried or
fresh fruits boiled in
water with sugar and
served when cold.