Mekitsi (Bulgarian Fried Dough)
The mekitsas are fried and often powdered with icing sugar and served with jam, honey, cheese or even yogurt.
Ingredients
- 3 cup all purpose flour
- 2¼ tsp yeast
- 1/8 cup warm water
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 1 cup yogurt
- 1 tbsp Sunflower oil
- 1 tbsp white vinegar
- ½ tsp sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- canola oil or Peanut Oil
Instructions
- Mix the yeast with warm water and set it aside in a warm place for 10 minutes.
- Use a medium bowl to combine together yogurt and baking soda, stir well and set aside.
- Add 3 cups of flour in a large bowl or you can use a food processor bowl.
- Pour the rest of the ingredients and mix together. If you are using food processor run for 1 minute until it forms the dough.
- Transfer the dough in lightly oiled bowl in a warm place and leave it to double its size for 1 hour.
- Heat a large pan with oil to a medium heat.
- Moist your hands and cut a small piece of dough with the size of a walnut. Place it on a lightly floured surface and pull the dough into a flat disk with diameter 3-4 inches.
- Place it in the hot pan and fry it till gets brown then flip it to the other side.
- Remove from the pan and place on a paper towel to get out any extra oil.
- Serve warm wand sprinkle with sugar or powdered sugar, add jam, honey, cheese on the side.