In many kitchens, for example, in Georgian, it is customary to bake tortillas from cornmeal and serve them to the table, supplementing other dishes or simply for a snack. Products, despite the simplicity of execution, are incredibly tasty and useful. The key to success in the preparation of corn tortillas is covered in the quality of corn flour. It must necessarily be finely ground, top grade and, ideally, white corn.
Cakes from corn flour in Georgian in a frying pan - recipe
Ingredients:
For the test:
- cornmeal - 485 g;
- water - 290 ml;
- baking powder - 1 pinch;
- rock salt - 1 pinch.
Preparation
Georgian cakes or as they are called in Georgia - mchadi, are prepared simply, you can even say primitive. A classic recipe involves the use of only corn flour and water without the addition of salt. But in practice, mistresses add a little salt and a baking powder (soda hydrated) in the test to improve the taste and give the products a splendor.
Corn flour is initially sieved, mixed with salt and baking powder, water is added and mixed thoroughly and long. Fry the maches in a dry frying pan or only a little oil it. Next, a damp corn dough is picked up with moistened hands, forming flat cakes, and spreading them on a dry frying pan. After browning the products under the lid on both sides, they are transferred to a dish and served hot. Tasty cakes with cheese (imeretinsky or suluguni ) are very tasty.
Cakes from corn flour on kefir in the oven
Ingredients:
For the test:
- corn flour - 145 g;
- kefir - 110 ml;
- an egg of choice - 1 piece;
- baking powder - 10 g;
- rock salt - 1 pinch;
- olive oil - 10 ml;
- sesame and poppy seeds - 10 grams each.
Preparation
Even tastier and more useful will turn out flat cakes on kefir in the oven. For their preparation, mix sifted corn flour with egg and yogurt, adding a stone and baking powder in the process. Depending on the properties of corn flour, it may need a little more or less, but the dough should turn out to be a damp and dense consistency, so that cakes can be made from it. To do this, divide it into six portions and put each on a silicone mat or parchment oiled on a baking sheet. We give the products a flat shape, grease with olive oil from above, sprinkle with sesame seeds and poppy seeds and put in an oven heated up to 185 degrees for twenty minutes.
Such tortillas from corn flour can also be made sweet by adding a little sugar in the dough during the mixing.