Pan fried kefir pies - 8 quick and delicious recipes

Pan-fried kefir pies are especially loved by us when they are cooked at home both with the addition of yeast and on a quick yeast-free kefir dough. Such pies can be made with different fillings: with sweet jam, with fresh fruit, with potatoes, with cabbage, with mushrooms, with minced meat or with eggs and onions ... Below you will see 8 quick and very tasty recipes offering options for kefir dough and all kinds fillings for fried pies. Enjoy cooking!

Puffed pies on kefir, fried in a pan: dough "like fluff"

Cooking time: 1.5 hours.

Servings: 12-15

These pies on kefir with the addition of yeast turn out to be fluffy. They can be fried in a pan, or they can be baked in the oven to reduce the calorie content of the dish. We offer you a recipe for fried airy pies with cabbage filling. However, you can replace it at your discretion with any other: potato, meat or sweet.

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  Pour kefir (it should be at room temperature) into a bowl, beat eggs into it, sprinkle with salt and sugar and stir the ingredients well with a whisk. Next, add a spoonful of any vegetable oil to the mixture and shake well again.
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  The yeast for the dough must be dry, but very fresh, and the packaging must be intact. Add yeast to the future dough.
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  Add a couple of tablespoons of premium flour there, shake the mixture well with a whisk and let it stand for at least a quarter of an hour under a napkin so that the yeast comes up. When a lush foam appears on the mixture, you can continue to work with the dough.
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  Stir the contents of the bowl with a wooden or silicone spatula and add the sifted flour in two to three parts, gently kneading the dough.
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  Stir it thoroughly after each addition of flour. After adding all the flour, knead the dough for another quarter of an hour.
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  Roll the well-kneaded dough into a ball, place in a bowl and cover, leaving to rise in a warm place for about 20 minutes.
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  While the dough is growing, add the filling. Chop the cabbage and put in a cauldron (or in a thick-walled saucepan), add a little water and simmer for a quarter of an hour, stirring occasionally.
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  While the cabbage is stewing, grate the large carrots on a large grater and add it to the cabbage, then salt and pepper. Sprinkle dried basil on top of the filling to add flavor.
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  After extinguishing everything together for 5 minutes, add tomato juice to the cauldron and simmer until the excess liquid evaporates and the vegetables are completely cooked. If you don't have tomato juice, you can replace it with a few finely chopped fresh tomatoes. The filling in the pies is not hot, it needs to be allowed to cool.
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  The dough with yeast and kefir is considered ready for rolling when it increases well in volume and acquires lightness and airiness, noticeable to the touch.
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  Knead the dough well.
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  To make it easier to sculpt pies, divide the dough into several parts.Roll each part into a roller, and cut all the rollers into portions.
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  Roll each piece into a cake or blind them with your hands. The thickness of the cakes is 5-7 mm. Put the filling in the center of the cakes, pinch the edges well, giving the cakes a beautiful shape.
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  Fry the pies in hot oil in a well-heated skillet. Start frying with those pies that were molded first, since they have already come up.
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  The pies are fried until beautifully golden on both sides. The fire is medium, you can also fry under the lid.
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  To rid the finished pies of excess oil, you can put them out of the pan on a paper towel.

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Pies on kefir without yeast, fried in a pan

To make pies on kefir dough without adding yeast turn out to be airy and tasty, the dough must be prepared from kefir, which has already stood in the refrigerator for several days and has become very sour. The fat content of kefir should be high, and if it is fat-free, then it is recommended to add a couple of tablespoons of sour cream to the dough. Stuff such pies with any filling.

Ingredients:

• Kefir - 300 ml.
• Flour - 450 gr.
• Egg - 1 pc.
• Sugar - 1 tablespoon
• Salt - 0.5 tsp
• Soda - 1 tsp
• Vegetable oil - 1 tablespoon

Cooking process:

1. Whisk the egg, salt and sugar in a bowl in a deep bowl and lightly beat.
2. Add kefir and a spoonful of any vegetable oil there, continue beating using a whisk or mixer.
3. Gradually add sifted premium wheat flour to a bowl.
4. As soon as the mixture thickens a little in the bowl, add the baking soda there and continue stirring, adding the remaining flour.
5. When all the flour has been added, place the ball of dough on the floured cutting surface of the table. Knead the dough for about 5-10 minutes.
6. Then roll the dough into a large thick rope and divide it into small pieces of equal size.
7. Use your hands or a rolling pin to shape the dough pieces into flat cakes with a thickness of at least 5 mm.
8. Place a large spoonful of filling (stewed cabbage, boiled chopped egg with rice, jam or jam, etc.) in the center of each tortilla.
9. Secure the dough seams on the patties carefully so that the filling does not leak out during frying.
10. Shake off the excess flour from the pies, otherwise they will start to burn during frying.
11. Fry the patties in hot oil on both sides, first with the seams down.
12. Ready-made, ruddy pies on kefir dough without yeast are delicious to eat hot, however, you will definitely like them when cooled down!

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Yeast pies on kefir

This is a recipe for fried yeast pies filled with boiled eggs and chopped green onions. Despite the uncomplicated filling, the finished products are simply amazing, airy and appetizingly porous. And all because, thanks to yeast, kefir is great.

Ingredients:

For the test:

• Flour / s - 400 gr.
• Kefir - 150-200 ml.
• Dry yeast - 1-1.5 tsp.
• Egg - 2 pcs.
• Sugar - 1 tablespoon
• Salt - 1 tsp
• Vegetable oil - 100 ml.

For filling:

• Boiled egg - 4 pcs.
• Green onions to taste.
• Water - 50 ml.
• Salt to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Vegetable oil - for frying.

Cooking process:

1. Pour kefir from the refrigerator into a bowl, add vegetable oil, sugar, salt. Heat the mixture over low heat until warm, stirring constantly with a whisk so that the kefir does not curl.
2. Add fresh dry yeast to the mass. Keep track of their expiration date and package integrity: old and damaged yeast will not sprout.
3. Then knead the dough with a spatula, adding flour in portions. Flour should be sifted to make the pies more fluffy.
4. Cover the well-kneaded dough with a towel and place in a warm growing area.
5. To prepare the filling for the pies, boil the eggs hard-boiled, peel, chop finely.
6. Chop green onions, mix with eggs.
7. Season the filling with pepper, salt and any other spices of your choice.As an option for the filling: add a little boiled friable rice to the eggs and onions, it will be delicious.
8. When the dough is infused and suitable, wrinkle it and divide it into several parts.
9. Roll each part into a sausage, and divide the sausages into portions according to the number of pies.
10. Roll the pieces into thick cakes (at least 5 mm thick).
11. Put the filling in the center of the tortillas - one heaped tablespoon or two spoons, and then pinch the pies very carefully.
12. Fry the finished pies in vegetable oil in a well-heated skillet over medium heat.
13. Place the patties seam side down and fry on both sides until golden brown. You can fry pies by covering the pan with a lid.
14. Eat the egg and onion patties hot.

Bon Appetit!

Pies with potatoes cooked in a pan

Fried kefir pies with potatoes are a very tasty and satisfying flour product. Yes, they cannot be called healthy, but when you want a tasty and quick snack with homemade food, pies have no equal! Moreover, two or three pies with potatoes, fried in a pan, are quite capable of replacing a full meal. They are very convenient to take on the road, on a picnic or to work, and you can eat them cold.

Ingredients:

For the test:

• Kefir - 200 ml.
• Flour / s - 300 gr.
• Salt - 1 tsp
• Soda - 1 tsp
• Sugar - 1 tsp

For filling:

• Potatoes - 0.5-0.7 kg.
• Bulb onions - 250 gr.
• Fried pork rind to taste.
• Ground black pepper to taste.
• Ground red pepper to taste.
• Spices for potatoes - to taste.
• Sunflower oil - for frying.
• Salt to taste.

Cooking process:

1. Boil the peeled potatoes in salted water until tender. Alternatively, boil potatoes in their uniforms, with them the pies will have a slightly different taste.
2. Fry the diced onion in hot vegetable oil. The finished onion should have a beautiful golden color.
3. While the potatoes are boiling, prepare the dough. Add soda to warm kefir, stir to make bubbles and leave for 3-5 minutes.
4. Then add salt and sugar to kefir, stir.
5. Add in portions wheat, sifted premium flour.
6. Knead the dough until it stops sticking to your hands. However, the dough should remain moderately soft, otherwise the pies will not work.
7. Cover the bowl with the dough and leave it on the table for half an hour to come up.
8. When the potatoes are boiled, strain them from the water and crush them in mashed potatoes (peel and crush the mashed potatoes in their uniforms, if you are making pies with them).
9. Add fried onions, salt and spices to taste to the puree, knead again. Alternatively, you can add small, fried pork rinds to the filling. Let the filling cool.
10. When the dough comes up, wrinkle it with your hands and divide it into several parts, roll it into sausages.
11. Divide the sausages into portions.
12. Form cakes from the pieces with your hands or with a rolling pin (thickness - 0.5 cm). Work on a floured cutting board or kitchen counter.
13. Place the filling on the tortillas, then pinch the edges of the patties well.
14. Fry the pies in a skillet on both sides in preheated oil over medium heat. When the patties are golden brown on both sides, they are done.

Bon Appetit!

Delicious kefir pies with cabbage

Try pan-fried kale patties until they are crispy. They are prepared on a quick yeast-free kefir dough. With the skill and some culinary experience, even for novice hostesses, this dish does not take a lot of energy, but the delight of family members from the breathtaking taste will last a long time. And you will have to cook them over and over again!

Ingredients:

For the test:

• Kefir - 200 ml.
• Flour - 300-350 gr.
• Chicken egg - 1 pc.
• Salt - 0.5 tsp
• Sugar - 1 tablespoon
• Soda - 1 tsp without top.
• Vegetable oil - 1 tablespoon

For filling:

• White cabbage - 300-400 gr.
• Carrots - 1-2 pcs.
• Bulb onions - 1-2 pcs.
• Vegetable oil - 2-3 tablespoons and for frying.
• Salt to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Ground coriander to taste.
• Ground dried basil to taste.

Cooking process:

1. First you need to make a pie filling. To do this, you will have to finely chop the cabbage, preferably young - it cooks very quickly.
2. Next, you need to grate the carrots on a coarse grater and chop the onions into cubes. (By the way, you don't need to add carrots to the filling if you don't like it).
3. In a small amount of vegetable oil, fry the carrots and onions, stirring occasionally. At the end of the frying season, add salt and pepper to the vegetables.
4. It is better to fry the cabbage separately, in a large skillet, with salt to taste. To prevent the cabbage from burning, you need to stir it all the time. The cabbage will be ready when its quantity is approximately halved.
5. Add fried onions and carrots to the finished cabbage, mix, simmer everything together for a few minutes, if necessary, add salt and various spices to taste.
6. Place the filling in a large bowl and let cool.
7. Next, prepare the kefir dough. In a bowl, combine kefir with egg, sugar and salt.
8. Then add baking soda, mix the mixture well with a mixer at low speed or with a whisk. The mixture should bubble and stand for 3-5 minutes.
9. Next, add vegetable oil to the kefir mixture and begin to introduce the sifted flour in small portions, stirring well all the time so that lumps do not appear.
10. Lubricate your hands with vegetable oil, as the dough will turn out to be soft, like yeast. After kneading the dough well, cover it with a towel and let stand for about 20 minutes and swell.
11. When the dough is larger and more fluffy, divide it into several pieces. If necessary, lubricate your hands with oil or dust the work surface of the table with flour.
12. Divide the dough into equal pieces according to the number of patties.
13. Roll each piece into a flat cake 0.5 cm thick, put the required amount of cooled filling in the center.
14. Pinch the edges of the patties carefully.
15. Fry the pies in well-heated vegetable oil, spreading them seam side down. Keep the fire low, otherwise the cakes will burn, and the inside will remain damp. You can fry them under the lid.
16. Eat hot fried cabbage pies with kefir, washed down with tea.

Bon Appetit!

Fried pies on kefir with jam

Fried pies with jam on kefir and soda are a wonderful childhood memory, such as were often sold in school canteens before. Personally, my favorite is fried pies with thick, aromatic blue plum jam. But even with pear or apple, they turn out to be no less delicious, especially if they are cooked in your own kitchen!

Ingredients:

• Kefir - 250 ml.
• Chicken egg - 1 pc.
• Flour - as much as needed.
• Jam, jam for the filling - as needed.
• Vegetable oil - for deep fat.
• Granulated sugar - 0.5 tablespoons
• Salt - 0.5 tsp
• Soda - 1 tsp

Cooking process:

1. You can start with a whisk or mixer. Beat the egg and salt quickly, add sugar, stir and add kefir, stir again well.
2. Pour soda into the resulting liquid base and beat for another minute.
3. Add the sifted flour in portions and knead the pie dough, not liquid and not too tight.
4. Leave the dough for 15-25 minutes, covering it with a towel, so that it swells well and becomes more airy and elastic.
5. Next, we wrap the dough, divide it into portioned, identical balls.
6. From each ball we blind cakes (no more than 0.5 cm thick), put a thick jam inside and pinch the edges well so that it does not leak out during frying. Roll the dough onto the tortillas with a rolling pin sprinkled with flour, or knead the tortillas with your hands.
7. Fry pastries with jam in a preheated pan on both sides until tender, until they are golden. The fire is moderate. The pan can be covered with a lid during frying.

Bon Appetit!

A simple recipe for kefir pies with apples

Kefir pies with apples are a great option for baked goods when you want quick and easy baking.Moreover, fresh apples are one of the cheapest and most delicious fillings for fried pies; add them to both yeast and yeast-free flour products. When making these pies, stick to the recipe, but remember that you may need a little more or less flour to make a soft and pliable dough.

Ingredients:

• Apples - 3-4 pcs.
• Flour - 300-350 gr.
• Kefir - 120-130 ml.
• Egg - 1 pc.
• Cinnamon to taste.
• Sugar - 50-70 gr.
• Salt - 0.5 tsp
• Soda - 1 tsp without a slide.
• Butter - 30 gr.
• Vegetable oil - 1 tablespoon + for frying.

Cooking process:

1. Warm kefir to room temperature on the stove, stirring so that it does not turn into lumps.
2. Add soda to kefir and stir well, let stand for 5 minutes for bubbles to appear.
3. Next, add salt, sugar, vegetable oil to kefir and stir well.
4. Beat the egg into the mass and mix until smooth with a whisk or mixer.
5. Into the dough in parts, add the sifted flour, stirring each portion to avoid lumps.
6. After kneading the plastic dough, drain it for 5 minutes and leave in a bowl, covered with a towel for a quarter of an hour. The dough must definitely stand to become more fluffy and soft.
7. Prepare the apple filling. To do this, wash the apples, peel and hard core, cut into small cubes and sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon, stir well.
8. When the dough is standing, divide it into portions according to the number of future patties.
9. Use a rolling pin to roll the dough pieces into tortillas, stuff each tortilla with apple pieces.
10. Pinch the pies well so that the filling does not leak out, and fry on both sides in preheated flavourless refined vegetable oil.
11. The pies are ready when they are golden brown. Cover the pan with a lid for even browning.
12. Ready-made kefir pies with apples can be sprinkled with powdered sugar and served with tea or coffee.

Bon Appetit!

Quick pies on kefir with cottage cheese, fried in a pan

And finally, one more recipe for sweet pies for tea. We suggest you fry pies with cottage cheese and vanilla or with orange zest in a pan. Making a curd filling is not difficult, just like yeast-free kefir dough, so the preparation of these fragrant culinary products does not take much time.

Ingredients:

• Kefir or yogurt - 1 tbsp.
• Vegetable oil - for frying.
• Egg yolks - 2 pcs.
• Sugar - to taste for the filling + 1 tbsp. for the test.
• Vanilla sugar or vanillin - 1 tsp
• Vinegar 9% (alcoholic or apple cider) - 1 tsp
• Cottage cheese - 300 gr.
• Flour - 1.5-2 tbsp.
• Water - 1 tbsp.
• Soda - 1 tsp
• Salt - 0.5 tsp

Cooking process:

1. Grind one egg yolk with salt and sugar in a bowl or saucepan.
2. Add a glass of cooled boiled water to the egg, stir it with a whisk until we get a homogeneous liquid.
3. Stir in a glass of kefir (yogurt) soda with apple or alcohol vinegar. Let's let the mass go in bubbles.
4. Introduce kefir with soda into the water with the egg, shake until smooth.
5. We introduce the sifted flour into the liquid in portions, each portion will be well shaken with a whisk.
6. Knead a little sticky and soft dough, cover it and let it stand for 15-20 minutes.
7. Let's prepare the filling. Mix cottage cheese with one yolk, add a little salt. In very dry cottage cheese, in addition to the yolk, you can also add protein.
8. Add sugar to the curd, vanilla sugar (vanillin) to taste and grind into a homogeneous mass.
9. Next, divide the dough by the number of future pies, roll each piece with a rolling pin, dusty with flour, roll it into a cake.
10. Fill the cakes with curd filling, pinch the edges.
11. Fry the pies in oil on both sides over medium heat (first heat the pan with butter well, then reduce the heat).
12. The pies will be ready when they are fried on both sides until golden brown.
13. Place ready-made cottage cheese patties on paper towels to absorb excess oil.
14. Sweet curd pies can be sprinkled with powdered sugar and served with tea or fruit and berry compote.

Bon Appetit!

Advice: you can also prepare unsweetened curd filling by salting the curd and mixing it with chopped parsley, dill or paprika.