Khichiny with cottage cheese potatoes greens

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   Khichiny is a delicious Adyghe dish that is a cross between a flatbread and a pie with filling. The peculiarity of cooking hichin is that they are fried without the use of oil - in a dry frying pan. The dough is prepared very simply! It requires flour, kefir, soda, salt and spices. For the filling, prepare potatoes, Adyghe cheese, sour cream and herbs. Boil six medium-sized potatoes in advance in whole salted water.

2. Step 2:

   

   Add soda, salt, coriander and pepper to kefir. Soda does not need to be extinguished beforehand - kefir will do it. Mix thoroughly.

3. Step 3:

   

   Pour flour into the resulting mixture in small portions and mix. When all the flour is in the bowl, knead the dough.

4. Step 4:

   

   Knead the dough until it stops sticking to your hands. It won't take much time - just a few minutes. The dough should be dense and elastic.

5. Step 5:

   

   Prepare the filling. Start with the potatoes, which are grated on a coarse grater.

6. Step 6:

   

   Do the same with cheese. If the cheese is soft and resembles cottage cheese in consistency, you can simply mash it with a fork. Add the cheese to the grated potatoes.

7. Step 7:

   

   Put 4 tablespoons of sour cream and chopped greens in a bowl with potatoes and cheese.

9. Step 8:

   

   Mix the ingredients. The filling is ready!

10. Step 9:

    

    Divide the dough into nine identical parts. Roll each into a pancake 3-5 mm thick.

11. Step 10:

    

    Put a couple of spoonfuls of filling in the center of the pancake, then lift the edges and pinch them in the center. Try to do this so that there is as little air left inside as possible - otherwise, in the future, when rolling out, the dough may burst.

12. Step 11:

    

    Turn the pancake seam down and roll it out again. Do this carefully so that the dough does not break.

13. Step 12:

    

    You can start frying. Preheat the frying pan, you do not need to lubricate it with oil. Put the patty and fry it for about 3 minutes.

14. Step 13:

    

    Turn the browned tortilla to the other side and fry for the same amount of time.

15. Step 14:

    

    Ready-made hichins are stacked on top of each other. They can be eaten dry or drizzled with melted butter. Bon appetit!