Tripolitan meat pies (lahmeh baajin)

Introduce

Chef :

Tripolitan Cuisine

Tripolitan meat pies (lahmeh baajin)

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

Ingredient

5 Cups

or 150ml vegetable oil or sunflower oil

2 cups

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

In a deep pot sift corn flour then add sugar and salt and mix them together

* Step 2

Rub the corn flour with eggs and vegetbale oil

* Step 3

Cut the dough into equal round pieces(hand grip size)

* Step 4

Gradually pour water with constant kneading untill we have a soft dough

* Step 5

Cover the dough with clean piece of fabric or nylon wrap let it rest for an hour

* Step 6

On a wide clean solid place sprinkle the flour and dib the balls on both sides to cover them with corn flour

* Step 7

Spread dough on a cotton towel and cover them

* Step 8

Meanwhile mix vegetbale oil and margarine on gaz tap few seconds so they become warm

* Step 9

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.

* Step 10

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.

* Step 11

Put the prepared dough in the oven trays and keep them until we prepare the topping.

* Step 12

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.

* Step 13

Take the pan off the heat and add the parsley and the mint.

* Step 14

Leave to cool down and add apple vinegar, sesame paste, pomegranate molasses and yogurt

* Step 15

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.