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Mom's Potato Poğaça (Turkish Stuffed Savory Buns)

Have you ever tried our mom's wonderfully fragrant poğaça with a potato filling? This classic Turkish savory bun recipe is soft, golden, and absolutely irresistible.

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Total time: 1 hr
Prep: 1 hr

Ingredients for Mom's Potato Poğaça (Turkish Stuffed Savory Buns)

  • 1 water glass (about 200 ml / 3/4 cup + 1 tbsp) yogurt
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tea glass (about 100 ml / 1/3 cup + 1 tbsp) vegetable oil
  • 2 tablespoons margarine
  • 1 dessert spoon (about 2 tsp) salt
  • Flour, as much as needed
  • 1 packet baking powder
  • 2 potatoes
  • 100 g (about 3.5 oz) grated kaşar cheese (Turkish semi-hard cheese, similar to mild cheddar)
  • 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 teaspoon Aleppo pepper flakes
  • 1/2 dessert spoon (about 1 tsp) salt

How to Make Mom's Potato Poğaça (Turkish Stuffed Savory Buns)

Knead together 1 water glass of yogurt, 1 egg, 1 egg white (set the yolk aside to brush on top), 1 tea glass of vegetable oil, 2 tablespoons of margarine, 1 dessert spoon of salt, flour as needed, and 1 packet of baking powder in a bowl until the dough no longer sticks to your hands. Roll the dough into small pieces by hand and flatten them out. In a separate bowl, mash 2 boiled potatoes while still hot together with 100 g of grated kaşar cheese, then sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon of black pepper, 1 teaspoon of Aleppo pepper flakes, and 1/2 dessert spoon of salt. Place a spoonful of the potato mixture into each flattened piece of dough, then press the edges together with your fingers to seal the tops. Brush the tops of the poğaça with the reserved egg yolk, arrange them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, and bake in a preheated oven at 200°C (390°F) until the tops are golden brown. Enjoy!

About This Recipe

We've compiled some short and interesting facts about potatoes…

-The potato was introduced to Europe in 1550 by Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada, and was further popularized in 1585 thanks to Sir Walter Raleigh.
-The potato was the first food grown in space. In a joint project by NASA and the University of Wisconsin, potatoes were grown aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia in 1995.
-In 1974, British farmer Eric Jenkins harvested 167 kg (about 368 lbs) of potatoes from a single plant.
-During 1897–1898 in Alaska, potatoes were as valuable as the gold miners were extracting from the ground — because at that time, there was almost no other food source available.
-In 1920, America invented the potato peeling machine. From that day on, the potato became the queen of fast food. 
-About 25% of a potato is made up of solid matter, while 75% is water.
-Keeping potatoes in the dark for a long time can make them toxic.
-For the ancient Inca civilization, the basic unit of time measurement was the cooking time of a potato.
-The potato is the second most consumed food in the United States, after milk.
-Spain was the first European nation to start using the potato in the kitchen.
-In 2008, the United Nations announced that year as the International Year of the Potato, highlighting that the crop could be used to feed hungry nations in Africa and Asia. 
-There are approximately 100 varieties of edible potatoes.,
-One cooked potato contains 21% of the recommended daily dose of vitamin B6. That same potato also provides 40% of your daily vitamin C, 20% potassium, and 12% fiber.
-A person can survive on a diet consisting only of potatoes and milk. (You may wonder why milk — because potatoes do not contain significant amounts of vitamins A and D, so milk must be included.)
-A medium-sized potato is only 110 calories.
-In Ireland, the amount of potatoes consumed per person per year is approximately 120 kg (about 265 lbs). In Italy, that number is only 30 kg (about 66 lbs).
-More than 1 billion people consume at least one potato every day.
-The potato is the world's 4th most produced staple crop, after wheat, rice, and corn.
-The annual per capita potato consumption in the United States is 138 kg (about 304 lbs). Half of this is consumed as fresh potatoes and half as processed potatoes (chips, dehydrated potatoes, and canned potatoes).

We've prepared our beloved Mom's Poğaça recipe for you today as Mom's Potato Poğaça. Wishing you happy cooking…


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