Khichins with curd cheese, potatoes, herbs

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 1 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   Khichin is a delicious Adyghe dish, which is something between a flatbread and a pie with filling. The peculiarity of preparing khichin is that they are fried without the use of oil - in a dry frying pan. The dough is very easy to prepare! It requires flour, kefir, soda, salt and spices. For the filling, prepare potatoes, Adyghe cheese, sour cream and herbs. Boil six medium-sized potatoes whole in advance in salted water.

2. STEP 2

   

   Add soda, salt, coriander and pepper to kefir. There is no need to extinguish the soda first - kefir will do this. Mix thoroughly.

3. STEP 3

   

   Pour flour into the resulting mixture in small portions and stir. When all the flour is in the bowl, knead the dough.

4. STEP 4

   

   Knead the dough until it stops sticking to your hands. It won't take much time - literally a few minutes. The dough should be dense and elastic.

5. STEP 5

   

   Prepare the filling. Start with potatoes, which you grate on a coarse grater.

6. STEP 6

   

   Do the same with cheese. If the cheese is soft and has a consistency similar to cottage cheese, you can simply mash it with a fork. Add cheese to grated potatoes.

7. STEP 7

   

   Place 4 tbsp in a bowl with potatoes and cheese. spoons of sour cream and chopped herbs.

8. STEP 8

   

   Mix the ingredients. The filling is ready!

9. STEP 9

   

   Divide the dough into nine equal parts. Roll each into a pancake 3-5 mm thick.

10. STEP 10

    

    Place a couple of tablespoons of filling in the center of the pancake, then lift the edges and pinch them in the center. Try to do this so that as little air as possible remains inside - otherwise the dough may burst when rolling out later.

11. STEP 11

    

    Turn the pancake seam side down and roll it out again. Do this carefully so that the dough does not tear.

12. STEP 12

    

    You can start frying. Heat the frying pan; no need to grease it with oil. Add the patty and fry it for about 3 minutes.

13. STEP 13

    

    Turn the browned cake over to the other side and fry for the same amount of time.

14. STEP 14

    

    Ready-made khichins are stacked on top of each other. They can be eaten dry or drizzled with melted butter. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Ira

20.09.2023

5

Sumeilo! I just love eating potatoes and cottage cheese like this! But I never told anyone about it, because I thought it was a perversion to eat like that, and there’s even a recipe for it! Now I will openly eat this way, it’s good that it dispelled all my doubts about eating potatoes with cottage cheese. I will cook your flatbreads with this filling. I really didn’t think that I would find like-minded people on this option for combining products! Thank you very much for the recipe!<br /><br />

Hilja♥

20.09.2023

4.5

Wow, that was delicious! Here is this recipe, by the way, nothing too)

Goryanka

20.09.2023

5

Khychyn is a Karachay/Balkar dish, who Spandorized the Circassians here? Yes, and the breed recipe for khychyn, well, okay) They couldn’t even make it round, funny)