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Tajik Manti

Name: Tajik Manti
Total time: 90 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Tajikistan
Ingredients: 300g All-purpose flour; 150ml Water; 300g Lamb; 2 Onion; 100g Pumpkin; 1 tsp Cumin powder; 1 tsp Salt; A pinch Black Pepper; 20g Butter; To taste Plain yogurt

Main Dish

⏱ 90 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Lamb and onion filling wrapped in thin dough and steamed — Tajikistan's large steamed dumplings.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Manti are steamed dumplings that spread to Central Asia along the Silk Road. In Tajikistan they're filled generously with finely chopped lamb, onion, and sheep fat and steamed in a multi-tiered steamer; pumpkin is sometimes added. A weekend feast wrapped by the whole family, they're eaten with yogurt or chakka.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a family weekend in Tajikistan, women quickly wrap dumplings on dough spread across the table and arrange them in tiers of steamers.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

All-purpose flour 300g
Water 150ml
Lamb 300g
Onion 2
Pumpkin 100g
Cumin powder 1 tsp
Salt 1 tsp
Black Pepper A pinch
Butter 20g
Plain yogurt To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Knead the flour, water, and a little salt and rest 30 minutes.
Finely chop the lamb, onion, and pumpkin and mix with cumin, salt, pepper, and melted butter.
Roll the dough thin, cut into 12cm squares, add filling, and bring the four corners together to wrap.
Arrange in an oiled steamer and steam 40 minutes.
Serve with yogurt.

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