Karabakh, a very beautiful region of Azerbaijan, has given Azerbaijani cuisine very tasty dishes. This kyata is one of them. It is known as the "Karabakh kyata" because it is prepared with methods unique to that region.

For sourdough:
Yeast (fresh) 35g
Water 500 ml
Sugar 1tbs
Flour 13 tbs
A pinch of salt

Filling:
Sugar 280g
Melted butter 300 g
Flour 500 g
Vanilla, salt

Pastry:
Sourdough
Vegetable oil 1 glass (220 ml)
Sugar 4 tbs
Eggs 2
Flour 700g

Baking time: 20 min
Temperature: 200-225

Dissolve yeast in warm water, add flour, salt, mix together in leave in a warm place for half an hour (leave a plate underneath).  (Would you like to make this dish together? Join our Cooking Masterclasses to learn and taste the national cuisine of Azerbaijan!)

Pour sourdough in a large bowl, add butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla, salt and mix. Add flour and mix well till you have a smooth, pleasant to touch dough. Leave for 1-1.5 hours.

In the meantime prepare the filling

Beat well cooled butter with icing sugar. Add vanilla and flour.

Take the pastry and make 10 balls of the size of your fist. Roll them out (size 7-8cm). Put filling in the middle, gather together, and roll again into a pancake

Turn the pancake and put on the baking tray. Prick with a fork to decorate and apply eggwash.

Bake for 20 mins. Since the decoration on the top may disappear while your Kyata is being baked, 5 mins after putting in the oven remove it, apply eggwash and prick with a fork again. Put it back into the oven.

Nush olsun! ( Bon Appetit! )