Proja

Proja (Serbian Cyrillic: Пpoja) is a Serbian dish made of cornbread. It used to be popular in times of widespread poverty, mostly before the 1950's, but is now a common everyday meal. It is often mistaken with projara, a somewhat fancier variant of proja.

General Recipe for Proja

• 8 cups corn flour
• 2 cups oil
• 1 baking powder
• 1 glass mineral water
• Salt

General Recipe for Projara

• 5 cups corn flour
• 3 cups flour
• 3 eggs
• 3 cups oil
• 1 baking powder
• 1 cup yogurt
• 1 glass mineral water
• Salt

The ingredients should be mixed together, and baked in a greased pan (which should be 5 cm high) until golden. Best served with Sauerkraut (Kiseli kupus) and Pavlaka.