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Afghan mantu
Steamed dumplings of beef and onion under garlic yoghurt and a yellow split pea sauce.
5 servings · 120 minutes (estimated)

Ingredients
Quantities for 5 servings.
- 500 g Flour
- 230 ml Water
- 500 g Minced beef
- 4 piece Onions, finely chopped
- 200 g Yellow split peas
- 500 ml Thick yoghurt
- 5 clove Garlic
- 2 tbsp Tomato paste
- 1 tsp Ground coriander
- 2 tsp Dried mint
- 80 ml Vegetable oil
- to taste Salt and pepper
Method
- Knead a dough from the flour, water and salt, work it ten minutes and rest it forty under film.
- Mix the mince with the finely chopped onion, salt, pepper and coriander. Add no water.
- Boil the split peas forty minutes until soft, with a spoon of tomato paste and salt.
- Crush the garlic with salt, stir it into the yoghurt and thin it with water to pouring consistency.
- Roll the dough thin and cut it into eight-centimetre squares.
- Add the filling and bring the corners together crosswise, leaving four open corners.
- Steam twenty-five minutes. Set them on a layer of yoghurt, spoon over the pea sauce, more yoghurt, and dust with mint.
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