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Bulgarian Mekitsi
24 June 2024
Mekitsi is a pastry popular in Bulgaria and Macedonia. Prepared with flour and yogurt, cooked in plenty of oil, and consumed with sauces and jams for breakfast.
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Prep Time : 30 mins
Cook time : 15 mins
Servings : 6 People
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Bulgarian Mekitsi
Ingredients
- 600 gr. flour
- 200 g yogurt
- 1 cup of warm milk
- 1 packet of fresh yeast (20 g)
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 3 tbsp. sunflower seed oil
- 1 tbsp. granulated sugar
- 1 tsp. salt
- Oil (for frying)
Bulgarian Mekitsi
Instructions
- Put the warm milk in a bowl. Mix the sugar and the yeast that you crumble with your hands.
- Mix yogurt and baking soda in another bowl.
- Put the flour into a deep bowl, add salt, and mix. Form a pool in the center of the flour.
- Add the egg, sunflower oil, yogurt mixture, and milk yeast mixture, respectively, and mix until you get a dough consistency.
- Wrap the dough with cling film and leave it at room temperature for 40 minutes.
- After the dough has risen, add oil to the pan and heat it. Apply oil to your hands and grab pieces of the dough.
- Shape the dough with your hands and fry it in deep oil, back to front.
- After doing the same with all the dough, you can serve the mekitsi. Enjoy your meal.
Expert Tips
- You can also use 1.5 teaspoons of dry yeast instead of fresh yeast.
- Wait at least 30 minutes for the dough to ferment.
- Oil your hands so that you can shape the dough. Otherwise, the dough will be difficult to shape.
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