Chepalgash
{{Short description|Dish of Chechnya and Ingushetia}}
{{Infobox food
| place_of_origin = Chechnya, Ingushetia
| region = North Caucasus
}}
Chepalgash (Chechen: ЧӀепалгаш) is a traditional national dish of Chechnya{{Cite web |date=2016-09-17 |title=Чепалгаш с творогом - чеченские блины, рецепт - Рецепты блинов |url=http://gotovim-bliny.ru/recepty/bliny-na-kefire/413-chepalgash-s-tvorogom-chechenskie-bliny-retsept.html |access-date=2025-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917122020/http://gotovim-bliny.ru/recepty/bliny-na-kefire/413-chepalgash-s-tvorogom-chechenskie-bliny-retsept.html |archive-date=17 September 2016 }} and Ingushetia.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GFA7SjTl1QkC&dq=%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%88&pg=PT88 |title=Кавказская кухня. Блюда из сыра, молока и яиц. Соусы и приправы. Кавказская выпечка |publisher=DirectMEDIA |isbn=978-5-9989-3742-2 |language=ru}}It is a cottage cheese filled bread, which consists of kefir, baking soda, wheat flour, salt, homemade dry cottage cheese, egg, green onions, and butter. It is sometimes described as "Chechen Khachapuri".{{Cite web |title=ჩეჩნური ხაჭაპური "ჩეპალგაში" - რეცეპტი,რომელიც ცოტამ თუ იცის |url=https://gemrielia.ge/recipe/6283-CeCnuri-xaWapuri-CepalgaSi-recepti-romelic-cotam-Tu-icis/ |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=Gemrielia.ge |language=ka}}
Description
It is a closed flatbread made of kefir-based soft dough, with a filling of cottage cheese which is mixed in with an egg and green onions, cooked on a dry pan. After cooking, each flatbread is briefly dipped in hot water to remove any burnt spots and excess flour before being stacked in layers. It is served with melted butter or oil. Chepalgash is usually brought to the table on a tray, from which everyone eats, or on a separate plate for each person, cut into several pieces.{{Cite web |date=2016-09-17 |title=Чепалгаш с творогом - чеченские блины, рецепт - Рецепты блинов |url=http://gotovim-bliny.ru/recepty/bliny-na-kefire/413-chepalgash-s-tvorogom-chechenskie-bliny-retsept.html |access-date=2025-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917122020/http://gotovim-bliny.ru/recepty/bliny-na-kefire/413-chepalgash-s-tvorogom-chechenskie-bliny-retsept.html |archive-date=17 September 2016 }}{{Cite book |last=Хаджиева |first=Зарема |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vdS1DwAAQBAJ&dq=%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%88&pg=PA183 |title=Восток – дело вкусное! |date=2019-10-11 |publisher=Litres |isbn=978-5-04-193607-5 |language=ru}}{{Cite web |date=2024-04-17 |title=Chepalgash |url=https://julienvilder.com/2024/04/17/chepalgash/ |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=Julien’s Kitchen |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Valentina |first=Author |date=2021-09-12 |title=My first Chepalgash – flatbread with cottage cheese and scallion ! |url=https://valicooking.blog/2021/09/12/my-first-chepalgash-flatbread-with-cottage-cheese-and-scallion/ |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=Love... to cooking ! |language=en}}
References
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Literature
- 50 000 избранных рецептов кулинарии СССР
- Увядшая роза: (биографическая повесть) Вахьидан Махьма Баснакъин, Саид-Хасан Махмаевых Баснакаев
- Чеченский угол — Ольга Тарасевич
- Кавказская кухня. Блюда из сыра, молока и яиц. Соусы и приправы. Кавказская
- Седой Кавказ: роман, — Канта Ибрагимов