Mashed potato cakes کیک پوره سیب زمینی

Dish

Mashed potato cakes, are soft and cheesy from the inside and golden crispy from the outside. Potato cakes are good solution for leftover mashed potatoes however with freshly cooked potatoes also you can make potato cakes or pancakes.

It is a simple recipe but result is great. They are just D.E.L.I.C.I.O.U.S.

Ingredients

3 large potatoes, cooked
3tbsp milk
2tbsp butter
Hand full chopped chives
1 cup cheese of your choice (Feta cheese, Blue cheese,Cheddar cheese)
Salt and white pepper to taste
¾ cup flour
2 eggs, beaten
1 cup bread crumbs
Oil for frying

How to prepare it?????

Place the potatoes into a pot. Cover with salted water. Boil and cook potatoes until soft and tender. Peel off potatoes skin. Add in butter, salt and pepper. Mash until well combined. Then, stir in milk.

Now add grated cheese and chopped chives. Mix all ingredients well together. Place the potato mixture in the fridge for 30 minutes to set.

In this step, take 2tbsp of mashed potatoes and shape the potato mixture into small cakes ( as you see in the photos). Now, dredge each potato cake in the flour, then dip into the beaten egg and finally coat each one with bread crumbs.

Heat the oil in a skillet, add potato cakes to the pan and fry them for 5-6 minutes each side until brown and crisp both sides.

Serve potato cakes hot. For garnishing these tasty cakes, there are endless toppings such as yogurt, cottage cheese, herbs.

مشد پوتیتو کیک

سیب زمینی آبپز– سرخ شده و یا پوره ی سیب زمینی و کلن هر چیزی که با سیب زمینی پخته بشه برای مردم اسکاتلند در حکم کته و پلو برای ما ایرانی هاست.خیلی خیلی سیب زمینی رو دوست دارن. حتی اگر چلو کباب یا قورمه سبزی هم درست کنی باز میپرسن سیب زمینی هم داره؟

در ضمن یادم رفت بگم اسکاتلندیها عادت دارن روی سیب زمینی سرخ شده سرکه بزنن. شاید بگید اه اه این دیگه چیه ولی خیلی عالی میشه. حالا یکبار امتحان کنید.

غذای امروزکیک پوره سیب زمینی یا همونطور که در انگلیسی Mashed potato cakes گفته میشه هست یک غذای سبک – خوشمزه و آسان هست. سطح روی کیکها خیلی ترد و طلایی و داخل کیک نرم هست. یک کمی شبیه به کوکو سیب زمینی خودمون هست ولی تفاوت‌هایی داره که در مراحل پخت متوجه خواهید شد. گاهی این مشد پوتیتوهارا به صورت

اگر یک موقع تو خونه سیب زمینی آبپز زیادی موند و نمی دونستید باهاش چیکار کنید خوب این غذا راه حل خوشمزه و آسونی هست. هر چند باسیب زمینی ها تازه آبپز شده هم میشه این کیک های خوشمزه رو درست کرد. حتی می تونید مواد مورد نیاز را 7-8 ساعت قبل از پختن هم آماده کنید و در یخچال نگه دارید تا زمان پختنش.

بله همونطور که میگفتم کیک پوره سیب زمینی یه دستور تهیه آسونی داره ولی نتیجه خیلی خ.و.ش.م.ز.ه هست.

مواد لازم

سه عدد سیب زمینی درشت آبپز شده

سه ق غ شیر

دو ق غ کره

به اندازه یک مشت تره یا پیازچه خرد شده

یک پیمانه پنیرشامل هر پنیری که دوست دارید: از پنیر تبریزی و خوشمزه خودمون گرفته تا پنیر چدارو پنیر بلو چیز یا همون پنیر رگه آبی– پنیر مازارلا

نمک و فلفل به میزان لازم

سه چهارم پیمانه آرد

دو عدد تخم مرغ همزده

یک پیمانه آرد سوخاری

روغن برای سرخ کردن

طرز تهیه

سیب زمینی ها را با آب نمکدار داخل قابلمه ریخته و بگذارید نرم پخته شود. بعد از پخته شدن پوست آن‌ها را گرفته و همراه با کره – نمک و فلفل بکوبید تا کاملن به صورت پوره در آید. سپس شیر را روی پوره ریخته و با هم مخلوط کنید.

در این مرحله پنیر رنده شده و تره یا پیازچه های خرد شده رابه پوره افزوده و با دست ورز دهید تا با هم خوب ترکیب شوند.

پوره ی آماده شده را داخل یک ظرف و برای نیم ساعت در یخچال قرار دهید تا سفت شود( حتی می‌توانید شب قبل این مراحل را انجام داده و در یخچال نگه داری کنید).

حالا سه پیاله شامل آرد– تخم مرغ هم زده و آرد سوخاری را کنار دست خود قرار دهید. مقداری از پوره را برداشته و به شکل توپ درآورده و بعد مطابق تصاویر آن‌ها را مسطح کنید.

کیکها را ابتدا با آرد بپوشانید و بعد در مایه تخم مرغ قرار داده و در آخر با آرد سوخاری بپوشانید.

کیک ها را داخل تابه روغن قرار داده و بگذارید هر روی آن 6-5 دقیقه سرخ شود.

زمان سرو کردن می‌توانید روی آن‌ها با گزینه های بی نهایتی همراه کنید: مثلن روی کیک ها پیازچه یا شوید تازه خرد شده بریزید. یا کمی ماست یا پنیر روی آن‌ها قرار بدید.

Mashed potato cakes

Ingredients

3 large potatoes, cooked
3tbsp milk
2tbsp butter
Hand full chopped chives
1 cup cheese of your choice (Feta cheese, Blue cheese,Cheddar cheese)
Salt and white pepper to taste
¾ cup flour
2 eggs, beaten
1 cup bread crumbs
Oil for frying

How to prepare it?????

Place the potatoes into a pot. Cover with salted water. Boil and cook potatoes until soft and tender.

Peel off potatoes skin. Add in butter, salt and pepper. Mash until well combined. Then, stir in milk. Now add grated cheese and chopped chives. Mix all ingredients well together. Place the potato mixture in the fridge for 30 minutes to set. In this step, take 2tbsp of mashed potatoes and shape the potato mixture into small cakes ( as you see in the photos). Now, dredge each potato cake in the flour, then dip into the beaten egg and finally coat each one with bread crumbs.

Heat the oil in a skillet, add potato cakes to the pan and fry them for 5-6 minutes each side until brown and crisp both sides. Serve potato cakes hot. For garnishing these tasty cakes, there are endless toppings such as yogurt, cottage cheese, herbs,

Zucchini Flat Naan Bread نان کدویی

Bread

Naan / noon /nan is a Persian word and means bread. Naan is a kind of flat bread found in the Iranian cuisine, Azerbaijani, Turkish, Indian and Middle East countries.

Naan being freshly prepared in tandoor and we can get fresh beautiful naan for breakfast, lunch and dinner from bakery everyday. There are loads of different kinds of naan bread. All are gorgeous, tasty and beautiful. Today I baked my zucchini flat bread.

Zucchini flat bread naan, is a favourite treat. Zucchini which is called ‘ Kadoo’ makes main roll in keeping the bread soft and moist. It is a beautiful combo of zucchini with onions, cheese and spices. I have used mozzarella cheese, but it goes well with feta or cheddar cheese too. These are Sooooooo good. Sooooooo delicious and hearty naan bread.

Ingredients

3 cups all purpose flour
1 large zucchini, grated
2 eggs
1 onion, finely chopped
30-40g Cheese (feta cheese, mozzarella cheese or cheddar cheese)
40-50 ml water
1tsp baking powder
2tsp salt
1tsp paprika
1.2 tsp chilli flakes
Vegetable oil

How to make it?????

Grate the zucchini and squeeze to release the juice. Add chopped onion, eggs, cheese and season with spices. Mix all together. Then add flour, baking powder and combine with hand. Slowly add water to the batter and knead it for 2-3 minutes. If the batter is sticky add some flour. Make a ball and cover the dough and allow to rest for 1 hour.

After an hour, place the dough on a floured surface and divide the dough into 8 pieces. Roll each dough into a small ball.

On a floured surface, using a rolling pin and roll it into a flatten circle.

Heat a little bit oil in a pan and add in flattened dough. Once one side fried ( 3-4 minutes) flip over and fry other side.

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Zucchini flat naan bread

Ingredients

3 cups all purpose flour

1 large zucchini, grated

2 eggs

1 onion, finely chopped

30-40g Cheese (feta cheese, mozzarella cheese or cheddar cheese)

40-50 ml water

1tsp baking powder

2tsp salt

1tsp paprika

1.2 tsp chilli flakes

Vegetable oil

How to make it?????

After an hour, place the dough on a floured surface and divide the dough into 8 pieces. Roll each dough into a small ball. On a floured surface, using a rolling pin and roll it into a flatten circle. Heat a little bit oil in a pan and add in flattened dough. Once one side fried ( 3-4 minutes) flip over and fry other side.

No bake watermelon cake

desserts

I was at a party and our host served watermelon cake but not a regular cake with flour, baking powder, eggs, milk,…. It was simply fresh watermelon with an amazing arrangement. I just loved it. It was soooo refreshing, no baked, healthy and fruity.

I have never seen and heard about this cake. It is very simple and easy to prepare . For decoration and topping the cake, there are so many different options.

I used strawberries, grapes, flake almonds , flake chocolates and shaved coconuts but you can use other fruits and nuts so it’s your choice.

Ingredients

one watermelon
500ml whipped cream
2 tbps white sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 lemon zest
Nuts and fruits for decoration
Shredded coconuts
Food colouring

How to make it

Taking off top and bottom of the watermelon. Slice off the rind. Then cut white parts on the watermelon and set aside.

Put cream, sugar, vanilla extract, and lemon zest in a mixing bowl and beat it until firm. You can use white cream but I added some food colours to the cream.

Now it is time for fun part. Put the cream on the watermelon and cover it.

Add some fruits at the bottom of the cake. Decorate top of the cake with chocolate and fruits. For the sides of the cake I used shredded coconuts . That’s it. Done 🙂

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No bake watermelon cake

Ingredients

one watermelon
500ml whipped cream
2 tbps white sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 lemon zest
Nuts and fruits for decoration
Shredded coconuts
Food colouring

How to make it

Taking off top and bottom of the watermelon. Slice off the rind. Then cut white parts on the watermelon and set aside.

Put cream, sugar, vanilla extract, and lemon zest in a mixing bowl and beat it until firm. You can use white cream but I added some food colours to the cream.

Now it is time for fun part. Put the cream on the watermelon and cover it.

Add some fruits at the bottom of the cake. Decorate top of the cake with chocolate and fruits. For the sides of the cake I used shredded coconuts.

That’s it. Done 🙂

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Stuffed Rose Shaped Bread

Bread

Rose shaped bread is very delicious. However preparing of bread, needs spending longer time but result is so good and you will be happy with your baking.
This bread not only has a beautiful shape but also has a very tasty filling. If you do not like this filling you can simply add your favourite vegetables, different cheese or even meat (fish, beef, chicken,..).

Ingredients for dough

500 g plain flour
1 cup warm water (not boiled)
1 egg
1 tbsp. dried yeast
1 tsp. sugar
1 tsp salt
¼ cup oil
2 tbsp. milk

Ingredients for filling

1 large onion, finely chopped
200 g grated cheddar cheese
4-5 medium tomatoes, finely chopped
1 egg yolk
1 tbsp. garlic powder
1 tbsp onion powder
½ tsp salt
3 tbsp. oil
¼ tsp white pepper powder
1 tbsp. sweet paprika
3 tbsp. water

Preparation
In a large bowl with flour, add sugr, salt and milk. Mix together. Add dried yeast , 4 tbsp. warm water, oil and egg. Mix all together. Then, slowly add and stir in remains of warm water to the flour. Transfer mixture into the food processor and knead the dough for 15 minutes until dough is elastic.

Oil lightly a bowl and place the dough into the bowl, cover it and allow rising for 2 hours.
Until dough gets ready, we prepare filling. In a saucepan, heat the oil, add chopped onion and sauté until soft, then add in chopped tomatoes, onion, garlic powder, salt, sweet paprika and 3 tbsp. water, mix well. Then, add grated cheese and cook for 10 minutes. Set aside to cool.

Once dough is ready, slightly press it with your hand to release the air inside the dough.
Spread some flour on the working table. Spread dough with a rolling pin into about ½ cm. Now cut 1 medium size circle and also cut smaller circles from the remaining dough.

Roll each one of small circle dough thinner. Add 1 tsp of the filling. Fold and seal with a fork ( see photos). Roll out the big circle. Cut like you see in the photo. Add ½ tbsp. of the filling to the middle. Fold to make a rose bud. Place the rose bud in the centre of an oiled baking pan, then place smaller filled doughs around the bud ( see photos). At the end, brush your filled dough with beaten egg yolk. Bake in 190C for 35 minutes ( or until golden).

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Stuffed rose shaped bread.

Ingredients for dough
500 g plain flour
1 cup warm water (not boiled)
1 egg
1 tbsp. dried yeast
1 tsp. sugar
1 tsp salt
¼ cup oil
2 tbsp. milk

Ingredients for filling
1 large onion, finely chopped
200 g grated cheddar chees
4-5 medium tomatoes, finely chopped
1 egg yolk
1 tbsp. garlic powder
1 tbsp onion powder
½ tsp salt
3 tbsp. oil
¼ tsp white pepper powder
1 tbsp. sweet paprika
3 tbsp. water

Preparation
In a large bowl with flour, add sugr, salt and milk. Mix together. Add dried yeast , 4 tbsp. warm water, oil and egg. Mix all together. Then, slowly add and stir in remains of warm water to the flour. Transfer mixture into the food processor and knead the dough for 15 minutes until dough is elastic.
Oil lightly a bowl and place the dough into the bowl, cover it and allow rising for 2 hours.
Until dough gets ready, we prepare filling. In a saucepan, heat the oil, add chopped onion and sauté until soft, then add in chopped tomatoes, onion, garlic powder, salt, sweet paprika and 3 tbsp. water, mix well. Then, add grated cheese and cook for 10 minutes. Set aside to cool.
Once dough is ready, slightly press it with your hand to release the air inside the dough.
Spread some flour on the working table. Spread dough with a rolling pin into about ½ cm. Now cut 1 medium size circle and also cut smaller circles from the remaining dough.
Roll each one of small circle dough thinner. Add 1 tsp of the filling. Fold and seal with a fork ( see photos). Roll out the big circle. Cut like you see in the photo. Add ½ tbsp. of the filling to the middle. Fold to make a rose bud. Place the rose bud in the centre of an oiled baking pan, then place smaller filled dough around the bud ( see photos). At the end, brush your filled dough with beaten egg yolk.

Bake in 190 C for 35 minutes or until golden.

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Turkish Pide pizza

Nations food, Pizza

Pide is delicious Turkish speciality, a kind of Turkish flatbread with a boat shape. Pide dough is very simple and easy to make. . Pide is one of the popular and comfort foods in Turkey. Pide can be made with different variety of toppings such as ground meat, cheese, sausages, eggs, …

Ingredients for the dough

300 g strong white flour
14 g dried yeast
1 cup warm water
3 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp salt

For toppings

200 g grounded beef
1 grated onion
Salt and pepper to taste
Paprika
1 tbsp tomato paste
Shredded cheddar cheese
Half of sliced onion
Handful black olives, pitted

Method

In a bowl with yeast and sugar, pour in ½ cup of warm water. Stir and set aside until yeast to be activated with bubbly foam on the surface ( it will take about 10 minutes).

In a large bowl, mix flour with salt. Pour in the olive oil and yeast mixture. Mix together. Then slowly pour water. Combine with your hand until all ingredients come together and you have a dough.

Place the dough on a floured surface and knead the dough for 3-5 minutes, until you reach to a soft and smooth dough. Drop some olive oil into the bowl and place the dough in it. Cover the bowl with kitchen towel and leave for 2 hours to rise and double in size.

Meanwhile, we prepare our filling. In a bowl we mix meat with onion, toamto pate and season with salt and pepper and paprika. Heat the oil in the pan. Add meat mixture and fry it. One of the topping is ready.

Pre heat the oven to 220 C.

Once the dough is risen. Place it on a floured board and cut the dough into 2 equal pieces. Using a rolling pin and roll the dough balls into oval shapes or boat shape. Dough should be very thin.

Now brush surface of the oval shaped dough with butter. Spread the meat mixture evenly over the dough, leaving about 2 cm at the edges with no filling. Fold in the sides and squeeze the oval dough each end to make it pointy.

Spread cheddar cheese, onions and black olives over the other dough too. Brush the edges of dough with melted butter. Bake for 15-20 minutes until the pides are golden brown and cripsy at the edges.

Once the pide is ready, once again brush the melted butter all over the cooked pide edges and cut into slices and bon apetite.

پیتزای پیده

پیده یکی از غذاهای خوشمزه ی ترکیه ای هست. یک نوع نان مسطح قایقی شکل. خمیر پیده خیلی آسان و سریع تهیه میشه. پیده یک از محبوب‌ترین و خوشمزه ترین غذاهای ترکی هست که انواع مختلفی داره ولی قدیمی ترین نوع این پیتزای ترکی با گوشت چرخ کرده تهیه میشه.

پیده انواع گوناگونی داره و با گوشت چرخ کرده – سوسیس– سبزیجات – پنیر – تخم مرغ ….. درست میشه.

مواد لازم برای تهیه خمیر پیده

سیصد گرم آرد سفید

چهارده گرم پودر یست

یک پیمانه آب گرم

سه ق غ روغن زیتون

یک ق چ شکر

یک ق چ نمک

مواد لازم برای روی پیده

دویست گرم گوشت چرخ کرده

یک عدد پیاز رنده شده

نمک و فلفل به میزان لازم

پودر پاپریکا به میزان نیاز

یک ق غ رب گوچه فرنگی

مقداری پنیر چدار رنده شده

نصف پیاز

مقداری زیتون سیان بدون هسته

طرز تهیه

داخل یک‌کاسه پودر یست و شکر را با نصف پیمانه از آبگرم مخلوط کرده و برای 10 دقیقه روی خمیر مایه را پوشانده و میگذاریم فعال شود یعنی سطح خمیرمایه باید حبابی و کف مانند گردد.

داخل یک‌کاسه ی بزرگ آرد و نمک را هم می زنیم. سپس روغن زیتون و خمیر مایه ی آماده شده را اضافه کرده و هم می زنیم. سپس کم کم باقی آب گرم را به آرد اضافه کرده و همه ی مواد را با هم هم میزنیمم تا خمیر یک‌دست شود.

خمیر را روی سطح آردی قرار داده و 5-3 دقیقه خمیر را ورز می‌دهیم تا یک خمیر نرم داشته باشیم. کمی روغن زیتون داخل کاسه ریخته و خمیر آماده شده را داخل کاسه قرار می دهیم. روی کاسه را با حوله پوشانده و میگذاریم خمیر در یک محیط گرم برای دوساعت بماند تا پف کرده و دو برابر شود.

در این میان مواد روی پیتزا را آماده می کنیم: داخل یک ظرف گوشت و پیاز را با رب گوجه‌فرنگی – نمک – فلفل و پاپریکا مخلوط می کنیم. داخل تابه روغن را گرم کرده و مواد گوشتی را در تابه سرخ می کنیم.

فر را روی حرارت 220 درجه سانتیگراد گرم می کنیم.

وقتی خمیر آماده شد. روی سطح آردی خمیر را گذاشته و به دو قسمت برش می دهیم. با استفاده از وردنه یکی از خمیر ها را به شکل بیضی باز می‌کنیم . خمیر را به اندازه‌ای باز کنید که خیلی نازک شود.

روی خمیر مقداری کره ی آب شده می زنیم. مواد گوشتی را روی سطح خمیر می‌ریزیم بطوریکه به اندازه ی دو سانتی‌متر از لبه ها ی اطراف خمیر فاصله داشته باشد. سپس لبه های خمیر را مطابق تصاویر تا کرده و دو سر خمیر را به صررت گرد درمی آوریم.

خمیر دوم را هم به همین صورت باز کرده و روی آن را با پنیر– پیاز و زیتون می پوشانیم. روی لبه های پیتزا کمی کره زده و داخل فر قرار می‌دهیم تا برای 20-15 دقیقه بپزند.

وقتی پیده آماده شد مجددن روی لبه ها کره ی آب شده زده و پیده را به قسمت‌های کوچک برش داده و سرو می کنیم.

Cheddar Cheese Mayonnaise Sandwich

Sandwich, Vegetarains

This is very simple, cold, plain, easy sandwich with satisfying taste. Simply with 3 ingredients would be ready.

Ingredients

Slices of white or brown breads
2 tbsp Mayo sauce
50 g grated cheddar cheese

Method

In a bowl with grated cheese, add Mayo sauce. Mix throughly until combine well. Spread cheese mixture on one of bread slices and covering all surface of bread and top with other piece of bread. Cut into round or triangle shape.

Cheese basket

Dish

It’s just fantastic to make a beautiful cheese cup/ basket or bowl. Absolutely gorgeous and yet fill it with rice/risotto – salad, cheese crackers, bread, ….

I have made plain cheese bowl but recipe is flexible and you can add nuts or dried herbs to the cheese.

Ingredients

200g shredded parmesan/ cheddar cheese

Frying pan

Parchment paper

A glass or small bowl

Method

Line the bottom of pan with parchment paper. Spread 3 tbsp shredded parmesan over the bottom to from a circle.

Cook for few minutes until cheese is bubbling and slightly brown. Remove the pan from the heat and let to cool for few second and place melted cheese over the bottom of a bowl or glass. Using your hand and mould the cheese. Allow to cool and harden. Fill as desired.

Macaroni cheese

pasta/ spaghetti/ macaroni

I love Mac and cheese . It’s very easy dish with lots of cheese sauce.

Ingredients

200g pasta
150g cheddar cheese, grated
2 medium onions
¾ cup milk
1tbsp flour
1tsp nutmeg powder
Salt- pepper to taste
Butter
Vegetable oil

Method

Heat the oil in a pan and sauté chopped onion until they are soft. Bring the water to a boil, add pasta, pinch of salt and 1tbsp oil and cook it.

For making cheese sauce: Melt the butter in a pan, add flour and pinch of pepper and nutmeg powder. Stir 2 minutes. Then pour milk in the pan and once milk is warm, add grated cheese. Stirring for 2 minutes and remove from the heat and mix it with fried onion. Such an amazing sauce.

Mix pasta with cheese sauce and serve it.

نان ماکارون 2 همه

Garlic Bread With Cheese

Bread, Vegetarains

I never can say NO to garlic bead. This recipe is one easiest recipes for preparing garlic bread.

Ingredients

one budget bread or Ciabatta loaf

2 cloves of garlic, grated

50g melted butter

½ cup shredded cheddar cheese

½ cup shredded mozzarella cheese

Pinch of sweet chilli powder

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 175C.

Mix melted butter with grated garlic. Place bread on a baking tray and brush butter mixture on bread. Then, sprinkle over the cheese mixture and pinch of chilli pepper. Bake in the oven for 10- 15 minutes and until cheese is melted and lightly brown.

Mashed Dates and Cheese Wrapped in Bread

Sandwich, Vegetarains

This is an easy recipe with only three ingredients and superb appetizer for any party.
Soft and sweet dates with salty cheddar cheese wrapped in bread and toasted.

Ingredients
Handful pitted dates
3 Tbsp shredded cheddar cheese
Persian Lavash bread or Tortilla bread

Preparation
Mash the dates and make it paste. Spread shredded cheddar cheese all over the tortilla bread, then put mashed dates top of the cheese. Roll the bread. Place it in the sandwich maker and toast the bread.

Combination of melted cheese with sweet dates is amazing. You have to try to know what I am talking about.