Balish with potatoes

Famous Tatar unsweetened pastries! Balish with potatoes is very affordable and easy to prepare. Traditionally, the pie is served by cutting off the top. The filling is spread on plates and eaten with ruddy pieces of crust. Immerse yourself in the Tatar traditions, try the fragrant and delicious balish!
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Composition / ingredients

servings:
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 26 % 10 g
Carbohydrates 63 % 24 g
199 kcal
GI: 30 / 0 / 70

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 1 h 40 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    How to cook balish with potatoes? First make the dough. Take odorless vegetable oil. Heat the water well. Wheat flour is better to use the highest grade.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Sift the flour through a sieve. To do this, take a convenient, wide container so that when sifting flour does not fall on the table.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Dissolve salt in warm water, pour in vegetable oil, mix.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Pour in the sifted flour. Do not add all the flour at once, it may take less. Mix the dough first with a spoon.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    If the dough is too thin, add a little more flour.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Knead the dough with your hands. It turns out soft, elastic, oily. The dough does not stick to your hands at all. Wrap it in a bag or plastic wrap and leave it on the table for 30 minutes. During this time, the gluten will disperse and the dough will become more pliable.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Meanwhile, prepare the filling. Coriander can be taken ground or crushed. When choosing spices and spices, be guided by your taste.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8.

    Pre-peeled onion cut into small cubes.

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9.

    Wash potatoes with a brush under running water, clean. Cut the vegetable into small cubes.

  10. Step 10:

    Step 10.

    Combine the prepared potatoes and onions, add salt. Add spices, stir.

  11. Step 11:

    Step 11.

    Divide the dough into parts: for the base of the pie, for the top, a little for decoration and a small ball to close the hole in the pie.

  12. Step 12:

    Step 12.

    Roll out the largest part of the dough into a round layer of such a size that it covers the sides of the mold (I have a shape d = 20 cm). With your hands, gently spread the dough over the bottom and walls of the mold. The mold can not be lubricated, since the dough contains a sufficient amount of oil.

  13. Step 13:

    Step 13.

    Put the filling on the dough, smooth it out.

  14. Step 14:

    Step 14.

    Spread the pieces of butter on top.

  15. Step 15:

    Step 15.

    Roll out the smaller part of the dough as well and cover the pie on top. Connect the edges well.

  16. Step 16:

    Step 16.

    In the center of the pie, make a hole for steam to escape.

  17. Step 17:

    Step 17.

    Close the hole with a dough ball. Use the rest of the dough to decorate the cake.

  18. Step 18:

    Step 18.

    Bake the balish in a preheated 180C oven for 20-25 minutes. Then carefully take out the pie, open the hole and pour in the broth to make the filling more juicy. If the pie is already well browned, cover it with foil.

  19. Step 19:

    Step 19.

    Return the pie to the oven and continue cooking until the filling is ready for about 25-30 minutes. Leave the finished pie in the mold for 15 minutes, wrapped in a warm towel, so that the pie crust is slightly limp.

  20. Step 20:

    Step 20.

    Then remove from the mold and serve the hot balish to the table. Bon appetit!

The dough in this balisha recipe is somewhat dense, very similar to a biscuit. If you use any vegetable oil and vegetable broth for the filling, you will get a lean version of the pie.

The bottom crust of balisha, soaked with the juiciness of the filling, is the most delicious.

In order for the oven to have time to heat up to the desired temperature, turn it on in advance (10-20 minutes before the start of cooking).

Keep in mind that everyone's ovens are different. The temperature and cooking time may differ from those specified in the recipe. To make any baked dish successful, use useful information about the features of ovens !

Be prepared for the fact that you may need more or less flour than indicated in the recipe. Focus not on the amount of flour, but on the desired consistency of the dough. To avoid mistakes, read about flour and its properties!

Calorie content of products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Ripe potatoes - 80   kcal/100g
  • Baked potatoes - 70   kcal/100g
  • Mashed potatoes - 380   kcal/100g
  • Boiled potatoes - 82   kcal/100g
  • Potatoes in uniform - 74   kcal/100g
  • Fried potatoes - 192   kcal/100g
  • Ground black pepper - 255   kcal/100g
  • Butter 82% - 734   kcal/100g
  • Amateur unsalted butter - 709   kcal/100g
  • Unsalted peasant butter - 661   kcal/100g
  • Peasant salted butter - 652   kcal/100g
  • Melted butter - 869   kcal/100g
  • Vegetable oil - 873   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Water - 0   kcal/100g
  • Onion - 41   kcal/100g
  • Wheat flour - 325   kcal/100g
  • Broth - 15   kcal/100g
  • Ground coriander - 25   kcal/100g

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