Shish Barak

Shish Barak . Lebanese Meat Dumplings

Shish Barak.

It’s a Lebanese meat dumplings, cooked in garlic and mint flavored yogurt.

Directions

1. Prepare the dough by mixing the flour, salt, oil and water.
2. Leave it to rest in a warm place covered in a wet cloth for an hour.
3. In a hot pan brown onions, minced meat and spices.
4. Whisk in a cold saucepan 4 cups of yogurt, one cup of water and one egg.
5. When the mix is smooth, turn on the heat and Don’t stop Stirring until it boils. Then turn off the heat.
6. Crush some garlic cloves with salt. Then fry them in oil or butter and add dried mint at the end. Pour them over the yogurt to flavor them well.
7. The fun time.
8. Roll the dough into 1/2 cm thicknes, then cut into equal circles and fill them a teaspoon of meat mixture.
9. Close tightly the edges using your fingers then combine both edges together.
10. Boil the dumplings in salted water and strain them.
11. I love to fry them a butter with a bit of butter to get some crispy bits.
12. You can recook the dumplings in yogurt for few minutes
13. Plate them and sprinkle some roasted pine nuts.
14. Bring your spoon and enjoy it with your loved ones.
15. Sahtein