Bread
Description
Perfect with tea and coffee. Want some variety in your home cooking? Then make Lezgian layered bread “Shtkar-fu”—it’s simple and very tasty. It’s such a pleasure to break off an aromatic piece of flatbread, and honestly, you don’t need anything else with it. Well, actually, of course, such flatbreads go great with vegetables, meat, or cheese. Check out the step‑by‑step recipe and delight your family with a new dish.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare the ingredients.
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Step 2
Add salt and baking powder to the sifted flour.
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Step 3
Add vegetable oil to the water.
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Step 4
Make a well in the flour, pour the water‑oil mixture into it.
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Step 5
Knead the dough. It will be better if the dough rests a little (10-15 minutes). Divide the dough into 4 parts.
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Step 6
Roll out the dough into a sheet, as thin as possible, and brush it with melted butter.
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Step 7
Roll the dough into a log.
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Step 8
Then roll it into a “snail,” making sure each coil is also brushed with butter.
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Step 9
Roll out the “snail” into a sheet about 0.5 cm thick.
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Step 10
Press finger indentations all over the surface of the flatbread.
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Step 11
Bake the bread on both sides in a dry skillet, gently pressing it with a spatula.
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Step 12
Stack the bread. You can spread the remaining butter on the flatbreads, cover with a napkin and let it rest a bit, if you have enough patience, because the bread is so tasty that you won’t have patience to wait. Bake a double portion right away!