We are starting the last week in our Cooking Carnival, the September Mega Marathon. I have been doing Potato as One Ingredient theme all of this month, with each week with a subtheme featuring Potato as the star ingredient. I have done Fries and Chips, Starters, Gravies, and Breakfast for the past four weeks. For the final and last week, I will be showcasing Flatbreads with Potato as the star from different countries.
For day 1 of Flatbread, I have Gozleme from Turkey. Gozleme is a stuffed flatbread, that Turks love a lot and have been making for over a thousand years. It's street food and is also part of the Turkish Breakfast. It is also part of the Mezze Spread. I have adapted mine from this site ozlemsturkishtable when I was inspired by Priya's adventure with Flatbreads.
This recipe was one of the first ones I cooked for this BM and also one that I made for the elders at home. Everybody simply loved it much and though it is quite similar to our aloo paratha, there is something different about the dough being so sticky and patted by hand. More like our Polis.
Turkish Gozleme
Ingredients Needed:
2 cups All Purpose flour
1 cup of warm water
2 tbsp olive oil
Salt to taste
For Stuffing
2 nos medium potatoes
1 no green chili, chopped
1 medium sized onion, chopped
1/2 cup Cheese, crumbled
A handful of coriander leaves, chopped
How to make the Flatbread
For the stuffing
MW the potatoes for 6 mins, soak in water, and peel. Mash it well with a fork, add all the other ingredients and combine well. Keep it aside.
For the dough
Take the flour in a bowl, add salt, olive oil, and combine well. Let it sit for 10 mins.
Making the Stuffed Flatbread
Divide the dough and the filling into 4 portions. Dust the board with flour and take a portion of dough and roll it as thin as possible. Place one portion of the filling in the center of the rolled out dough, fold in the 4 sides like an envelope.
Sprinkle a little flour on the folded dough and roll it again into a thick rectangle. Repeat the same with the rest of the dough.
Heat a nonstick pan, place the rolled gozleme on the hot pan. Keep the flame low and cook the bread until brown on both sides. Add a tsp of oil while cooking the gozleme.
Serve it warm Cream Cheese
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Recipe
Turkish Gozleme | Turkish Flat Bread with Potato and Cheese
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Usha says
It is similar to to our aloo paratha with few different ingredients. You saved your favorite category, flatbreads for the last, is it? Can't believe we are already in the last week
vaishali sabnani says
Yes it does sound like aloo cheese paratha , but most of the cuisines across world have so much similarity , isn't it ? Potatoes and cheese is a awesome combo which never fails , fantastic pick !
Kalyani says
such a lovely combo of cheese and potato there !
Gayathri Kumar says
This one has been in my to do list for long. The filling with potato sounds wonderful..
The Pumpkin Farm says
this works well for morning breakfast even on the road....fantastic pick...
Harini-Jaya R says
Turkish Aloo paratha. The kids will love with all the cheese in there.
Priya Suresh says
Who can resist to this Gozleme, love it to the core. And the cheese in it makes this flatbread more delicious and super cheesy.
Srividhya Gopalakrishnan says
love the fold.. Need to try this out with paratta.
Suma Gandlur says
Lovely choice. I have tried gozleme few times and have really enjoyed them.
Ritu Tangri says
I wonder how the different cuisine of the world have so much similarities...nice filling. Potato and cheese are two things that are loved by all.
Pavani N says
I made these for another event Valli and absolutely loved them.
Nalini's Kitchen says
It's similar to aloo paratha with few different ingredients.Nice and delicious filling with potato and cheese..
Sowmya :) says
This one looks so soft and flavourful! yumm
Sapana Behl says
The Turkish bread looks flavorful and tasty just like our aloo paratha.
Archana Potdar says
Was wondering how you missed your favourite flatbreads! Awesome combo.
Archana Potdar says
Can make it for Akanksha tomorrow. She has a match.She will be thrilled.
Sandhya Ramakrishnan says
I had gozleme in my list for this marathon, but the spinach one. Potato gozleme sound even more interesting and this would be even more loved by my kids 🙂
Priya Srinivasan says
Yummy valli, it is our favorite too!! This is one flatbread that never fails to impress a crowd!!! Thanks for the mention 🙂