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Mekitsi filled with cheese

Cheese-filled mekitsi

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Bulgarian breakfast doughnuts: made with a yogurt and baking soda dough, cut into squares, filled with crumbled cheese, and fried until puffed up.

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Recipe from Ted Masters, Biliana.grigorova, adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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Learn how to make homemade pitas by following this easy and delicious recipe.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time15 min
  • Cook time20 min
  • Total35 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodFrying
  • Estimated cost$1.54 $0.19 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
  • Vegetarian

Ingredients

8 people
  • $0.80
  • $0.01
  • $0.04
  • $0.01
  • $0.06
  • $0.28
  • $0.34

Prices from US supermarkets for 6 of 7 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Mix the baking soda with the yogurt. ≈ 4 min
  2. Make a well in the flour and add all the ingredients, then knead into a medium-consistency dough. ≈ 10 min
  3. Reduce it to a thickness of about 2 cm and cut it into squares of the desired size using a knife. ≈ 8 min
  4. Fill them with cheese, then close them by pressing the edges with a fork. ≈ 10 min
  5. Fry them in hot oil. Do not stretch them by hand before frying: they will expand more easily.

The bill

Cheese-filled mekitsi

  • 2 eggs$0.80
  • 1 teaspoon of baking soda$0.01
  • 1 teaspoon of salt$0.04
  • 1 tablespoon of sugar$0.01
  • 1 tablespoon of oil$0.06
  • Approximately 3 to 4 cups of flour$0.28
  • oil for deep frying$0.34

Total$1.54

that's $0.19 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Equipment

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Before you start

Ingredients

  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup of yogurt
  • 1 teaspoon of baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon of salt
  • 1 tablespoon of sugar
  • 1 tablespoon of oil
  • Approximately 3 to 4 cups of flour
  • Shredded Siren (a type of salty cheese, similar to feta)
  • oil for deep frying

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