Oladyi | Оладьи
A small thick kind of pancake.
Usually oladyi are made of wheat flour, kefir, eggs, soda, oil and salt/sugar but oladyi also can be made of potato, summer squash and even cottage cheese.
Supposedly, the word оладьи derives from the Ancient Greek word ἐλάδιον “olive oil.”
Oladyi as a dish was mentioned in Domostroy, a16th century set of household rules, instructions and advice related to religious, social, domestic, and family matters of Russian society.
