Shaker borax: recipe from sunny Asia

Our article will help you learn how to cook an unusual eastern sweetness, called a shaker borax. The recipe for this food comes from the national cuisine of Azerbaijan, but many people of Central Asia, the Middle East and the Caucasus love it. In those parts, the shaker of the drill is fed to the festive table, and to the usual everyday tea drinking. Try to cook this dish and you.

What is a Boer Shaker?

This recipe is common not only in Asia, but also in many regions. Researchers of culinary traditions of different countries believe that the historical homeland of this sweetness is Iran. In Europe and the States this beautiful treat is sold in eastern confectioneries and coffee shops.

In shape, this batch resembles large vareniki decorated with an intricate pattern. As a filling use a mixture of crushed nuts and sugar. The baker's baker is baked in the oven, but not for long, so that the dough remains light, not golden.

Necessary ingredients

The Azeri Bura Shaker is prepared from products that it will not be difficult to procure. You can easily find everything you need in any supermarket.

For the test, we need the following:

• Wheat flour - 200 g;
• Dry yeast - 10 g;
• Warm milk - 50 ml;
• Sour cream - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
• Eggs raw - 2 large or 3 small;
• Butter - 50 g.

And for the filling use any nuts: walnuts, hazelnuts, almonds, cedar. A mixture of different kinds of nuts is also suitable. For this amount of ingredients, you need about half a glass of nut and sugar. But peanuts for this dish is undesirable.

Preparation of the dough

Dough for shaker borax in a baked form resembles wafers. For preparation, pour into the yeast yeast and a pinch of sugar. Leave in a warm place for a quarter of an hour.

In a deep bowl, sift the flour with a hill, make a depression in the center. Add in it melted butter, slightly beaten egg fork, sour cream and milk with yeast. Stir until a homogeneous mass is obtained. And now you need to cover the dough with a towel and forget about it for an hour.

Nuts filling

Shaker borax, the recipe of which, like many other oriental sweets, contains nuts, is a fairly high-calorie dish. To make the filling fill the dry kernels of nuts on the board and cut with a knife. Mix the crumb with sugar in a 1: 1 ratio. Some Azerbaijani hostesses add to the resulting mass of ground cardamom or vanilla sugar.

Formation and decoration

Surely you noticed the unusual decor of this dish before you cook it? Shaker borax - a very beautiful treat, not in vain in Iran it is served to one of the main holidays in the year - Novruz. On this day, people are happy with the spring equinox, and figured nutty delicacy personifies the moon. Note: in form it really looks like a crescent moon.

To form the products, divide the dough into lumps the size of a large apricot. Roll each com into a cake and lay on one side a ball of nut filling. Protect the edge, as if molding a dumpling.

To get beautiful sides with a pattern, in Asia they use special tongs with thorns. If there is nothing similar in your arsenal, experiment with a normal plug. Leave on the sides of the prints denticles.

Baking in the oven

Azeri Bura Shaker is getting ready quickly. For baking, a temperature of 170 ° C is sufficient. Preheat the oven in advance, and set the baking sheet with the laid candies to one of the bottom positions. Bake for no more than 15 minutes. Remember: the dough should only be dried, but not properly bruised.

Once your driller is ready, reboot it with a shovel on a wooden board and allow to cool.

Feed to the table

This refreshment is served after full cooling, so it is quite possible to prepare it on the eve of a festive feast. Shaker borax, the recipe of which came from Asia, like most similar dishes, does not need additional instruments. You can eat this delicacy simply with your hands, holding it by the edge and biting off small pieces. However, if it is more convenient for you to use a dessert fork and a knife, mistake or mauveton, this will not be considered.

There is one more important rule of submission: the borer choker is never served to alcohol. The most suitable for her drinks are aromatic tea, custard coffee, fresh fruit juices, a decoction of dried fruits or rose hips.