Breakfast · 45 min · turkish

Pisi (Turkish Breakfast Fritters)

Flour does the heavy lifting here, with plain yogurt rounding it out. A Turkish breakfast that takes 45 minutes, start to finish.

✓ USDA-verified nutrition data

Ingredients

• 3 cups Flour
• 1 cup Plain yogurt
• 1 Egg
• 2 tsp Baking powder
• 1 tsp Salt
• 2 cups Olive oil
• 0.25 cup Honey

Steps

1. Stir the flour, baking powder, and salt together, then add the yogurt and egg. Mix into a soft, slightly sticky dough — add a spoon of flour only if it will not hold together.
2. Knead gently for 3 minutes, then rest the dough 20 minutes. Resting relaxes the gluten so the pisi puff instead of turning tough.
3. Roll the dough 1/2-inch thick and cut into 3-inch rounds or diamonds. Prick each piece once with a fork so it puffs evenly instead of ballooning lopsided.
4. Fry in 350°F oil, a few at a time, 2 minutes per side until puffed and golden. They should bob and turn themselves when ready — a good sign.
5. Drain on a rack and serve immediately, hot and puffy, with honey for drizzling and cheese on the side. Pisi waits for no one; it deflates as it cools.

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