If you are tired of monotonous dishes, start learning recipes of national cuisine of various peoples of the world. In them you will find many interesting and original. Today we will focus on pastries called afar. The recipe for these pies consists of various fillings and a simple lean dough. Afar is fried in a pan without oil. They are cooked with meat, pumpkin, nettles, herbs, eggs, potatoes and even radish.
Recipes of Dagestan cuisine: afar with meat
Let's start with the most favorite filling - meat. For this recipe you will need:
- water is a glass;
- flour - 2 glasses;
- salt;
- vegetable oil;
- minced meat (beef with pork or lamb with fat tail fat) ;
- bow;
- pepper, salt.
Knead the dough from water, flour, a pinch of salt and a few tablespoons of butter. It should be cool in consistency. Divide it into small balls, each of which needs to be rolled out into a thin layer. Stuffing mix with chopped onion. Salt and pepper well. This dish “loves” peppers, so don't be sorry. Put the filling on half of the rolled cake, cover with the second half and pinch the edges. Preheat the pan. Do not add oil. Put the dough with the filling and fry, periodically turning from one side to the other. Melt the butter and grease the baked afar liberally. The recipe is implemented. Serve the dish both hot and cold.
Afar. Egg and Herb Recipe
For the next cooking method you will need:
- one egg for filling;
- a bunch of fresh green onions for the filling;
- 2 cups flour for dough;
- onion head for filling;
- glass of water;
- for dough and topping for a couple of spoons of sunflower oil ;
- 200 grams of cottage cheese for the filling;
- a few tablespoons of sour cream for the filling;
- salt for the dough.
How to cook afar
Start the recipe with a batch of dough. Mix water with flour, salt. You can add a couple tablespoons of vegetable oil for better elasticity. After that, roll out the dough as thin as possible. Make the filling: chop the green and onion finely, mix with cottage cheese, sour cream, butter and boiled chopped egg. Mix well. The filling should be soft. Roll the dough into separate thin pancakes. On each half, lay out the filling, pinch from the edge. Bake without oil in a dry frying pan. As soon as a golden crust begins to form, remove the afar from the pan. Spread each pie with butter.
Lenten afar with potatoes and mushrooms
Make lean afar. To do this, take:
- several medium potato tubers;
- onion head;
- frozen, dried or fresh mushrooms.
- for the dough products as in the previous recipe: water, salt, flour, a little oil.
Knead the dough. Defrost the mushrooms or soak them in water if they are dried. Chop the onion finely. Spasser it in oil. Cook the potato, mash it. You can add butter, egg and milk in case you are preparing non-fast afar. Finely chop the mushrooms and fry with onions. Then mix mashed potatoes and onion-mushroom overcooking. Put the filling on a thinly rolled dough. Pinch the edge. Fry in a dry pan. Grease afar can be sunflower oil.