Koulenje
An Armenia lunch. Ready in about 36 minutes. Difficulty: medium.
- 21 minPrep (about)
- 15 minCook (about)
- 36 minTotal time
- 4Servings
- MediumDifficulty
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Join the waitlist Not nowIngredients
- 6 cups flour
- 6 eggs
- 2 ½ tbsp baking powder
- 1 cup melted butter
- 1 cup milk
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tbsp ground mahleb
- 1 egg
Spices & seasonings (1): salt
- 1 tbsp salt
How to make it
Steps in our own plain words.
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Sift sugar together, salt, baking powder and flour.
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Beat 6 eggs in a separate bowl.
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Blend in the butter and milk.
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Sprinkle one tablespoon of sev dzandig and all the mahleb over the top of the dry ingredients.
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Make a hole in your center of the dry ingredients.
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Pour the wet ingredients in all at when, mixing with some strokes till the dough can be turned out on a floured board.
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Add more flour if necessary.
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It shouldn't be too sticky.
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Knead the mixture, a few times.
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Roll it out until it is ½" thick.
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Cut it in diamond shapes, circles, or strips which can be rolled and braided in loaves.
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Prick every piece several times with a fork.
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Beat the seventh egg with more sev dzandig added.
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Brush every piece of koulenje with this glaze.
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Place on cookie sheet covered using baking parchment.
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Cook in the oven at 400° for 12-15 min until slightly golden.
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Cool on a rack.
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These are best eaten warm.
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Reheat them by wrapping in foil.
On the side: Green salad
A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.
How to make it (10 min)
- Rinse the salad greens. Slice the cucumber.
- Put it all in a bowl and toss with the dressing just before eating.
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Join the waitlistRecipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.