Syrnyky (cottage cheese fritters)

(syrnyky is plural form of the word syrnyk, the first syllable is stressed)

500g of cottage cheese
half a glass of sugar
3 eggs
2 glasses of flour
50g of melted butter
1 glass of sour cream
a little salt

Whisk eggs with salt and sugar into thick froth. Add minced cottage cheese, one and a half (1.5) glasses of flour. Knead thoroughly. Put the dough onto the board sifted with flour, and form a thick roll. Slice it into pieces as thick as a finger. Put each slice into a flour, and make its form like a cutlet with a knife. Fry in butter in a frying pan at the medium heat, both sides. Serve in sour cream.