Nookala (Traditional Hutterite Egg Dumpling Soup)
Enjoy a sample of Hutterite cooking with this unique but delicious soup, Nookala.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter, slightly softened
- 4 Nature's Yoke eggs
- 2 cup flour
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1 cup diced, cooked chicken
- 8 cup chicken broth
Instructions
- Bring chicken broth to a boil.
- In a bowl, beat butter and eggs together.
- Stir in flour, salt and baking powder to form a slightly sticky dough.
- Drop by teaspoon-fulls into boiling chicken broth and simmer for 15 minutes.
6 Comments
I think you forgot to mention adding either milk or water to this mixture. I followed your recipe and couldn’t form round lumps as the mixture was like cornmeal in texture. I looked up all other recipes for dumplings and they all called for either a cup of milk or water.
The true German recipe!! No milk! No water! I use 6 eggs and more butter only I melt the butter first. And season the flour mixture with garlic and onion powder and poultry seasoning. And start with 2 cups of flour and keep.adding until the dough forms.
these are pefect! no extra liqids required.
I have never used milk or water. I have always made my dumpling with the ingredients listed. Might just need more flour. I always gradually add flour, stir, add more, stir. And just test it as I go until it reaches the desired consistency.
I love these dumplings. I spent my whole adult life trying to recreate them from memory. My mom used to make them when I was a child. My fondest memory was my 5th birthday which I spent at my grandparents who had the head household of the Hutterite Colony in Manitoba
i have been looking for this recipe all over & i’m so glad i finally found it! this was always my favorite soup my grandma made for me growing up. i remember helping her make it since it was so simple. little tip, if ur dough won’t go off ur spoon too easy you can dip the spoon in the broth before scooping the dough out & then put it in the broth. it’ll fall off ur spoon easily! my grandma always just used a “big” spoon from her silverware drawer, nothing fancy.