Moldavian Placindas with Cottage Cheese

Placindas are flat pies or cakes with stuffing. It is a highly popular dish in Moldavian cuisine. Practically any stuffing goes – potatoes, cabbage, feta cheese, mushrooms. There are sweet versions with cherry, pumpkin, apples. Anyhow it is a real treat that is very easy to make.

Ingredients for dough

• 1.4 lb flour
• 0.6 lb kefir, yoghurt or sour cream
• an egg
• 3-4 tablespoons vegetable oil
• salt

Ingredients for stuffing

• 1 – 1.2 lb cottage cheese
• a bunch of greens – dill, parsley, green onion
• an egg
• salt

Recipe for Placindas with Cottage Cheese

1. Sift the flour, pour in kefir, add an egg, salt and oil. Knead firm non-sticky dough and leave it covered with a film for an hour.
2. Once it has come by, divide it into smallish balls about 10 in number.
3. Roll them out thinly stretching the dough a little. Put stuffing in the middle – cottage cheese, egg with salt and finely chopped greens.

1. Pinch the edges shut and press down the cakes a little.

1. Fry until nicely golden in a frying pan with a small amount of oil.