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Manti (Turkish Dumplings)

Name: Manti (Turkish Dumplings)
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: Turkey
Ingredients: 40 Dumpling wrappers; 150g Ground beef; 1/4 Onion; 200g Plain yogurt; 1 clove Garlic; 2 tbsp Butter; 1 tsp Paprika; To taste Mint

Main Dish

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 2

Difficulty ⭐⭐⭐

Tiny boiled meat dumplings topped with yogurt and butter sauce — a labor of love reserved for special occasions.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Believed to have Central Asian roots, manti developed its own distinct form in Turkey as tiny dumplings. Folding hundreds of them takes the whole family working together, so it's typically made for guests or celebrations. A sauce of yogurt, butter, and mint is the finishing touch.

🌆 Where it's eaten: A weekend when relatives gather at grandmother's house: the kitchen table covered edge to edge with tiny dumplings everyone helps fold.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 2)

Dumpling wrappers 40
Ground beef 150g
Onion 1/4
Plain yogurt 200g
Garlic 1 clove
Butter 2 tbsp
Paprika 1 tsp
Mint To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Mix the ground beef with minced onion and salt to make the filling.
Place a small amount of filling in the center of each wrapper and gather the four corners into a small parcel.
Mix the yogurt with grated garlic to make the sauce.
Boil the dumplings in plenty of water for about 10 minutes.
Melt the butter and stir in the paprika to bloom its color and aroma.
Plate the boiled dumplings, top with the yogurt sauce and paprika butter, and scatter with mint.

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