Nuts on kefir

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 40 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make nuts with kefir? Prepare all the necessary ingredients. Kefir and eggs should be at room temperature, so remove them from the refrigerator in advance. Place all ingredients except flour into a deep bowl.

2. STEP 2

   

   Mix everything thoroughly with a whisk until smooth.

3. STEP 3

   

   Sift the flour first to saturate it with oxygen and make it fluffier. Add most of the flour to the bowl with the remaining ingredients and stir. It is better to add flour in parts and knead the dough evenly. Keep in mind that you may need more or less flour. It depends on the properties of the flour itself.

4. STEP 4

   

   Add the rest of the flour also in parts. Stir the dough with a spoon (and gather it into a ball.

5. STEP 5

   

   The dough turns out to be quite sticky and you need to be prepared for the fact that you will have to work with exactly this consistency throughout the entire time. The flour that will be used for dust will help with this. It took me about 70-100 grams, you may need a little more or less, depending on the type and quality of flour. Place the dough on a table sprinkled with flour.

6. STEP 6

   

   Roll the dough into a ball. Lightly flour not only the ball itself, but also the area underneath it. Cover the dough with cling film and leave to rest for 15 minutes.

7. STEP 7

   

   Divide the dough into several equal parts. I divided it into 3 parts.

8. STEP 8

   

   Cut each part into small pieces. I made them about 2 centimeters wide and weighing an average of 35 grams. I got 25 pieces in total. Dip each piece in flour.

9. STEP 9

   

   Stretch each piece into an oval with your hands. The nuts will rise well, so I made the pieces thinner (about 0.2-0.3 centimeters thick). If you want fluffier nuts, then make the ovals thicker. All ovals should be approximately the same size and shape.

10. STEP 10

    

    Make a small (about 1 centimeter) cut with a knife in the center of each oval. The nuts are formed like this: take one edge of the workpiece and pull it through the cut, as if turning it inside out.

11. STEP 11

    

    Pour vegetable oil into a small frying pan or round bread baking dish of also small diameter (to reduce oil consumption): it should reach half of the nuts when they rise. I used a frying pan with a bottom diameter of 20 cm and immediately poured 200 ml of oil. Heat the oil well. Place the pieces in the oil. Fry on one side for about 3-4 minutes on the middle burner over medium heat.

12. STEP 12

    

    Turn the nuts over and fry them until done. It took me about 2-3 more minutes. You can fry them more intensely or make them lighter. Remove the finished nuts and fry the next batch. I added 50 ml of oil twice as it boiled and warmed it up too. Make sure that no liquid gets into the oil, otherwise it will start shooting.

13. STEP 13

    

    Sprinkle the finished cakes with powdered sugar and serve with tea. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Moderator Ksenia

20.10.2023

4.6

At first I thought that the nuts on kefir were the same nuts that were cooked in the nut mill. But it turned out that it was brushwood. To be honest, I’ve never heard of brushwood being called nuts. I prepared it for six servings. Instead of kefir, I used milk fermented with vinegar. The dough really turned out sticky, but not critical. It's quite normal to work with him. When kneading, I added an additional handful of flour and kneaded the dough with another handful of flour. The nuts turned out very tasty. They are crispy on top and tender on the inside. When frying, they expanded greatly. The nuts themselves are not sweet. The sweetness can be adjusted by the amount of powdered sugar. Thank you very much for the recipe!