Khychiny with potatoes and cheese

Khychins are an ancient national dish of Karachay-Balkar cuisine. They are flatbreads made from unleavened dough with various fillings. In this collection we offer you 5 recipes for making them with potatoes and cheese.

Balkar khichina with potatoes and cheese in a frying pan

Flatbreads are rolled out from balls of kefir dough. The center is filled with mashed potatoes, cheese and herbs. Then everything is pinched, rolled out thinly and fried in a dry frying pan until golden brown. Khychins are greased with butter and served.

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   How to cook khychin with potatoes and cheese in a frying pan? First, prepare the dough. Place wheat flour, kefir, water, soda into a deep container and knead a soft, elastic dough that does not stick to your hands. Next, cover it with a towel and set it aside.
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   At this time, prepare the filling. Peel the potatoes, rinse and boil in unsalted water. Next, drain all the liquid and use a masher to make a homogeneous puree without lumps.Then add finely grated cheese and chopped herbs to the puree and mix everything thoroughly. Add salt if necessary.
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   Now take the dough, divide it into balls 4-5 cm in diameter and roll each into a small flat cake. Place a ball of potato filling in the center.
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   Next, we gather the edges of the dough, pinch them tightly and roll everything out again into thin flat cakes of 3-5 mm.
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   Heat the frying pan well and fry the khychin without oil on both sides for 1-2 minutes until a golden brown crust forms on them.
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   Grease the hot flatbreads with butter, stack them, cut them into four pieces and serve with ayran, kefir, sour cream or tomato juice. Bon appetit!

Khychiny with potatoes and cheese on kefir at home

The kefir dough is rolled out into flat cakes. A filling of potatoes and cheese is placed in the center, then the edges of the dough are tightly pinched and rolled out into a thin khychin. The flatbreads are fried in a dry frying pan, brushed with butter and served.

Cooking time: 1 hour.

Cooking time: 30 min.

Portions – 10.

Ingredients:

• Wheat flour – 500 gr.
• Kefir – 1 tbsp.
• Salt – 1 tsp.
• Butter – 2 tbsp.
• Potatoes – 400 gr.
• Salted cheese – 300 gr.

Cooking process:

Step 1. We start by preparing the dough. Pour kefir into a deep container, add salt to it and mix. Next, add the flour sifted through a sieve, mix again and knead the dough. First we do this in a container, and then we transfer it to the table. Cover the finished dough with a towel and let it lie there for 15 minutes.

Step 2. Grate the cheese on a fine grater. Peel the potatoes, put them in a saucepan, add water and boil until tender.Next, cool it, grind it in a meat grinder or grate it on a fine grater.

Step 3. Mix the potatoes and cheese well and make 10 equal balls out of them. We also divide the dough into 10 parts and roll them into balls.

Step 4. Roll out each piece of dough into a small flat cake, and place a ball of potato filling in the center. Next, gather the edges of the dough and pinch them tightly.

Step 5. Roll each piece into a thin flat cake in accordance with the diameter of the frying pan.

Step 6. Heat the frying pan well and fry the khychin in it without adding oil on both sides until golden brown.

Step 7. Grease the hot flatbreads with butter, stack them, cut them into four pieces and serve. Bon appetit!

Lazy khichina with potatoes and cheese

Grated cheese, salt, flour are added to the mashed potatoes and the dough is kneaded. Next, it is divided into equal parts, rolled into flat cakes and fried in a dry frying pan on both sides. Khychins are greased with butter and served.

Cooking time: 40 min.

Cooking time: 20 minutes.

Portions – 8.

Ingredients:

• Potatoes – 1 kg.
• Hard cheese – 200 gr.
• Mozzarella cheese – 200 gr.
• Wheat flour – 2-2.5 tbsp.
• Butter - to taste.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Peel the potatoes, wash them well, cut them into several parts and boil them in salted water until tender. Next, drain all the liquid and turn it into a homogeneous puree using a masher.

Step 2. Grate hard cheese with mozzarella on a fine grater and add it to the mashed potatoes along with salt and ground black pepper. Mix everything well.

Step 3. Next, add flour and knead soft dough.

Step 4.Now we divide the finished dough into 8-10 equal parts, each of which we roll into a flat cake in accordance with the diameter of the frying pan.

Step 5. Heat the frying pan well and fry our khychins in it without adding oil, on both sides, until golden brown.

Step 6. Grease the hot flatbreads with butter, stack them on top of each other and serve with sour cream as a snack. Bon appetit!

Delicious khichina with potatoes, cheese, herbs

The soft dough is divided into equal parts, each is rolled out into a small flat cake, and a filling of potatoes, cheese and herbs is placed in the center. Next, the edges are gathered, pinched and the workpiece is rolled out thinly. Khychins are fried in a dry frying pan and greased with butter.

Cooking time: 1 hour.

Cooking time: 30 min.

Portions – 10.

Ingredients:

• Potatoes – 1 kg.
• Adyghe cheese – 200 gr.
• Russian cheese – 200 gr.
• Fresh greens - 1 bunch.
• Kefir 2.5% – 250 gr.
• Water – 200 gr.
• Wheat flour – 600 gr.
• Baking powder for dough – 1 tsp.
• Salt – 1 tsp.

Cooking process:

Step 1. First, peel and wash the potatoes. Next, transfer it to a saucepan and boil in salted water until tender.

Step 2. At this time, prepare the dough. Pour water, kefir into a deep container, add baking powder, salt and mix everything well with a whisk. Next, gradually add flour and knead an elastic dough that does not stick to your hands. Cover the dough with a towel and let it stand at room temperature for 30 minutes.

Step 3. Grate Russian and Adyghe cheese, add chopped herbs and mix everything thoroughly.

Step 4.Drain all the liquid from the potatoes, add a little butter to it and, using a masher, turn it into a homogeneous mass without lumps.

Step 5. Add the mixture of cheese and herbs to the potatoes and mix well.

Step 6. Divide the dough into 10-12 equal parts. Roll each of them into a small flat cake, and put the filling in the center.

Step 7. Next, we gather the edges of the dough, pinch them tightly and roll the resulting workpiece into a thin flat cake, in accordance with the diameter of the frying pan.

Step 8. Heat the frying pan well and fry the khychin in it for 2-3 minutes on both sides without oil, until a golden brown crust forms on them.

Step 9. Grease the hot flatbreads with butter, stack them and serve them as a snack or a separate dish. Bon appetit!

How to cook khychin in water with potatoes and cheese?

The dough in water is divided into equal parts, which are slightly rolled out. A filling of potatoes with Adyghe cheese is placed inside, after which the dough is pinched and rolled out into a thin flat cake. Khychins are fried in a dry frying pan, brushed with butter and served.

Cooking time: 1 hour.

Cooking time: 30 min.

Portions – 4.

Ingredients:

For the test:

• Wheat flour – 500 gr.
• Water – 1 tbsp.
• Salt – 1 tsp.

For filling:

• Potatoes – 500 gr.
• Adyghe cheese or feta cheese – 500 gr.
• Salt - to taste.

For lubrication:

• Butter – 50-70 gr.

Cooking process:

Step 1. We start by preparing the dough. Pour water into a deep container, add salt to it and stir. Then add flour and knead soft dough. Let it stand at room temperature for 40 minutes.

Step 2. At this time we make the filling. Grate Adyghe cheese or feta cheese on a coarse grater.

Step 3.Peel the potatoes, rinse and boil in salted water until tender. Next, cool it to room temperature.

Step 4. Rub the cooled potatoes through a fine sieve or pass through a meat grinder. We put it in a container with cheese, add salt to taste, mix and make balls the size of a chicken egg from the resulting mass.

Step 5. Divide the dough into equal parts, each of which we roll out a little. Place a ball of potato and cheese filling in the center.

Step 6. Next, gather the edges of the dough, pinch them tightly and roll the resulting pieces into thin flat cakes, in accordance with the diameter of the frying pan.

Step 7. Heat the frying pan well and fry the khychin in it without oil on both sides for a couple of minutes until golden brown.

Step 8. Grease the hot flatbreads with butter, stack them and serve as a snack. Bon appetit!