Urama (Tatar brushwood): a step-by-step recipe with photos

Urama – a thin, classic Tatar-style khvorost, a classic recipe that's easy to make at home. Today, we'll take a detailed look at how to make authentic Tatar khvorost at home and offer a step-by-step recipe for this incredibly delicious dish, complete with photos and video explanations for each step.

Step-by-step recipe for Urama brushwood - step 11

Nutritional value per serving

582.2 kcal

Proteins: 7.3 g
Fats: 36.1 g
Carbohydrates: 57.3 g

*Nutritional value is calculated per 100g of ingredients

Total time: 50 min
Time in the kitchen: 30 min
Complexity:

It's easy and straightforward to prepare, but it does require some experience. Not everyone can do it right the first time.
Number of servings: 20

Urama tayorlash is a traditional Tatar and Uzbek dish, traditionally served on major holidays. The name literally translates as "wrapping" or "binding," referring to the unique shape of the khvost, which consists of thin strips of dough wrapped around wooden skewers.

Tatar-style хворост is served by placing it in a pile on a large dish (without skewers), or placing it in a vase like a luxurious bouquet (on skewers).

The dough for Uram is prepared almost the same way as for other crispy oriental sweets:

Since this is a festive dish, many cooks modernize the classic recipe. If you cut the dough with a decorative knife instead of a regular one, you'll get not just rolls, but skeins that visually resemble a rosebud, which looks very impressive. By adding water-soluble food coloring to the urama dough recipe, you can also create multicolored sweets, making the dish even more festive and unusual.

Urama is prepared using unleavened dough quite quickly, but the process of frying the twisted strips into a spring requires some skill.

A recipe for crispy Tatar-style хворост (brushwood) at home

Tatar brushwood Urama - a simple step-by-step recipe

Ingredients

Servings

Egg C1

1 pcs
Egg yolks

4 pcs
Flour

250 G
Sugar

1 tsp
Vanilla sugar

8 G
Salt

1 pinch
Vegetable oil

300 ml
Powdered sugar

50 G

Preparation

Step 1

We begin preparing the crispy Tatar хворост (brushwood) by placing 1 egg (yolk = white) and 4 more egg yolks into a mixing bowl (the remaining whites can be used to make another dessert or simply beaten with sugar).

Step 2

Add a pinch of salt, a heaping teaspoon of sugar and a packet of vanilla sugar to the eggs.

Vanilla sugar can be replaced with vanillin (on the tip of a knife) or vanilla extract (a couple of drops).

Step 3

Beat the eggs with a mixer at high speed until fluffy foam forms.

If you want to make colored thin Urama brushwood, at this stage you should add food coloring to the egg mixture.

Step 4

Gradually add flour to the egg mixture and knead the dough, first mixing the mixture with a spatula, and then with your hands.

Step 5

The dough should be quite tight, but at the same time elastic, as in the photo.

Wrap the finished dough ball in a bag or cling film and let it rest at room temperature for 20-30 minutes.

Step 6

We divide the rested dough into two equal parts for ease of further work.

Step 7

Roll out the cake as thin as possible.

Step 8

Cut the dough into long strips. You can do this by eye or with a ruler to ensure all strips are the same thickness.

It is recommended to cover the finished strips of dough with a towel so that they do not dry out too quickly and remain elastic.

Step 9

Before frying, roll the dough strip onto a wooden skewer. Chopsticks are ideal for this.

Step 10

During the frying process, the wooden stick is vigorously rotated, holding the outer edge of the Uram with a wooden spatula so that the dough does not unravel.

If the classic method doesn't work, you can try frying the хворост in a small-diameter round metal ring, or by additionally securing the edge of the dough that tends to unravel.

After deep-frying, it is recommended to remove fresh strips onto a paper towel to remove excess fat.

Step 11