Cheese cakes with herbs, on kefir
Such cakes under different names (chudu, kutab, etc.) are made in the Caucasus. Great summer food!
Ingredients
Servings 6- 300 g flour
- 200 g of kefir with a fat content of 2.5%
- 50 g hard cheese
- 3 art. l. vegetable oil
- 0.5 h. l. year
- 0.5 h. l. Sahara
- 0.5 tsp soda
- butter for greasing
Cooking
Step 1
For the filling, remove the hard stems from the greens and finely chop the leaves. Finely chop the green onion. Heat a little butter in a frying pan and fry the herbs and onions in it over low heat, 3-4 minutes. Remove from heat, salt and pepper.
Step 2
For the dough, grate the cheese on a fine grater. Set aside about a quarter for the filling. Add soda, salt and sugar to kefir, mix.
Step 3
Pour the sifted flour and grated cheese into kefir, knead the dough. Add vegetable oil, knead until smooth. Cover with cling film and let rest in the refrigerator for 15-20 minutes.
Step 4
Pour the reserved cheese into the cooled filling. Divide the dough into equal parts weighing about 40 g. Roll each piece into a cake, sprinkle with herbs, fold in half, pinch the edges and gently roll again.
Step 5
Fry the tortillas in a dry heavy-bottomed pan (ideally cast iron) until brown spots on both sides. Grease the finished cakes immediately with oil, stack and keep warm until serving.