One of the most original countries in the field of cooking is India. Because of the strong stratification of social elevators, the presence of castes, people in this state eat differently. For example, in India there is
a
huge number of different flatbreads.
Papad, for example, is a flatbread similar to a pancake. It is prepared from flour taken from legumes. More familiar to Europeans is considered the Indian flatbread Roti. The fact is that it is made from wheat flour. Roti is a simple flatbread, unlike Paratha, which is made of several layers of dough.
If you go deeper into the cooking of India, you will learn a lot of interesting recipes. Let us first learn the basic cooking algorithms and make classic flatbreads.
Ingredients for traditional flatbreads:
- flour – 450 g;
- butter – 100 g;
- kefir – 200 g;
- salt – 1.5 tsp;
- leavening agent – tsp;
- green onion – 20 g;
- egg – pcs;
- cilantro – 20 g;
- 9% cottage cheese – 300 g;
- parsley – 20 g;
- dill – 10 g.
Preparation of traditional tortillas:
In a container pour flour, in the middle create a small depression, where we pour kefir. Pour leavening agent into the kefir, wait for the components to react.
Pour a spoonful of salt into the eggs, mix well until the grains of sand dissolve. Pour the egg mixture into the flour, mix with kefir. Knead elastic and not sticky dough, divide it into 6 identical
lumps. Lumps of dough leave under cellophane for 10-15 minutes to rise. At this time we can prepare the cottage cheese filling. We chop dill, parsley, green onions and cilantro in advance, add to the cottage cheese, salt and mix.
Roll the lumps
of dough
into thin tortillas, grease each one with warm butter. Put the stuffing on the surface of the tortillas, roll them into tubes.
Roll the tube into a snail, press it with your hand, pressing it a little. Let the future tortillas rest under the foil in the warmth for 10 minutes.
Press the tortillas with a rolling pin to increase their diameter. Place 3 tortillas in a heated frying pan and fry for 10 minutes on each side under a lid over medium heat.
Turn the tortillas every 3 minutes.
Place the remaining tortillas on a baking tray lined with parchment. Bake the tortillas in the oven at 180 degrees for half an hour.
It is recommended to grease the tortillas with butter after cooking. These traditional flatbreads do not take long to prepare, but they are hearty and tasty.
