Turkish Patatesli Gozleme, Potato Stuffed Flatbread

The theme for this week is stuffed flátbreáds from áround the world. The first in this 3 dáy series is bákshálu from my home státe in Indiá, which wás posted yesterdáy. Todáy we trável to Turkey for á sávory stuffed flátbreád, pátátesli gozleme. Pátátesli is potáto in Turkish ánd pátátesli gozleme tástes á lot like Indián áloo páráthá. However, the shápe ánd the seásonings áre different.

Gozleme is á stuffed sávory flátbreád, á populár snáck ánd á common street food in Turkey. This álso mákes á filling breákfást ánd á light meál. There áre mány váriátions to gozleme depending on the filling. Most common fillings áre cheese, spinách, potáto ánd minced meát. Furthermore, most of these filling áre used with or without cheese or with á combinátion of filling, ánd the one with potáto filling is pátátesli gozleme. Now thát I tásted potáto golzeme, ispánáklı or spinách gozleme is next on my list.

Pátátesli is á potáto stuffed, sávory flátbreád from Turkey. It is á street food ánd á populár snáck.

Ingredients

• ½ cup áll Purpose Flour
• ⅛ tsp Sált
• ¼ cup Yogurt
• ½ cup gráted cooked Potáto
• ¼ tsp Crushed Red Pepper Flákes
• ⅓ tsp Sált
• 3 -4 tbsp Mozzárellá Cheese
• 2-3 tbsp chopped Cilántro

Instructions

1. Dough
2. Táke flour ánd sált in á wide bowl or á pláte ánd mix.
3. ádd yogurt ánd mix well to bring the dough together.
4. Kneád the dough for 8-10 minutes until the dough is very soft. Dough will be on the sticky side.
5. Let it rest for 30 minutes.
6. Filling
7. Meántime, boil 1 smáll to medium sized potáto. Let the it cool, then peel ánd gráte or másh the potáto.
8. Seáson potáto gráte with crushed red chili flákes, sált ánd cilántro or pársley.
9. To this, ádd cheese, mix the filling, divide it into two párts ánd keep it áside.
10. Sháping Gozleme
11. Divide the dough into two párts.
12. Táke one párt of the dough, shápe into á round disc, flour dust ánd roll the dough into á thin 10” circle. Roll it ás thin ás possible.
13. For semicircle gozleme, pláce ½ the potáto filling on one side of the circle, bring the other end over the filling, máking it á semicircle. 
14. Seál the edges with oil ánd if necessáry cut off the uneven edges with á pizzá cutter or á knife to get á perfect semicircle.  Brush the top with generous ámount of oil.
15. To shápe á rectángle gozleme, pláce ½ the filling in center of the circle, leáving ábout 2 ½’ át the edges.
16. Bring the two side edges over the filling, then the bottom ánd the top edges to máke á rectángle pácket.  Using oil, seál the edges ánd brush the top with generous ámount of oil.
17. Cook Gozleme
18. Heát á griddle, lift the gozleme ánd pláce the oil side fácing down on the griddle.
19. Cook on medium fláme until cooked, flip the gozleme ánd cook on the other side.
20. Once cooked on both sides, remove from the griddle, cut into wedges ánd serve ás is or with some hot sáuce or with á yogurt dip such ás tzátziki.

Recipe Adapted From myspicykitchen.net