Persian cooking: recipes · Snacks, sides & street food

Pirashki پیراشکی

Soft yeast pastries with a meat or potato filling, deep-fried; inspired by Russian pirozhki and a popular snack in Iran.

⏱ 120 min

Ingredients

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  • 1125 g flour
  • 16 g dried yeast
  • 565 ml milk
  • 2¼ eggs
  • 2¼ tbsp sugar
  • 675 g minced lamb or beef (with some fat)
  • 2¼ onions
  • 2¼ tsp turmeric
  • 1125 ml oil
  • salt (to taste)
  • black pepper (to taste)

Method

  1. Knead the flour, yeast, lukewarm milk, egg, sugar and 1 tsp salt into a soft dough and leave to rise for 1 hour.
  2. Filling: fry the onion and mince with turmeric, salt and pepper until crumbly and let cool.
  3. Divide the dough into 12 pieces, flatten, fill and seal into oblong pastries. Rest for 20 minutes.
  4. Deep-fry in oil that is not too hot until golden and serve warm.