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Recipe: “Pişi” – Turkish Fried Bread or Fried Dough

    Enjoy your Pisi
    Pisi is a very simple Turkish, bread-like, fried dough snack. First of all, people in Turkey usually eat this delicious snack for breakfast. However, you can eat “Pişi whenever you wish. In other words, having eaten mostly in breakfast is not a rule! The official name of this yummy snack is Pisi as we mentioned before, but it is also called as the fried dough (in Turkish Hamur Kızartması). In short, you can name it however you want, eat it whenever you wish.
    Pisi is a very simple Turkish, bread-like, fried dough snack

    Pisi is a very simple Turkish, bread-like, fried dough snack

    As for the preparation of Pisi, it is super easy and doesn’t require much stuff. In around 2 or 2.30 hours you can prepare the main stuff to cook a delicious pisi. It has a mild taste, so the cooking time is approximately 20 minutes. Enjoy yourself with this famous member of Turkish cuisine and breakfast!
    Pisi is a delicious member of Turkish cuisine

    Pisi is a delicious member of Turkish cuisine

    Ingredients and Recipe of Pisi

    • Refined flour (maida) – 1½ cups
    • Spinach blanched and chopped – 2 cups
    • Salt – 1 teaspoon
    • Fresh yeast – 5 grams
    • Sugar – ½ teaspoon
    • Oil – 1 tablespoon + to deep fry
    • Garlic chopped – 2 teaspoons
    • Onion chopped – 1 medium
    • Feta cheese crumbled – 1 cup

    How to Cook Pisi

    Step 1

    First of all, sift together flour and salt into a bowl. Make a well in the centre and add the yeast, sugar and half cup of water, mix well and set aside till frothy.

    Step 2

    Secondly, mix well, add one-fourth cup of water and knead into a soft dough. Cover with a damp muslin cloth and set aside for two hours.

    Sift together flour and salt into a bowl to make Pisi

    Sift together flour and salt into a bowl to make Pisi

    Step 3

    Thirdly, heat one tablespoon oil in a non-stick pan. Add garlic and onion, mix and sauté for two minutes.

    Step 4

    Fourthly, add spinach, mix well and for a minute. Add cheese and mix well. Set aside.

    You can also use fennel instead of spinach for Pisi

    You can also use fennel instead of spinach for Pisi

    Step 5

    Later on, divide the dough into eight equal portions. Roll out each portion into a sheet, place a portion of the stuffing on one half and fold the other half over the stuffing. Seal the edges with a fork.

    Step 6

    And then, heat sufficient oil in a pan. Deep-fry the prepared pisis till golden and crisp. Drain on absorbent paper.

    Step 7

    Finally, you should serve immediately.

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    The recipe above is the one way to cook Pisi. However, there is also another way to make delicious Pisi, as well. So, we are going to share another recipe below without spinach and feta cheese. Hence, you can prefer one of two ways according to your taste!

    Pisi can be eaten in breakfast as well as other meals

    Pisi can be eaten in breakfast as well as other meals

    Ingredients

    As the beginning, you can make 15 fried bread (pisi) with this ingredient.

    • 320 gr all-purpose flour
    • 225 ml lukewarm water
    • 1 tbsp dry yeast
    • 1,5 tsp salt
    • 2 tbsp oil for your hands
    • Pot oil for frying
    You should fry both sides of the pisi until its color becomes golden brown

    You should fry both sides of the pisi until its colour becomes golden brown

    Recipe of Pisi Without Cheese and Spinach

    First of all, you should mix the flour and salt in a large mixing bowl. Secondly, make a well in the centre of the flour mixture, and then add the yeast and water. Thirdly, mixing to dissolve the yeast first. Knead until a smooth and elastic dough begins to form. Fourthly, grease the bowl with oil, place the dough, cover and let sit for about 1 hour or until doubled in size.

    Enjoy your Pisi

    Enjoy your Pisi

    Later on, heat a large pot oil. Divide dough into mandarin size balls. Put your fingers in oil. Afterwards, flatten each dough out with your fingers. Fry both sides until golden brown for about 2-3 minutes over medium heat. Repeat with remaining dough.

    Bon Appetit!

     

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