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Pies with potatoes on kefir in a frying pan

Kefir-Dough Potato Hand Pies Fried in a Skillet

Soft, homemade hand pies, hot off the skillet, just for you! Whenever I make these, I finally get the phrase "selling like hotcakes" — because these really do disappear in an instant! A couple of these little pies and a glass of kefir, and life is good, at least for tonight!

nasstin

Recipe author

Pies with potatoes on kefir in a frying pan

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Potatoes

Onion

150

Milk (optional)

200

Vegetable oil

Butter

Table salt

Vegetable oil

Table salt

1.5

Flour

Kefir (room temperature)

350

Sugar

1.5

Baking soda

1.5

Eggs

Vegetable oil

100

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 11 % 4 g

Fats 27 % 10 g

Carbohydrates 62 % 23 g

197 kcal

GI: 39 / 0 / 61

Cooking method

Step 1:

First, make the filling: here are the ingredients you'll need.
Step 2:

Boil the potatoes until tender.
Step 3:

Meanwhile, finely chop the onion and sauté it in vegetable oil until golden.
Step 4:

Don't forget to salt the potatoes partway through cooking.
Step 5:

While the potatoes cook, make the dough. Here are all the ingredients for it.
Step 6:

Add the baking soda to the room-temperature kefir.
Step 7:

Then the sugar.
Step 8:

And the salt.
Step 9:

Separately, beat the egg and mix it with the vegetable oil.
Step 10:

Now combine all the ingredients.
Step 11:

Knead the dough with a spoon.
Step 12:

The dough is ready — cover it with a towel and let it rest while you finish the filling. During this time the gluten in the flour relaxes, making the dough easy to work with.
Step 13:

By the time the dough is done, the potatoes are cooked! Drain the cooking water and add the sautéed onion.
Step 14:

Add the butter and mash the potatoes however you like — I use a regular potato masher.
Step 15:

Next, add the hot milk. You don't have to add milk to the filling, but it makes it more tender.
Step 16:

The filling is ready — set it aside to cool.
Step 17:

Now everything is ready to shape the pies.
Step 18:

Spoon a little dough onto the counter and either pat it out by hand or roll it with a rolling pin, whichever is easier. Then add the filling — keep in mind these pies hold quite a lot.
Step 19:

Pinch the edges shut, flatten the pie slightly with your hands, and set it seam-side down on the counter.
Step 20:

Fry the pies in a preheated skillet with vegetable oil. They cook quite fast — just 3–4 minutes per side.
Step 21:

Flip them and finish frying on the other side.
Step 22:

Enjoy!