FOOD OF THE MONTH SEP‘2024

A dish called Manti: baked dumplings served with garlic yogurt, and tomato sauce. Super easy to make, if you make it not quite traditional shape, I mean, size. As Manti is an almost miniature size dumpling that may take quite a long time to fold.
Hope you give this Manti recipe a try and Manti will be your next favorite dish.

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 packs of ready made wonton squares (4″x4″)
• 2 1/2 lbs fresh ground meat
• 1 medium – large onion
• 1-2 cloves of garlic
• 1/2-1 tsp ground black pepper
• 1 tsp crushed chili flakes
• 1/3 tsp cayenne (leave out if you don’t want spicy taste)
• 1/4 cup water, room temp.
• Dried or fresh parsley to your choice
• You will also need non stick baking spray and 1-2 tbs oil to grease the pan

For the tomato sauce

• 1 can (15 oz/425 grams) tomato sauce
• 1/2 salt ( taste the salt and add more if needed)
• 1/2 ground black pepper
• 1/3 tsp cumin
• 1/2 red chili flakes
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 2 tbs olive oil

Directions

• Preheat the oven to 425°F/ 200°C, grease and prepare the baking pan
• In a food processor (or you can just add everything to the meat, and mix) combine
• Water, salt, coarsely chopped onions, garlic, spices, pulse a few seconds to incorporate
• Add the mixture to ground meat and mix well, if meat texture is too thick add a bit more water to make it softer
• Place a full teaspoon of that meat filling onto the wonton dough, wet the sides and stick together shaping it like a boat
• Place onto the greased pan, and repeat until done
• Bake 20-25 minutes or until golden color
• Remove from the oven and add 1/2 boiling water or broth
• Place back and bake another 10-15 minutes or until the water evaporates

To make the tomato sauce ,simply mix all the ingredients together and bring it to a boil
Serve Manti hot with plain yogurt and tomato sauce

Note*. Manti recipe is served with garlic yogurt

Article by July S. 

References:
www.heghineh.com/manti-recipe/
www.allrecipes.com/recipe/8491621/manti-armenian-dumplings/