Kystybai with kefir
Description
Here is a simple recipe for kystybya made with kefir. Kystybya is often prepared with milk or sour cream, but I made it with kefir. The filling is made from potatoes mashed into a puree. You can add fried onions and meat to the filling.
Instructions
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Step 1
Place all the necessary ingredients on the table.
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Step 2
Peel the potatoes, wash them, cut into smaller pieces for convenience, place in a pot with water, and boil until cooked.
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Step 3
While the potatoes are boiling, prepare the dough. Sift the flour into a large bowl, add salt. Mix well.
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Step 4
Pour in the kefir.
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Step 5
Knead a stiff dough.
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Step 6
Divide the entire dough into approximately 8-10 small portions. Take one portion of the dough and roll it out on a work surface with a rolling pin into a thin round flatbread. You can use a plate to even out the edges. The diameter of my flatbread is 20 cm.
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Step 7
Heat a dry skillet over medium heat and place the rolled-out flatbread on the heated surface.
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Step 8
Fry the pancake on both sides until dark brown spots appear.
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Step 9
Prepare pancakes from all the dough, stacking each pancake, generously brushing with a piece of butter.
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Step 10
Drain the water from the cooked boiled potatoes, add salt, a piece of butter, pour in milk, and mash with a masher.
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Step 11
It should result in a smooth mashed potato.
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Step 12
Now place one flatbread on the work surface, put 2 tablespoons of purée on half of the flatbread, and spread it with a spoon into an even layer over that half.
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Step 13
Cover half of the pancake with mashed potatoes with the free part and do the same with all the pancakes and mashed potatoes.
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Step 14
The kystybai are ready.
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Step 15
Ready. Serve at the table.