Kutaby with greenery is a dish of national Azerbaijani cuisine, which is remarkable for its delicious taste. This is a thin flat cake made of dough, similar in shape to a crescent moon. The stuffing can serve absolutely everything: different kinds of meat, cheese, cottage cheese, greens and even vegetables.
How to cook kutaby with greens?
To get kutaby with greens, you need to consider some points that are as follows:
- For the test, you need to take flour, salt, vegetable oil and water.
- The taste and softness of the dough will depend on the quality of the flour. The ideal option will be flour of the highest grade of durum wheat.
- It is worthwhile to worry about the quality of water, it is better to take a filtered, stand-by or drinking.
- For such cakes suitable home-made vegetable oil, do not choose a deodorized and refined.
- The filling for kutabs can consist of any available herbs, such as parsley, coriander, basil or spinach.
Dough for kutubah with herbs - recipe
The basis for any variation of the recipe will be dough for kutubov with herbs. It should come out elastic and not stick to your hands. Formed tortillas should not be excessively thick, they can be visible in some places, but in no case should tear during cooking. When properly cooked, it will come out crisp and rosy
Ingredients:
- water - 1 glass;
- salt - 1.5 tsp;
- vegetable oil - 3 tbsp. l .;
- flour - 3-4 glasses.
Preparation
- Pour salt into the flour, pour in the water. Make a knead and leave the dough for half an hour to rest.
- Roll the dough into sausage and cut into slices. Of them, form circles, their size depends on the diameter of the frying pan, it should accommodate 2 pieces at the same time.
Kutaby with greens in Azerbaijani style
The most common option is the national Azerbaijani kutamba with herbs, the recipe of which is extremely simple. This dish strongly resembles a cheburek, but during cooking, oil is not used to lubricate the frying pan. For proper serving, it is customary to serve tortillas with yoghurt, kefir or milkshakes.
Ingredients:
- water - 1 glass;
- salt - 1, 5 tsp;
- vegetable oil - 2-3 tbsp. l .;
- flour - 3,5 glasses;
- greens - 200-300 g;
- Butter - 70 g.
Preparation
- Garnish with finely chopped greens, season with pepper and salt.
- For the dough in a deep container stir the flour, add salt, warm water, oil.
- Give the test to rest for half an hour, roll it to thin cakes.
- For each cake lay out the filling, fold the cakes in half, firmly clamp the edges.
- Fry kutaby with greens without vegetable oil in a non-stick frying pan, then grease them with butter.
Kutaby with greens - Armenian recipe
Among the housewives, kutabs with greens in Armenian are also popular. Its difference is that the cakes are made oval and fixed in the middle, like a patty. In the Azerbaijani version, the greens for the filling are allowed in the frying pan, and in Armenian they are prepared exclusively with fresh herbs, which can not be heat cooked.
Ingredients:
- flour - 1 kg;
- water - 500 ml;
- yoghurt - 100 g;
- salt - 10 g;
- greens (mint, coriander, spinach, sorrel) - 300 g.
Preparation
- Mix the salt and flour, in the middle make a hole and pour out the water, mix. Set aside for half an hour.
- Divide the dough into pieces and form the balls. Thinly roll out every cake.
- Cut the greens finely, add salt, pepper and pour with oil, put in the middle of the flat cake.
- Paddle the cake from center to edge. Put on a dry frying pan and fry on each side.
Kutaby with greens and cheese
A very interesting variation are kutabs with herbs and suluguni, the recipe of which includes another component in the filling. In this case, the hostess needs to determine her taste preferences during the selection of suitable greenery. It is important to remember that it quickly loses its color, so do not spend a long time working on a frying pan.
Ingredients:
- greens -200 g;
- suluguni - 150 g;
- water - 1 glass;
- salt - 1.5 tsp;
- vegetable oil - 3 tbsp. l .;
- flour - 3 cups.
Preparation
- Greenery finely chopped, suluguni rubbed, all mixed.
- Make the dough from flour, water, salt and oil. Thinly roll it into circles.
- Lay out the filling.
- Frying pan, and fry kutubah with cheese, greens on each side.
Kutaby with cottage cheese and herbs - recipe
To give the dish some sourness, you can cook kutaby with cottage cheese and greens. Special piquancy can be given to the food by adding garlic and eggs. The second ingredient makes the whole filling, and it will not be able to crumble. Curd in such a dish should be used low-fat, containing an acid note.
Ingredients:
- water - 1 glass;
- salt - 1.5 tsp;
- vegetable oil - 3 tbsp. l .;
- flour - 3 cups;
- cottage cheese - 400 g;
- greens - 200 g;
- garlic - 3 chubchika;
- egg - 1 pc.
Preparation
- Mix cottage cheese with chopped herbs, garlic and egg.
- Make the dough from flour, water, oil and salt, roll it into thin mugs. Lay the filling on one half, cover with the second side, protect the edges.
- Fry kutubah with cottage cheese, greens on each side.
Kutaby with brynza and greens
A common way, by means of which the preparation of kutabs with greens is carried out, is the inclusion of brynza in the filling. This brine cheese is very suitable for a real Azerbaijani dish. In the process of frying it softens and is well complemented by the taste of fresh greens. At the end of cooking it is recommended to grease tortillas with butter.
Ingredients:
- greens - 400 g;
- brynza - 250 g;
Dough:
- water - 1 glass;
- salt - 1.5 tsp;
- vegetable oil - 3 tbsp. l .;
- flour - 3 cups.
Preparation
- Grind greens and cheese.
- Garnish in a skillet for 2 minutes, add the cheese.
- Make the dough from flour, water, oil and salt, roll it into a flat cake.
- Lay out the filling and fix the edges.
- Kutaby fry on each side.
Kutaby with spinach - recipe
Unsurpassed taste is possessed by kutabs with spinach, this kind of greenery can be used both in frozen and fresh condition. Cakes are fried in a frying pan without vegetable oil, when they are ready, they should be oiled. To give the filling a piquancy, it is possible to attach hops-suneli to it.
Ingredients:
- flour - 3 cups;
- egg -2 pieces;
- spinach frozen - 4-5 balls;
- hops-suneli - 1 tsp;
- water 50 ml;
- salt - to taste;
- vegetable oil - 1 tbsp. l.
Preparation
- Make batch of flour, eggs and water.
- Stew spinach in the frying pan with hops-suneli.
- Dough to divide into pieces, make cakes, lay out the filling.
- To complete cooking kutubov, you need to fry them in a dry frying pan.
Kutaby with meat and greens
The kutabs with lamb are very rich and nutritious. In the Azerbaijani variant, you can take beef for filling. In addition, it must contain fat, it is recommended to use the same kind of meat as meat, it can be beef or mutton. When frying, you need to try so that the cake does not burst.
Ingredients:
- flour - 4 glasses;
- water -2 cups;
- salt - 1 tsp;
- beef - 300 g;
- fat - 100 g;
- onions - 1 pc.
Preparation
- Before making kutaby, twist the meat into minced meat, add fat and onions.
- For the dough mix the flour, salt and water, make cakes. Put the stuffing.
- Fry on each side.
Kutabs from pita bread with greens and cheese
Mistresses who do not have a lot of time can make kutabs from pita bread with greens . They are made extremely quickly and at the same time are obtained as delicious as from the dough. This option is suitable for a hearty breakfast with coffee or tea. Try it once, you want to indulge in this dish of loved ones all the time.
Ingredients:
- lavash Armenian - 2 pieces;
- cheese - 200 g;
- green onions - 50 g;
- coriander - 50 g;
- salt - to taste;
- lean oil - 5 tbsp. l.
Preparation
- Cheese to grate, cut the greenery, mix everything.
- Lavash cut into 4 pieces, lay out the filling and form an envelope.
- Fry kutaby on each side.