Proja - Cornbread

             Proja  is a Balkan dish made of corn flour, baking powder, oil, mineral water and salt. It used to be popular in times of wide spread poverty, mostly before the 1950s, but is now a common everyday meal. It is often mistaken with porjara, a somewhat fancier variant of proja, which includes the additional ingredients, flour, eggs and yogurt.
             The ingredients should be mixed together and baked in a greased pan (which should be 5cm high) until golden. Best served with kiseli kupus and pavlaka.

           

             Here are some recipes for making proja in a Serbian way:

• 8 cups of corn flour
• 2 cups of oil
• 1 pouch of baking powder
• 1 tablespoon of salt
• 1 glass of mineral water 

            Recipe for cheese projanica:

• 150 g of cheese 
• 2 eggs 
• 1 cup of wheat flour
• 1/2 cup of oil
• 1 pouch of flour with cheese 
• 1 tablespoon of salt
• 1/2 cup of milk
• mineral water

           Recipe for proja with cheese and kajmak:

• 500 g of corn flour 
• 100 g of wheat flour
• 3 eggs
• 500 g of cheese
• 2 large tablespoons of kajmak
• 150 g of oil
• mineral water
• salt