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Bolanee - Afghani Green Vegetable Fried Pie

Roqiah Akrami

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups flour can have all white flour, or 3 quarters white and 1 quarter whole meal
  • 1 teaspoon yeast
  • 1/4 teaspoons salt
  • warm water not too hot
  • 3 cups spinach
  • 1/2 cup coriander
  • 1 cup spring onion
  • 1/3 teaspoons salt
  • 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • Oil

Instructions
 

  • Put flour, yeast and salt in bowel and mix dry.
  • Add warm water until dough is thick.
  • Clean the sides of the bowel with fingers.
  • “Rise” in a warm place for 60 minutes or more.
  • Finely chop the greens.
  • Put spinach, coriander, spring onion, salt and oil all together in a big bowel.
  • Mix the ingredients.
  • Squeeze the vegetables with the tips of fingers, this makes the vegetables softer and easier to use when cooking.
  • Place a frying pan on low heat.
  • Arrange oil and a table spoon beside the frying pan.
  • Make dough balls about the size of a medium tomato.
  • Roll one ball flat at a time (20 cm across).
  • Fill dough with greens
  • Stick the sides with a little water.
  • Fry both sides on a low heat until golden brown; use 2T oil each side.

Notes

Serve with any kind of meat, or fried eggs.