Table for TwoManti
Large steamed dumplings filled with juicy spiced meat and onion, served with yogurt or sour cream.
Photo: Tamara Malaniy / Unsplash
⏱ 90 min📶 Hard👫 Serves 2☪ Muslim-friendly
Ingredients (for 2)
- Flour, 250 g
- Egg, 1
- Water, about 100 ml
- Minced lamb or beef, 300 g
- Onions, 2, very finely chopped
- Ground cumin, 1 tsp
- Black pepper, ½ tsp
- Butter, 20 g, cut in small pieces
- Plain yogurt or sour cream, to serve
- Fresh dill, to serve
Steps
- Knead the flour, egg, water and a pinch of salt into a firm dough; rest for 30 minutes.
- Mix the meat, onions, cumin, pepper, salt and 2 tbsp cold water.
- Roll the dough thin and cut into 10 cm squares; add a spoonful of filling and a piece of butter to each.
- Pinch opposite corners together, then join the remaining corners to make little envelopes.
- Steam on oiled steamer racks for 35–40 minutes and serve with yogurt and dill.
Cook it together: One rolls and cuts the squares, the other fills and folds — manti are traditionally made as a family.
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