Tripolitan meat pies (lahmeh baajin)

Name: Tripolitan meat pies (lahmeh baajin)
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 5 Cups flour; 1 tbsp salt; 1 tbsp sugar; 1 egg; 1.5 dl or 150ml vegetable oil or sunflower oil; 2 cups lucke warm water(as needed); 1 and half cup corn flour; 1 cup vegetable oil; Half cup margarine; Half cup butter; 1 kilogram meat (preferable type); 2 chopped onions; 1 parsley; 1 tbs dried mint; 3 tbs apple vinegar; 5 tbs tahina/sesame paste; 5 tbs pomegranate molasses; 2 tbs yogurt; 1 tsp salt; 1 tsp 7 spices

Tripolitan Cuisine @cook_16360859

Tripoli

Meat tough is a lebanese traditional food veryyy delicious. I highly recommend you all to try it😊🤤

Tripolitan Cuisine @cook_16360859

Tripoli

Meat tough is a lebanese traditional food veryyy delicious. I highly recommend you all to try it😊🤤

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Ingredients

5 Cupsflour
1 tbspsalt
1 tbspsugar
1egg
1.5 dlor 150ml vegetable oil or sunflower oil
2 cupslucke warm water(as needed)
For dough preparation
1and half cup corn flour
1 cupvegetable oil
Halfcup margarine
Halfcup butter
Filling
1 kilogrammeat (preferable type)
2chopped onions
1parsley
1 tbsdried mint
3 tbsapple vinegar
5 tbstahina/sesame paste
5 tbspomegranate molasses
2 tbsyogurt
1 tspsalt
1 tsp7 spices

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Steps

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In a deep pot sift corn flour then add sugar and salt and mix them together
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Rub the corn flour with eggs and vegetbale oil
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Cut the dough into equal round pieces(hand grip size)
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Gradually pour water with constant kneading untill we have a soft dough
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Cover the dough with clean piece of fabric or nylon wrap let it rest for an hour
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On a wide clean solid place sprinkle the flour and dib the balls on both sides to cover them with corn flour
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Spread dough on a cotton towel and cover them
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Meanwhile mix vegetbale oil and margarine on gaz tap few seconds so they become warm
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Wipe your hands and the place where you are going to roll out the dough then spread a little bit of the oil mixture and take one ball and stretch it with your hands as much as you can until it becomes very thin.
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Hold it from the sides and stretch it using two fingers until it has the form of a circle.
Another way is to stretch the dough in a rectangle way with your hands as much as u can until it becomes thin and then fold it from the sides to become a square.
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Put the prepared dough in the oven trays and keep them until we prepare the topping.
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For topping:In a pan put a little bit of oil and put the meat, stir it and then add the onions and wait until it becomes tender and the meat change in colour, now add the spices and salt and leave it until well cooked.
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Take the pan off the heat and add the parsley and the mint.
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Leave to cool down and add apple vinegar, sesame paste, pomegranate molasses and yogurt
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With your hands press the dough and then add about 1 tbsp of the prepared topping, decorate with row pine nuts, press again with hands to make it firm.
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Bake them in a preheated oven (in a medium heat oven about 350 F or 180 C) until the dough turns lightly brown and fully cooked.
Serve hot.
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Made by: Tala Odaymat