Hejaz, Saudi Arabia

Mutabbaq

Name: Mutabbaq
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Saudi
Ingredients: 2 cups maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour); 4 tbsp for dough and pan cooking oil (vegetable oil); 3 egg; 250 g lamb or mutton mince minced mutton (goat mince, ground goat); 1 finely chopped onion; 3 sliced spring onion (green onion, scallion); a handful coriander leaves (cilantro); 1 1/2 tsp baharat; 1/4 tsp black pepper; Salt, to taste; Water, about 1/2 cup

Paper thin dough folded around spiced meat and egg. Jeddah's late night legend.

60 minTime

23 gProtein each

mediumSpice

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Grandma's waySaudi street style with lamb and egg.

The original

543kcalsame

23 gproteinsame

3 gfibresame

60minutessame

The original mutabbaq.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)2 cups

Cooking oil (vegetable oil)4 tbsp, for dough and pan

Egg3

Minced mutton (goat mince, ground goat)250 g lamb or mutton mince

Onion1, finely chopped

Spring onion (green onion, scallion)3, sliced

Coriander leaves (cilantro)a handful

Baharat1½ tsp

Black pepper¼ tsp

Saltto taste

Waterabout 1/2 cup

Method

4 steps

1Knead flour, salt, water and a little oil into a soft, smooth dough. Divide into 4 balls, coat in oil and rest 1 hour.
2Cook the mince with onion, baharat and pepper until browned and dry. Cool, then mix with spring onion, coriander and beaten eggs.
3Stretch each ball on an oiled counter until very thin. Spoon filling in the centre and fold the sides over into a square parcel.
4Cook on a hot oiled tawa, pressing gently, until golden and crisp on both sides.

Serve it like this

Cut into squares and stack on a plate with lemon wedges, sliced chilli and a hot chilli sauce. Serve straight from the pan.

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Mutabbaq

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