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A tortilla is a baked or fried flour product that, as a rule, has a round flat shape. Tortillas are present in many cuisines in the world, and are traditional bread for many peoples. More details about tortillas...
Dough for tortillas is prepared in several ways, so they are divided into: fresh tortillas, rye tortillas and tosses. Spices, fruits, berries, cheese and other ingredients are added to the dough. For those who follow the figure, but at the same time like to eat deliciously, rye cakes, the recipe for which includes rye flour, instead of traditional wheat, will serve as an excellent option.

How to make tortillas?

The simplest homemade tortillas are made from flour, with the addition of water, vegetable oil and salt. Such tortillas are fried in a frying pan, they serve as an excellent substitute for bread. Tortillas on the water are prepared quickly and turn out quite tasty.

Among the hostesses, the recipe "cheese cakes in 5 minutes" is very popular. Cheese tortillas are prepared from flour, hard varieties of cheese and kefir. If desired, they are made with a filling, as a rule, meat. The cakes on the kefir are soft, and the cheese gives them a unique creamy taste. Cheese tortillas are fried in a frying pan, but you can try cooking them in the oven as well. You can also cook tortillas on sour cream, from this they will be even tastier. Sour cream tortillas are also called crumpets.

For lovers of hearty food, we advise you to prepare curd cakes, which are also prepared quickly and are no less tasty than cheese cakes. The recipe includes ingredients such as: flour, cottage cheese, egg, sunflower oil and salt. You can make tortillas with and without filling.

Potato cakes are a favorite dish of Finnish cuisine. To cook, you need: flour, potatoes, butter, cream and salt. They are recommended to bake them in the oven.

Not only in cooking, but also in folk medicine, honey cakes are famous, which perfectly help to cope with colds. Often doctors recommend preparing such miracle tortillas for children. The recipe includes: honey, flour, sugar, egg, vegetable oil.

Corncakes with milk are a great breakfast option. For original food lovers, there are rice tortillas that can serve as a great hearty breakfast, as well as corn tortillas. The recipe for their preparation is a little more complicated, as it includes more ingredients.

In world cuisines, Indian tortillas, Turkish tortillas, Mexican tortillas and Uzbek tortillas are the most popular. They all have their own original recipe. Uzbek tortillas, for example, are baked in a special clay oven - tandoor. From this they acquire a unique taste and aroma.