Khychin classic

Khychiny is a national dish of many peoples of the Caucasus. These beautiful flatbreads with a variety of fillings are made from a small number of ingredients, but they turn out very tasty. Thus, we offer you 10 recipes for making khychin.

Balkar khichina with cheese and potatoes in a frying pan

First, knead the dough using flour, kefir, salt and butter. Next, it is cut into small pieces, the filling is placed inside and everything is rolled out until you get a flat cake. Then the khychins are fried in a frying pan until golden brown and served.

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   How to cook classic Balkar khychin with cheese and potatoes in a frying pan? First, prepare the dough.Pour the kefir into a deep container, add soda, salt and flour to it, which we first sift through a sieve to make the dough more airy.
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   Mix flour with kefir and knead the dough. First, we do this with a whisk, and then we put the dough on a work surface sprinkled with flour, and finish kneading it here. Cover the finished product with a towel and let it stand for about 15 minutes.
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   At this time, prepare the filling for the khychins. Grate the cheese (you can use Adyghe cheese). Peel the potatoes, boil until tender, then let them cool to room temperature. Next, grate it on a fine grater or pass it through a meat grinder.
4. 
   Now mix the potatoes and cheese until smooth and roll the resulting filling into 10 balls. They should be the size of a chicken egg. We also divide the dough into 10 equal parts.
5. 
   Take a piece of dough, roll it out slightly, and place a ball of filling in the center. We do this with all the preparations.
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   Gather the edges of the dough and pinch tightly.
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   Now we flatten the resulting ball, after which we carefully roll it into a thin flat cake the size of our frying pan.
8. 
   Take a non-stick frying pan and heat it well. Place the flatbreads there and fry them on both sides over medium heat without oil until golden brown.
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   We stack the finished khychins on top of each other and grease each of them with butter, which we first melt in the microwave.
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    We cut classic khychins into four parts and serve them with sweet tea or take them with us on the road, to work or study. Bon appetit!

How to cook khychin with cheese and herbs?

The dough made with kefir, flour, salt and soda is cut into equal parts and a filling of suluguni and herbs is placed in each of them. Next, everything is pinched, rolled into flat cakes and fried in a dry frying pan for one and a half minutes on each side.

Cooking time: 1 hour.

Cooking time: 30 min.

Portions – 7.

Ingredients:

• Suluguni cheese – 200 gr.
• Wheat flour – 400 gr.
• Kefir – 100 ml.
• Salt – 0.5 tsp.
• Soda – 0.5 tsp.
• Water – 100 ml.
• Greens - to taste.

Cooking process:

1. Pour the kefir into a deep container, add soda to it, mix and let stand for about 5 minutes. During this time, the kefir should begin to foam. Next, pour flour and salt into a separate container, sifted through a sieve. It is better to sprinkle flour in parts to make the dough easier to knead. Pour kefir and water into the dry ingredients and knead the dough. It should lag behind your hands. Next, wrap it in cling film and let it sit at room temperature for at least half an hour.

2. At this time, prepare the filling. Grate suluguni cheese on a coarse grater. We wash the greens well under running water, dry them on a paper towel, chop them finely and add them to the cheese. Mix everything carefully.

3. Cut the dough into seven equal parts. Next, knead each piece into a flat cake, which we roll out a little with a rolling pin. The dough should be 1-2 mm along the edges, and 3-4 mm in the center.

4. Place the filling in the center of the flatbreads, bring the edges of the dough towards the center and pinch them on top. Then we roll everything back into a thin flat cake in accordance with the diameter of the frying pan.

5. Now take a frying pan with a thick bottom, heat it well and fry the khychin in it without oil for 1-1.5 minutes until golden brown on each side.Grease the finished flatbreads with butter, cut into four pieces and serve. Bon appetit!

Step-by-step recipe for making khychin with cottage cheese and herbs

The dough made with kefir, vegetable oil, flour, salt, sugar and soda is filled with cottage cheese, eggs, dill, green onions and salt. Everything is rolled into thin flat cakes and fried in a dry frying pan. It turns out to be a very tasty and satisfying dish.

Cooking time: 40 min.

Cooking time: 30 min.

Portions – 8.

Ingredients:

• Kefir 2.5% – 1 l.
• Vegetable oil – 2 tbsp. l.
• Wheat flour – 1 kg.
• Salt – 1 tsp.
• Granulated sugar – 2 tbsp. l.
• Soda – 1 tsp.
• Butter – 180 gr.

For filling:

• Cottage cheese 5-9% – 600 gr.
• Chicken egg – 1 pc.
• Dill – 1 bunch.
• Green onions – 1 bunch.
• Salt – 0.5 tbsp. l.

Cooking process:

1. Take a glass and pour some kefir into it. Add soda to it, mix and set aside. Now take a deep container, pour the remaining kefir into it, pour in the flour sifted through a sieve, add salt, granulated sugar, vegetable oil and kefir with soda. Mix the dough. It should turn out a little runny. Cover the container with a towel and let it rest at room temperature.

2. Pour the cottage cheese into a separate container and mash it with a fork. Add salt, break the egg and mix well.

3. Wash the dill and green onions well under running water, dry on a paper towel and chop finely. Add the greens to the cottage cheese, mix and taste for salt. Add salt if necessary.

4. Pour flour onto the work surface. We also dust our hands and the surface of the dough with flour. Tear off a small piece of dough, roll it in flour and make a ball.Next, lightly press it down and place about a tablespoon of curd filling in the center.

. Now we gather the edges of the dough and pinch them tightly in the center.

6. Next, dust the rolling pin with flour and roll out the dough and filling into a thin flat cake. It should have the same diameter as a frying pan on which the khychin will be fried. It is important that nothing sticks to the table or rolling pin.

7. Heat a thick-bottomed frying pan well, shake off the flour from the khychins and fry them without oil until golden brown. Place the finished flatbreads in a stack and brush each of them with melted butter. Next, cut them into four parts and serve. Bon appetit!

A simple and tasty recipe for khychins with meat

Fill the dough with water, kefir, salt, soda, flour and vegetable oil with minced beef and spices. Then everything is rolled out into thin flat cakes and fried in a dry frying pan for 5 minutes on each side. The finished khychins are greased with butter and served.

Cooking time: 1 hour 15 minutes

Cooking time: 50 min.

Portions – 8.

Ingredients:

• Water – 150 ml.
• Kefir – 150 ml.
• Salt – 0.5 tsp.
• Soda – 0.5 tsp.
• Wheat flour – 500 gr.
• Vegetable oil – 1 tbsp. l.

For filling:

• Minced beef – 300 gr.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Butter - to taste.

Cooking process:

1. We start by preparing the dough. Take a deep container and pour room temperature kefir into it along with boiled warm water. Next, add vegetable oil, salt and soda. Sift the flour through a sieve and add it in parts to the ingredients. We begin to knead the dough with a whisk, after which we transfer it to the work surface and finish kneading on it.Then transfer the finished dough into a plastic bag and let it rest for 30 minutes.

2. At this time, prepare the filling. Place the ground beef in a suitable container, add salt and ground black pepper to it and mix everything well.

3. After half an hour, remove the dough from the bag and knead it well. We give it the shape of a sausage and cut it into 8 equal parts.

4. Make balls from each piece of dough, and then knead them into small flat cakes. Place some of the filling in the center of each.

5. Seal the edges of the flatbreads so that the minced meat remains in the center.

6. We press each khychin with our hand, after which we roll it out with a rolling pin into a flat cake up to 0.5 cm thick.

7. Heat a frying pan well with a thick bottom and fry the khychin without oil for about 5 minutes on each side until golden brown.

8. Grease each flatbread with butter and place them in a stack.

9. Cut into four parts and serve the fragrant and hot khychin to the table. Bon appetit!

Khychins on kefir with cheese at home

The dough made with kefir, flour, soda and salt is cut into equal parts and filled with cheese and herbs. Next, everything is rolled out into thin flat cakes and fried in a dry frying pan until golden brown. The finished khychins are greased with butter and served.

Cooking time: 1 hour.

Cooking time: 45 min.

Portions – 6.

Ingredients:

• Kefir – 200 ml.
• Wheat flour – 2.5 tbsp.
• Soda – 0.5 tsp.
• Salt – 0.5 tsp.
• Dill – 1 bunch.
• Parsley – 1 bunch.
• Cheese cheese – 250 gr.
• Butter – 100 gr.

Cooking process:

1. We start by preparing the dough. Pour the kefir into a deep container, add soda to it, mix and let stand for about 5 minutes.Next, add salt and flour, which we first sift through a sieve. Knead the soft dough, then cover it with a towel and let it rest for about half an hour so that it becomes more elastic.

2. Next, prepare the filling. Wash the dill and parsley well under running water, dry on a paper towel and finely chop. Finely crumble the cheese into a suitable container, add the greens to it and mix everything well.

3. After 30 minutes, take the dough, divide it into 6 equal parts and make a small cake from each. Place the filling in the center.

4. Gather the edges of the dough and pinch them tightly in the center. Next, press the resulting ball with your hands so that it returns to the state of a small cake.

5. Now carefully roll out the dough using a rolling pin into a thin flat cake, the same diameter as the bottom of the frying pan in which we will fry the khychin.

6. Heat a frying pan well with a thick bottom and fry the khychin on both sides until golden brown.

7. Transfer the finished flatbreads to a plate and brush each one with melted butter. Next, cut them into 4 parts and serve. Bon appetit!

How to deliciously fry khychin from dough in water?

Small water dough flatbreads are filled with ground beef, cilantro, salt and black pepper. Next, the edges of the dough are tightly pinched on top, the whole thing is rolled out into a thin flat cake, fried in a dry frying pan until golden brown and greased with butter.

Cooking time: 1 hour.

Cooking time: 40 min.

Portions – 6.

Ingredients:

For the test:

• Water – 1.5 tbsp.
• Wheat flour – 4-4.5 tbsp.
• Salt – 0.5 tsp.

For filling:

• Beef – 400-450 gr.
• Fresh cilantro – 0.5 bunch.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Butter – 50 gr.

Cooking process:

1. First, prepare the dough. Pour water into a deep container, add salt to it and gradually add flour sifted through a sieve. Mix everything well, then put the dough on the work surface and knead it for 10 minutes, throwing it on the table from time to time. Next, transfer it back into the container, cover with a towel and let the dough rest.

2. At this time, prepare the filling. Wash fresh cilantro well under running water, then dry it on a paper towel and chop finely.

3. We also wash the beef, dry it, cut it into small pieces and grind it in a blender or pass it through a meat grinder. Next, add salt and ground black pepper to taste, cilantro to the resulting minced meat and mix everything thoroughly.

4. Now we take out our dough, cut it into 6 equal parts and make balls from them. We do the same with the filling.

5. Make a small flat cake from a piece of dough, place a ball of filling in the center, and gather the edges of the dough and pinch tightly at the top.

6. The resulting workpiece should resemble khinkali. Next, turn it over and roll it out using a rolling pin into a thin cake with a diameter the same as the bottom of the frying pan.

7. Heat the frying pan well and fry our khychins in it without oil for 2-3 minutes until they are browned on both sides.

8. Grease the finished flatbreads with melted butter, stack them and serve. Bon appetit!

How to properly bake khychin in the oven?

The dough made from flour, water, yeast, salt, and sugar is divided into equal parts and filled with minced meat, onions, garlic, butter, water, spices and herbs.The flatbreads are baked in the oven for 25-30 minutes and served. It turns out to be a very satisfying and tasty dish.

Cooking time: 1 hour 30 minutes

Cooking time: 1 hour.

Portions – 4.

Ingredients:

For the test:

• Wheat flour – 900 gr.
• Dry yeast – 1 tsp.
• Water – 300 ml.
• Salt – 0.5 tbsp. l.
• Vegetable oil – 2 tbsp. l.
• Granulated sugar – 1 tbsp. l.

For filling:

• Meat – 700 gr.
• Onions – 2 pcs.
• Garlic – 3 cloves.
• Butter – 50 gr.
• Water – 200 ml.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Ground red pepper - to taste.
• Salt - to taste.
• Greens - to taste.

Cooking process:

1. First, knead the dough. Pour warm water into a separate container, add yeast, granulated sugar, and salt. Mix everything well and add flour sifted through a sieve. Knead the dough with your hands. It should turn out soft and tender. Next, cover it with a towel and let it stand in a warm place for 3 hours.

2. Now prepare the filling. We rinse the meat well under running water, dry it with a paper towel and finely chop it with a knife or pass it through a large rack in a meat grinder. Peel the onion, finely chop it, add salt and crush it with your hands so that it releases the juice. Also finely chop the peeled garlic and herbs. Mix all the ingredients with the meat, add ground red and black pepper, water, then mix everything well until smooth.

3. Now we take our dough, divide it into 5-6 equal parts and roll them into balls. Flatten each one with your hand, then roll everything out with a rolling pin into flat cakes 3-5 mm thick. Place the filling in the center and distribute evenly. Be sure to leave 3-4 cm at the edges. Lift the edges of the dough and secure them together so that there is a hole in the center.

4.Preheat the oven to maximum temperature. Sprinkle a baking tray with flour, put the khychins there and bake them for 25-30 minutes. Next, grease the dough with butter and also place a piece on the filling so that it melts.

5. Serve the hot dish to the table with fresh herbs and vegetables. Bon appetit!

Khychins with beet tops at home

A filling of Adyghe cheese and beet tops is added to the dough made from kefir, flour, salt, soda and eggs, cut into equal parts. Next, everything is rolled into thin flat cakes and fried in a dry frying pan. The finished khychins are greased with butter and served.

Cooking time: 1 hour 15 minutes

Cooking time: 40 min.

Portions – 12.

Ingredients:

• Vegetable oil – 2 tbsp. l.
• Kefir or ayran – 400 ml.
• Wheat flour – 850 gr.
• Salt – 0.5 tsp.
• Soda – 0.5 tsp.
• Chicken egg – 1 pc.
• Adyghe cheese – 400 gr.
• Beet tops – 400 gr.
• Butter – 100 gr.

Cooking process:

1. Pour kefir into a deep container, add vegetable oil, soda, salt, break one egg and mix everything well. Next, add the flour sifted through a sieve and knead the soft dough. Then cover the dough with a towel and send it to a warm place for 30-40 minutes.

2. At this time, prepare the filling. Wash the beet tops thoroughly under running water and dry them on a paper towel. Then we remove all the veins and thickenings, after which we cut the tops into thin strips. We grate the Adyghe cheese on a coarse grater, transfer it to a convenient container and mix it with the chopped tops. Divide the finished filling into 12 equal parts and form a ball from each.

3. We also divide the finished dough into 12 parts and roll each into a ball.Now sprinkle the work surface with flour and place a piece of dough there.

4. Flatten it with your palm and put the filling in the center.

5. Next, we gather the edges of the dough, connect them in the center, and then carefully fasten them together to form a knot at the top.

6. Next, turn the resulting workpiece over and straighten it with your hands so that you get a flat cake approximately 18-20 cm in diameter. You can also use a rolling pin, but the dough itself is quite manageable.

7. Now heat the frying pan well and fry our flatbreads on it without oil on both sides until golden brown.

8. Grease the finished khychins with melted butter and stack them on top of each other. If desired, cut them into four parts for convenience and serve. Bon appetit!

Step-by-step recipe for making khychin with milk

The milk dough is cut into equal parts, small flat cakes are made from each and a filling of potatoes and cheese is placed there. Next, everything is rolled out again into thin flat cakes and fried in a dry frying pan for 3-4 minutes on each side.

Cooking time: 1 hour.

Cooking time: 45 min.

Portions – 8.

Ingredients:

• Milk – 500 ml.
• Wheat flour – 500 gr.
• Suluguni or Adyghe cheese – 300 gr.
• Butter – 100 gr.
• Potatoes – 4 pcs.
• Vegetable oil – 1 tbsp. l.
• Soda – 1 tsp.
• Salt – 0.5 tsp.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Greens - to taste.

Cooking process:

1. First, heat the milk in the microwave. It should be warm, not hot. Pour it into a deep container, add vegetable oil and mix well.

2. Sift the flour through a sieve into a separate container, add soda and salt to it and mix everything with a whisk until smooth.

3.In 2-3 approaches, combine the dry ingredients with the liquid ones and knead the dough. It should turn out soft and elastic. Be sure to knead it on a work surface sprinkled with flour, then cover the dough with a towel and let it rest for about half an hour.

4. Wash the potatoes and boil them directly in their skins. Next, drain the water, let it cool a little, then remove the skin and turn the potatoes into mashed potatoes using a potato masher. Grate the cheese on a fine grater and add it to the potatoes. Next, add salt and ground black pepper to taste and mix everything thoroughly. If desired, you can also add herbs to the filling.

5. Cut the finished dough into equal parts and roll them into balls. Then knead each of them with your fingers until they form small cakes. Place a ball of filling in the center.

6. Now we collect the edges of the dough and connect them in the center. Next, we take a rolling pin and roll out our preparations into thin flat cakes, with a diameter slightly smaller than the frying pan in which the khychins will be prepared.

7. Heat the frying pan over the highest heat, then reduce it to almost minimum. Fry our flatbreads without oil for 3-4 minutes until they are golden brown, covering with a lid.

8. Grease the finished khychins with butter, stack them and serve. Bon appetit!

Lush khichina made from yeast dough

The flatbread made from yeast dough is filled with potato and cheese filling, everything is pinched tightly in the center and rolled out into a thin flatbread. Khychins are fried in a dry frying pan, then brushed with butter and served.

Cooking time: 2 hours.

Cooking time: 40 min.

Portions – 15.

Ingredients:

• Ayran – 700 ml.
• Water – 300 ml.
• Butter – 100 gr.
• Salt – 2 tsp.
• Granulated sugar – 1 tbsp. l.
• Pressed yeast – 1 pack.
• Wheat flour – 2 kg.
• Cheese – 1 kg.
• Potatoes – 2 kg.

Cooking process:

1. First, prepare the dough. Pour 100 ml of warm water into a deep bowl, add to it a teaspoon of sugar and a package of yeast. Mix everything well and send it to a warm place for 10 minutes so that the dough rises.

2. Add the remaining water to the ayran and heat everything until warm. Next, add melted butter, salt, remaining granulated sugar and dough. Mix everything well.

3. Sift the flour through a sieve and gradually add it to the other ingredients. Knead soft dough. Next, we send it to a warm place for 1 hour. During this time it should double in size.

4. Wash, peel and boil the potatoes in salted water. Next, turn it into puree using a masher, and then let it cool. Grate the cheese on a fine grater, add it to the potatoes and mix until smooth. Take a sample and add salt if necessary. Roll the prepared filling into balls the size of a woman's fist.

5. Divide the dough into the same number of parts as the filling, after which we also roll them into balls. Let them sit for about 15 minutes until they rise.

6. Now we make a small flat cake from each ball, put the potato filling in the center and tightly pinch the edges of the dough on top. Next, lightly press the workpiece with your hand and roll it out with a rolling pin into a thin cake with a diameter slightly smaller than the bottom of the frying pan.

7. Heat the frying pan well and fry the khychin in it without oil until golden brown on each side. Next, grease them with butter, stack them and serve. Bon appetit!