Fried bean pies

At the first stage, we prepare the dough, for which we dilute dry yeast in warm water, add vegetable oil there. In a wide bowl, sift wheat flour of the highest grade, make a recess and pour in yeast water. Add salt and start kneading with a fork. When it is no longer possible to wield it, we continue to knead with our hands. Roll the dough into a ball and leave it in a warm place for an hour to ripen. You can do it even easier and knead the dough in a bread maker on a special program.

Meanwhile, we proceed to the preparation of the filling, for which we put the beans boiled in advance (or canned, and in this case - without liquid) in a container. Add tomatoes without skin, cut into small cubes. To easily remove the skin, tomatoes need to be immersed in boiling water for a couple of seconds and then quickly doused with cold water. To the beans and tomatoes, add finely chopped fresh green onions and spices to taste. Here you can experiment and, in addition to salt and ground pepper, introduce turmeric, hops-suneli, dry parsley. Next, the filling should be crushed in any convenient way (either pass through a meat grinder, or suppress with a pestle, or use a blender). The main thing is that the large pieces also remain, because it tastes better this way.

Roll out the dough very thinly (literally 2-3 mm) and cut out the circles. In the middle of each we put a spoonful of filling and begin to collect the pie, sealing the edges like dumplings. You can decorate the edge with a fork.

Ready-made pies are fried in batches in a large amount of hot vegetable oil. On each side, fry for 3 minutes until a beautiful uniform golden color. Spread on a layer of paper towels to remove excess fat. Ready-made pies are served to the table warm. They turn out delicious and satisfying and may well be the main dish.

Bon appetit!