Noodles And Cottage Cheese
In fact in our home we had noodles and cottage cheese but we never had noodle kugel.
Noodles and cottage cheese. Cook egg noodles in the boiling water stirring occasionally until cooked through but firm to the bite about 5 minutes. Boil egg noodles according to directions. Add sour cream if using and salt and pepper to taste.
Add the cottage cheese to the pasta and stir until all of the noodles are well coated. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and cook the pasta according to the package instructions. Drain and return to the pot.
Drain obviously melt butter in medium frying pan and add noodles on top. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. The point at which cottage cheese entered the picture remains unclear.
There is no evidence that kugel birthed noodles and cottage cheese or vice versa. Once cooked drain the pasta well and add it back to the hot pot. Stir butter and onion mixture cottage cheese sour cream sea salt and black pepper into the noodles.
Sources cite that noodle kugel originated in germany about 800 years ago. Cook on low covered for 20 minutes or until the bottom is crunchy.