Potato Pasta And Herb Sauce From Kazahstan

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 cups flour
• 3/4 cup warm water
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 medium potatoes
• salt
• pepper
• 1 teaspoon ground red pepper (hot or mild, depending on taste)
• 1/2 teaspoon paprika
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 2 medium tomatoes
• 2 bunches spring onions
• 1 small green bell pepper (optional)
• 1 bunch fresh parsley, chopped
• 1/4 cup fresh basil, chopped
• 1/4 cup fresh dill, chopped (or good pinch of dried)
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• olive oil
• salt water

Recipe

• 1 boil potatoes, cool, and mash. while potatoes are boiling, mix pasta ingredients, cover with a warm, moist towel. add filling ingredients to mashed potato and mix. chop vegetables and herbs, set aside.
• 2 roll out dough on a floured or oiled board. roll out thin, but not too thin as you might need to stretch it a little. with the rim of an inverted glass, make a circle of dough about 2 inches in diameter (or so.) take a small ball of potato mixture, and put it in the center of the dough circle, then fold over the circle and seal with a fork. this should make a half circle shaped pasta shell filled with the potato mixture.
• 3 set this onto an oiled plate. repeat until dough or potato mixture is gone. put shells into a pot of boiling water. let boil for about 5, but no more than 10, minutes, not to vigorously, or else the shells might come open.
• 4 while the shells are boiling, mix the vegetables and herbs, place in a skillet with plenty of oil (about 1/2 cup.) fry for about 5 minutes, stirring often. drain shells in a colander.
• 5 place shells on a serving platter, and top with sauce. serve hot.