arabian cook

arabian cook : Meat Pastries in Yoghurt


A Lebanese main meal, delicious
and nutritious.
2 kg (64 oz) cooked yoghurt
½ quantity of basic dough recipe
3 cloves garlic, crushed with a dash of
salt
1 cup finely chopped fresh coriander
½ kg (16 oz) ground meat
3 medium sized onions, finely chopped
¼ cup fried pine nuts
1 tspn salt
¼ tspn ground allspice
¼ tspn ground cinnamon
2 tbls shortening or butter
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Roll out dough with a rolling pin
to about 1 cm thickness.
Turn a coffee cup over, press
over dough to get equal rounds.
Fry onion in shortening till color
changes a little. Add meat, salt,
allspice and cinnamon. Stir
occasionally and fry for 10
minutes.
Add pine nuts. Mix. Drain the
mixture, butter would affect
closing pastries.
Spread the round a little with
your fingers. Place 1 tspn of the
filling on it.
Fold over one end to make a
semi-circle. Press edges down
to seal.
Take the two ends from the
straight side, bring them
together to make a small ring.
Press well. Repeat till rounds are
done.
Place in a tray in a hot oven
(200- 250°C) for 10 minutes or
until golden. Add to boiling
cooked yoghurt one by one. Let it boil over low heat
for 10 minutes or till pastries are cooked.
Fry with shortening coriander and garlic. Add to
cooked yoghurt mixture. Cook
another 2 minutes.
Serve hot or cold with cooked rice.



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