Ingredients
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Milk – 1 cup (240 ml)
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Eggs – 2
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Sugar – 1 tbsp
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Baking Soda – ½ tsp
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Butter – 1 ¾ sticks (200 g)
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Kefir – ⅔ cup (150 ml)
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Water – 3 tbsp
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Salt – 1 tsp
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Wheat Flour – 11 ¼ cups (1400 g)
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Sesame Seeds – 1 tbsp
Recipe
Want to try something new? Cook It offers you to make an appetizing Central Asian flatbread. This is a special kind of bread with a long history. It is very popular in its homeland and people make it on a daily basis.
There are many recipes for Asian flatbread with and without filling. We chose a simple but no less tasty one. Fluffy flatbread will be a great alternative to white bread. Under the beautiful golden crust a tender crumb is hidden. Pastry is easy to separate due to the cooking method. And it also has a nice creamy aroma.
Steps
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Separate the egg whites from the yolks. Beat the egg whites with water. Pour in room temperature kefir and warm milk. Add sugar, salt and baking soda. Mix. |
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Pour in the flour and knead the dough. Divide it into 4 parts, roll into balls and cover with plastic wrap. Set aside for 1 hour. |
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Roll out each ball into a thin layer. Butter the first sheet of dough and cover with the second one. Repeat with the rest of the dough. |
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Roll out the buttered stack of layers once more. Generously butter it and roll up. Divide in half, roll up in the shape of a snail and refrigerate for an hour. |
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Roll out the dough into a flatbread, grease with beaten yolks and make marks with a fork. Sprinkle with sesame seeds and bake for 35 minutes at 350 °F (180 °C). |
You can also coat the layers with margarine, but butter is prefered. Feel free to add a pinch of fragrant herbs. Bright as the sun, this layered flatbread makes you forget about the ordinary bread.
