Flatbreads are considered an important part of the culinary culture of the inhabitants of the East and Central Asia. It is in Uzbekistan, Armenia and Azerbaijan that one can find tasty traditional flatbreads. The
peoples have many recommendations that will allow you to prepare tasty flatbreads at home. For example, it is necessary to carefully choose flour, as it is the basis of baking
. Also, the dough should be carefully prepared and brought to a homogeneous consistency. The
filling for flatbreads can be chosen different: from potato to meat, fish and others. It happens that tortillas are even made with sweet fillings. However, such tortillas are popular mainly among tourists.
Let’s prepare homemade delicious tortillas
Ingredients:
- Water – 370 ml;
- Salt – 1 tsp;
- Flour – 400 g;
- Potatoes – 400 g;
- Salt – ⅓ tsp;
- Vegetable oil – 50 ml;
- Onion – 1 pc;
- Ground meat – 350 g;
- Green onion – a bundle.
Preparation of tortillas:
In a skillet heat water, add salt and flour. Knead the dough in the boiling water with a spatula. Then transfer the dough to a table, grease with vegetable oil and knead until smooth and homogeneous.
Leave the dough under cellophane for 30 minutes
.
Cut the peeled potatoes into small cubes
, cut onions into quarter rings, fry them in a frying pan with vegetable oil. Then add minced meat to the onions, fry together until ready.
Potatoes at this time cook until soft. Knead the potatoes, mix with salt and black pepper to taste. Add the meat stuffing to the mashed potatoes, mix.
Chop green onions, mix with the stuffing and form large balls – 9 pieces.
We roll out each
dough
ball into a thin cake, where we put balls of stuffing
.
Seal the stuffing inside as if in a bag.
Lightly knead the balls into flatbreads. Put the tortillas in a pan with vegetable oil and fry on both sides until golden.
As a result, we have delicious juicy tortillas with meat and potatoes. They can be cooked instead of pirozhki.
