Patatesli Sigara Böreği

TURKEY

Crunchy outside, soft inside; you can’t have just one

Start with making the filling, peel and boil the potatoes, mash the them. Peel and finely chop the onion.
Fry the finely chopped onion lightly in some neutral cooking oil. Add the black pepper and aleppo pepper/pul biber and lightly fry this mixture all together.
Then add the mashed potatoes and fry for 5 minutes on low-medium heat. Finally add the herbs and salt. Let the spiced potato mash cool down.
Now it's time to roll them. (It's optional to gather everyone around for this activity but it is preferred) The yufka/phyllo should be cut into a triangular shape if they aren't already, with the base as the shortest side so you have a very, very pointy triangle.
Put a little mash on one sheet of yufka/philo on the base side, in the shape of a sausage or pen so you will be able to roll it up in to a cigarette. Leave some space on each side, so don't put mash on the whole base. You will leave this space to fold into the mash so it will cover up the the ends of the "ciagrette", this will prevent the mash to sip out when frying.
When folded on each side roll it up and seal the cigarette by dabbing some water on the tip of the triangle.
Deep fry in a neutral frying oil until golden, it can burn easily so watch out. When fried let the sigara böreks cool down on a kitchen towel.
Serve plain or with some garlic yogurt on the side.