Not everyone knows, but Kazakh, Bashkir and Tatar cuisine also have their own donuts - baursaks. These are small dough pies fried in a cauldron or deep-fried pan. Moreover, they can be sweet or salty, from different types of dough and even with additives. Sharing 12 Best Cooking Recipes!
1. Baursaks on milk
The simplest version of yeast baursaks.
You will need: 1 glass of milk, 1 glass of water, 700 g of flour, 1 tsp. sugar, 10 g dry yeast, 1 tsp. salt, 1 egg.
Preparation: Dissolve yeast, sugar and salt in warm milk and leave for 15 minutes. Mix the dough with flour and water, knead the dough and add the egg at the end. Leave it warm for 2 hours, divide it into small pieces and form into circles. Leave them on for another 20 minutes and then fry them in a lot of oil.
2. Baursaks on kefir
Another recipe from the simplest ingredients.
You will need: 2 glasses of kefir, 1 tbsp. sugar, 1 tsp each. yeast and soda, 0.5 tsp salt, 1 egg, 2 tbsp. vegetable oil, 750 g flour.
Preparation: Dissolve sugar, soda and dry yeast in warm kefir, and leave for 15 minutes. Add egg, butter and salt, stir and gradually add sifted flour. Leave the dough warm for an hour, roll up small balls, flatten and leave for another 10 minutes. Fry the baursaks in oil in parts until golden brown.
3. Yeast-free baursaks
There is no need to spend time proving the yeast.
You will need: 1 cup of kefir, 0.5 cups of sugar, 2 eggs, 2 cups of flour, a pinch of salt and soda, 3 tbsp. vegetable oil.
Preparation: Beat eggs with salt and sugar, add kefir and vegetable oil. Then gradually add the sifted flour and knead into a soft, homogeneous dough. Divide it into small pieces, roll up the circles and fry until golden brown in oil.
4. Curd baursaks
Baursaks made from cottage cheese go well with honey or jam.
You will need: 400 g of cottage cheese, 3 eggs, 4 tbsp. sour cream, 0.5 tsp each. soda and salt, 3 cups flour, 3 tbsp. Sahara.
Preparation: Mix sugar, salt, soda and sour cream, and add eggs there. Then add cottage cheese, stir again, and gradually add flour. Roll the dough into thin sausages, cut into small washers and fry in plenty of oil until golden brown.
5. Baursaks on the water
Much easier and cheaper!
You will need: 200 ml of water, 1 tbsp. sugar, a pinch of salt, 1 tsp. dry yeast, 350 g flour, 2 tbsp. vegetable oil.
Preparation: Dissolve sugar and yeast in warm water and let sit for 15 minutes. Pour in vegetable oil, add salt and gradually add sifted flour. Leave the dough warm for an hour, roll out and cut out small circles. Fry baursaks in vegetable oil like donuts.
6. Baursaki with butter
They literally melt in your mouth!
You will need: 250 ml of milk, 250 ml of water, 50 g of butter, 800 g of flour, 0.5 tbsp each. yeast, salt and sugar.
Preparation: Mix flour, yeast, salt and sugar, and add softened butter to the same. Separately mix warm water with milk, and combine both masses. Knead a homogeneous dough and leave it warm for 1.5 hours.
Roll out the dough into a layer about 1 cm thick, cut out neat circles and let them lie down a little longer. Then fry them in a lot of oil and put them on paper towels.
7. Baursaks on sour cream
Again, a very quick recipe without yeast.
You will need: 300 g flour, 200 g sour cream, 1 tbsp. cheese, 1 egg, a pinch of salt, 1 tsp. baking powder.
Preparation: Whisk the egg with baking powder, salt and sugar. Add sour cream there, mix and gradually add flour to the dough. Divide the dough into pieces, roll into sausages and cut into washers. Form balls from them and fry in vegetable oil.
8. Baursaks with bow
Onions give the dough color, taste and aroma.
You will need: 500 g flour, 500 ml kefir, 1 onion, 0.5 tsp each. salt and soda.
Preparation: Chop the onion finely, lightly fry until golden and let cool. Put it in kefir with salt, mix and add flour and soda to the dough. Leave it on for 20 minutes, roll it into a layer about 10 mm thick, and cut into small circles or diamonds. Fry the baursaks in oil until golden.
9. Baursaki with cheese
Such baursaks can be used as an excellent addition to soups and main dishes.
You will need: 0.5 cups cream, 0.5 cups water, 1 egg, 1 tsp. salt, 1 tbsp. sugar, 1.5 tsp. yeast, 100 g cheese, 2 tbsp. vegetable oil, 300 g flour.
Preparation: Combine hot water, cream, sugar, yeast and salt. Add the egg immediately, mix again, and add the grated cheese. Then pour in the sifted flour, knead the elastic dough, and add oil at the very end.
Leave the dough warm for an hour, separate and form into small balls. Leave them on for another 10 minutes, and then fry in a lot of oil.
10. Baursaki on yogurt
For the sake of experiment, you can try sweet yoghurts with additives.
You will need: 250 ml yogurt, 2 eggs, 1 tsp each. salt and sugar, a pinch of soda, 100 g of 20% sour cream, 12 g of baking powder, 550 g of flour.
Preparation: Beat eggs with salt and sugar, and add kefir with sour cream to them. Add sifted flour with baking powder and baking soda there, and knead a homogeneous dough. Leave it on for 20 minutes, roll it into layers and cut into pieces. Fry baursaks in a frying pan.
11. Baursaki with mayonnaise
Everyone who has tried mayonnaise dough at least once knows how soft and tender it turns out.
You will need: 150 ml of water, 150 g of mayonnaise, 3 tbsp. sugar, 1 tsp. salt, 1 tsp. yeast, 200 g flour.
Preparation: Dilute salt, soda and yeast in warm water and add mayonnaise immediately. Stir until smooth, knead the dough with flour and leave for an hour. Roll it into a layer and cut into diamonds or circles, and then fry them in oil.
12. Baursaks with honey
This baursak recipe is more common in Tatar cuisine.
You will need: 6 eggs, 30 g butter, a pinch of salt, 2 tsp. sugar, 4 tablespoons honey, 700 g flour.
Preparation: Beat eggs with sugar and soft butter. Add flour, knead a homogeneous dough and roll it into sausages, and then cut into washers. Fry these washers in oil and lay them on paper. Melt the honey on the stove and roll the baursaks in it well.