Mantu (Armenian)

Ingredients

• I large onion, chopped
• i teaspoon pepper
• I cup lamb, chopped
• 2^ cups cold water
• I teaspoon salt
• i cup matzoun
• I cup flour
• water (one-quarter cup)

Method

1. 1

   Make a stiff dough with the flour, water, and salt.

2. 2

   Allow to set for half an hour.

3. 3

   Roll it out to one-sixteenth inch thick.

4. 4

   Cut into one and one-half inch squares.

5. 5

   Mix the chopped meat and finely-chopped onion, salt, and pepper.

6. 6

   Take a square of dough, fold corners to center, placing a little mixture inside.

7. 7

   Put in a greased pan, brown bottoms over open flame, pour boiling water to cover, and cook for twenty minutes.

8. 8

   Serve with matzoun on top.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Foods of the foreign-born in relation to health (1922) by Bertha M. Wood, page 32. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Mantu (Armenian) I large onion, chopped i teaspoon pepper I cup lamb, chopped 2^ cups cold water I teaspoon salt i cup matzoun I cup flour Make a stiff dough with the flour, water (one-quarter cup)

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