Layered hinkal

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   Sift flour into a dough bowl, make a hole in the center and add sugar, salt and yeast to it.

2. Step 2:

   

   First add a little warm water (about 50-70 ml) and mix the yeast with water in the well with a spoon so that they dissolve. This way they work better in the test.

3. Step 3:

   

   Add the remaining water and knead a soft, pleasant-to-touch dough with your hands.

4. Step 4:

   

   We put the dough on the table and, flavoring our hands a little with oil, we butter the dough as well.

5. Step 5:

   

   Leave the dough to come up, for about half an hour, if it's warm in the kitchen. If it fits, we will mince it and wait until it fits a second time. If it dries, we also lubricate it with oil.

6. Step 6:

   

   When the dough has come up, we dust the table well with flour and roll out the dough, dividing it into 4 parts before that, for convenience.

7. Step 7:

   

   The thinner rolled out, the better. Now lubricate the dough with oil (with a brush, or better - with your hands).

8. Step 8:

   

   Roll up the dough layer into a roll, not too tightly. It is convenient to start rolling by putting a thin stick on the edge (a wooden skewer or knitting needle, for example).

9. Step 9:

   

   Cut the resulting roll into squares-cylinders.

10. Step 10:

    

    You can cook lying down (this is about rolls), or you can form roses by pinching them on one side.

11. Step 11:

    

    We spread the hinkal on the grid of the steamer and leave it to rise for 15 minutes.

13. Step 12:

    

    Put on steam and cook for 15-20 minutes.

14. Step 13:

    

    For the sauce, peel and chop the garlic coarsely.

15. Step 14:

    

    We pass it through a garlic press.

16. Step 15:

    

    Salt, add sour cream and mix. The sauce is ready!

17. Step 16:

    

    Hinkal too!

18. Step 17:

    

    We take it out on a dish and serve it to the table!

19. Step 18:

    

    Kumyks serve boiled homemade sausages to hinkal.

20. Step 19:

    

    And another hinkal in the pan (there are potatoes, meat and the top layer of hinkal).

21. Step 20:

    

    And also - cakes on curdled milk, which are prepared and obtained properly only in the Kumyk national oven.

22. Step 21:

    

    That's such a beautiful hinkal turned out!

23. Step 22:

    

    And the table is festive, isn't it?