Mantı – Turkish dumplings with yoghurt

Name: Mantı – Turkish dumplings with yoghurt
Total time: 90 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: Dough: 300 g flour, 1 egg, 120 ml water, 1 tsp salt (or 500 g frozen mantı); Filling: 250 g minced beef (halal), 1 grated onion, salt, pepper; 300 g yoghurt, 2 cloves garlic; 50 g butter, 1 tsp pul biber, 1 tsp tomato paste; Dried mint, sumac

Mantı are the tiny dumplings of Anatolia: filled with minced meat, boiled and served with garlic yoghurt, melted paprika butter and dried mint. With ready-made mantı from the freezer they take 15 minutes.

Time: 90 minServings: 4Difficulty: medium

Method

Knead flour, egg, water and salt into a firm dough and rest for 30 minutes.
Mix the mince with onion, salt and pepper. Roll the dough very thin, cut into 3 cm squares, put ½ tsp filling on each and pinch the corners together at the top.
Boil the mantı in plenty of salted water for 8–10 minutes (frozen: see packet) and drain.
Stir the yoghurt with crushed garlic and salt; melt the butter with tomato paste and pul biber.
Plate the mantı, pour over yoghurt and paprika butter and sprinkle with mint and sumac.

Tip from the storeFrozen mantı from Kayseri are in our freezer – ideal for a quick dinner.

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