Recipes Azerbaijani cuisine: kutaby

Azerbaijan cuisine dishes: 4 simple recipes

Azerbaijani cuisine is shaped by

the influence of tradition, religion and geographical location of the state. It features a large number of lamb dishes, fresh vegetables, herbs and fruits, as well as a very spicy and fragrant treats, which are obtained through the use of a lot of spices.

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Kutaby - delicious cakes come from Azerbaijan, they are thin crescent-shaped cakes with fillings. Most often as a filling for kutabs use meat, cheese or greens. Is supplied to a baking milk drinks such as kefir and yogurt. Kutaby filled with greenery is usually fed with fermented milk drink yoghurt. Cakes rolled into a tube and dip into the drink. Azerbaijan is not accepted to cook at least 5 kutabs per person.

The recipe Azerbaijani kutabs

It should:

180 ml of cold water, 2 cups flour, 150 mL of sunflower oil, 1 bunch green onions, 1 bunch of fresh parsley, 1 bunch of fresh dill, 30 g of butter, 2.1 hr. L. salt.

How to prepare:

1. For the preparation of the Azerbaijani dishes first prepare the ingredients for the dough.
2. Take a deep bowl, pour into it the necessary amount of cold water, add the flour, 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil and salt.
3. Knead the dough, take care that it had no lumps.
4. Next, cover the bowl with the dough with cling film and place it in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
5. At this time, prepare the filling for pastries.
6. The greens rinse thoroughly under cold running water and pat dry on a kitchen towel.
7. Put the green onions, parsley and dill on a cutting board and chop.
8. mixed greens in a medium bowl.
9. , melt butter over low heat or water bath, and add it to the melted state to the chopped greens.
10. If desired, you can also add black pepper and coriander.
11. Do not wrinkle green, otherwise it is empty juice that would be superfluous for the recipe.
12. Remove the chilled dough from the refrigerator and divide into 6 equal pieces.
13. Each of the roll in a circle the thickness of 1-2 mm.
14. In one half of the circle lay a certain amount of filling of the greens, cover with the second half of the filling.
15. Carefully zaschiplite resulting cake. Make the same kutaby from every part of the dough.
16. Take a deep pan and pour into it the necessary amount of vegetable oil.
17. Heat a frying pan over medium heat, and then lay on her 2 Qutab.
18. Fry them on both sides. Likewise fry and other cakes.

Azerbaijani kutaby ready!