Description
Hychiny (Karach. - Balk. hichin; hychiny; hitsin) — a pie with potato and cheese or meat stuffing with greens, the national dish of the Karachai, the Balkars and Nogai. By their prestige they were estimated at the Karachai, the Balkars and Nogai in different ways, but all of the varieties were very popular among the people. The Supreme hospitality of the hostess in the past was considered the invitation "on hychiny". This is one of the most coveted dishes in the list of farinaceous foods Karachay-Balkar cuisine. Any meal was simply unthinkable without hichina.
Ingredients
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Ayran
400 ml
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Chicken egg
1 piece
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Salt
1 Tbsp
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Olive oil
20 g
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Soda
0.5 tsp
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Flour
750 g
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Minced meat
300 g
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Onion
1 piece
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Garlic
1 tooth
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Spices
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Adyghe cheese
200 g
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Potatoes
500 g
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Greens
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Butter
Cooking
Flour, buttermilk, eggs, salt, flour and olive oil and knead the dough.
Put the dough in a warm place to come.
Mince, onion, garlic, salt, pepper and herbs to prepare the meat filling.
Boil potatoes and RUB them in order, add the grated cheese — the best cheese, Adyghe (ideal for pies Ossetian), but can be any other which is. Cheese is best added to hot potatoes, then it turns sticky sweet filling. The dough is cut into uniform slices and roll into balls. Of filling is also formed into balls twice those of the test. The main rule: the ball of dough — half that of the filling. Knead the ball of dough, place the filling in the center.
Gather the dough around it and a very good record, obtained the knot.
Put a bundle down down and hands, only the hands, formed into a thin cake, evenly spreading it from the center to the edges. The pellet thickness 0.5 cm, diameter 16-18cm. If the dough breaks, place sprinkle it with flour, do not worry.
Heat in a pan the oil (it is possible and without it) and fry the tortilla like pancakes with two sides, swollen places gently pierced with a fork. Ready hychiny immediately greased with butter and fold the pile like pancakes.
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