Katlama with onion in a frying pan

A pretty simple recipe for a great dough on water! Katlama - original puff cakes of Uzbek national cuisine made of wheat flour mixed in water with the addition of onions and fried in a frying pan are sure to please many and pleasantly surprise with their great taste!
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Composition / ingredients

servings:
Translation table of volumetric measures
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 13 % 6 g
Fats 21 % 10 g
Carbohydrates 66 % 31 g
230 kcal
GI: 6 / 0 / 94

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 1 h 30 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    How to cook delicious puff cakes with Katlama onion from wheat flour on water? Prepare the necessary products that you will need to make delicious tortillas, which will be a good alternative to bread.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Take a large bowl and sift five hundred grams of premium wheat flour into it through a fine sieve, then add one teaspoon of salt to the bowl and mix.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Pour three hundred milliliters of warm boiled water into a glass and pour it into a bowl with flour, then mix all the ingredients well and knead the dough.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Assemble the dough in a bowl with your hands, then add one tablespoon of vegetable oil to the bowl and continue to knead the dough well with your hands for about five to seven minutes.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Leave the dough kneaded until smooth in a bowl for thirty minutes and cover it with a plate or kitchen towel on top.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Spread the dough after a while on the table and knead, then form it and divide it into five equal parts.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Roll each piece of dough into a bun and place them on the table.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8.

    Sprinkle the work surface of the table with a small amount of flour and roll out each bun of dough with a rolling pin to a fairly thin cake one to two millimeters thick and about thirty-three centimeters in diameter.

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9.

    Melt one hundred grams of butter, which then lubricate each tortilla alternately.

  10. Step 10:

    Step 10.

    Finely chop two medium heads of onions, which in turn spread on each tortilla and distribute it evenly.

  11. Step 11:

    Step 11.

    Roll each tortilla in turn into a tight roll and press it down slightly.

  12. Step 12:

    Step 12.

    Wrap each roll and shape the blanks into a snail shape.

  13. Step 13:

    Step 13.

    Put the blanks on a plate and put it in the freezer for fifteen to twenty minutes.

  14. Step 14:

    Step 14.

    After the time has elapsed, roll out each blank alternately with a rolling pin to a cake of the required size, which will fit neatly in diameter into your frying pan.

  15. Step 15:

    Step 15.

    Place each tortilla alternately in a dry frying pan and fry them on a moderate heat of the stove for three minutes on one side.

  16. Step 16:

    Step 16.

    Turn the tortillas in the pan after three minutes.

  17. Step 17:

    Step 17.

    Having covered the pan with a lid, continue to fry the tortillas until fully cooked for another two to three minutes.

  18. Step 18:

    Step 18.

    Lubricate the tortillas with melted twenty grams of butter, if desired.

  19. Step 19:

    Step 19.

    Spread the cooked tortillas on a plate and serve to the table.

  20. Step 20:

    Step 20.

    Cooking together, cooking simply, cooking at home the most delicious dishes from available products according to our recipes! Bon appetit to Everyone!

We advise you to cook Uzbek-style national tortillas fried in a dry frying pan for all lovers of refined, original and exquisitely delicious pastries! Rich, unique and generous Uzbek cuisine always surprises with the simplicity of ingredients and at the same time the noble taste properties of its traditional dishes. Uzbek national tortillas made of wheat flour mixed in water without the addition of yeast, called Katlama, will not leave anyone indifferent and will be an excellent alternative to bread. Enjoy your appetite!

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Butter 82% - 734   kcal/100g
  • Amateur unsalted butter - 709   kcal/100g
  • Unsalted peasant butter - 661   kcal/100g
  • Peasant salted butter - 652   kcal/100g
  • Melted butter - 869   kcal/100g
  • Vegetable oil - 873   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Water - 0   kcal/100g
  • Onion - 41   kcal/100g
  • Wheat flour - 325   kcal/100g

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