Dough for tortillas in tandoor

Fast, soft unleavened dough for delicious tortillas in a tandoor! Many Russians are crazy about Uzbek flatbreads baked in a tandoor, with a pleasant aroma, a crispy brown crust and a tender crumb. Now many Russians can afford to bake the famous Uzbek tortillas in their yard in their own miracle oven called "tandoor", which is easy to find on sale. Of course, in addition to this unit, some other adaptations are required for it. For example, a chekich for applying a pattern to cakes so that they are exactly like real national ones, also a special pillow with which the cakes are glued to the walls of the tandoor. A scraper or hook is needed for removing and removing cakes from the oven. And you can not do without long heat-resistant gloves for removing baking.
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Composition / ingredients

servings:
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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 14 % 8 g
Fats 19 % 11 g
Carbohydrates 68 % 40 g
294 kcal
GI: 5 / 0 / 95

Cooking method

Cooking time: 35 min

Prepare the ingredients for the tortilla dough in a tandoor. The dough for such cakes is made yeast and yeast-free. The second option is faster. Prepare a yeast-free dough. Tortillas from such dough can not only be baked in a tandoor, but if there is no such oven, you can also in the oven.
Melt butter in a water bath or in a microwave oven, cool it so that it becomes warm. And milk, on the contrary, needs to be heated to 30 degrees, you can also do it in the microwave.
Sift flour into a large bowl. Add a teaspoon of salt to it and mix the dry ingredients. Now pour the melted butter and mix the mass until smooth.
Pour baking powder into a glass of warm milk and mix. The mixture should start to foam. When the bubbling subsides, pour the liquid into a bowl with dough. Mix the mass and begin to knead the dough with your hands. It should be soft and elastic. It does not need to be kept in the cold, but you need to let it lie at room temperature in a bowl covered with a towel. The dough is ready for baking tortillas. It remains to divide the dough into several pieces of the desired size, roll out the cakes, fill the patterns with a device called "chekich", grease with beaten egg, sprinkle with sesame seeds. The walls of the tandoor must be lubricated with water, otherwise the cakes will not attach. You will also need a pillow for gluing cakes to the walls of the stove. And after 20 minutes you can enjoy delicious tortillas. Simple Uzbek tortillas are usually baked from such dough.
Bon appetit!

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

  • Whole cow's milk - 68   kcal/100g
  • Milk 3.5% fat content - 64   kcal/100g
  • Milk 3.2% fat content - 60   kcal/100g
  • Milk 1.5% fat content - 47   kcal/100g
  • Concentrated milk 7.5% fat content - 140   kcal/100g
  • Milk 2.5% fat content - 54   kcal/100g
  • 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
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Wheat flour - 325   kcal/100g
  • Baking powder dough - 79   kcal/100g

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