Mutabbaq /Murtabak

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Mutabbaq /Murtabak

Description

Cooking Time

Preparation Time :20 Min

Cook Time : 35 Min

Total Time : 55 Min

Ingredients

Serves : 8
  • FOR THE DOUGH ; All purpose flour 2 cups


  • Salt 1 tsp


  • Water 3/4 cups


  • Oil 1 tbsp


  • Chicken mince 250 gms


  • Onion chopped 1 nos


  • Leek finely chopped 2 1/2 cups


  • Tomatoes chopped 2 nos


  • Ginger garlic paste 1 tsp


  • Salt 3/4 tsp


  • Oil 2 tbsp


  • Cumin powder 1 tsp


  • Coriander powder 1 tsp


  • Blackpepper powder 1 tsp


  • Green chillies chopped 2 nos


  • Eggs 2 nos

Directions

  • Knead a smooth dough and keep it covered for about 15 minutes. In a pan, heat oil and saute chopped onion.
  • Add spices and mince to it now. Saute on a medium high heat until the raw smell disappears. Let it cool down.
  • Start working on the dough now. Divide the dough into 4 parts. Make rectangular shapes of each part as thin as possible. Add beaten eggs to the mince and mix well.
  • Spread half of this mix on the rolled out rectangular shape. Cover it with another one and seal the edges firmly by pinching it down or folding it up a little at the edges.
  • Shallow fry in hot oil on a griddle on a low heat by keeping it covered with a lid. Each takes about 10-12 minutes to cook.
  • Serve them hot cutting into small squares with lemon and raw (less spicy) green chillies.
  • Mutabbaq in arabic means 'folded'. A most popular street side snack in Southern Saudi Arabia and Yemen which is made up of originally eggs, cheese etc and now available with so many variations including mutton, chicken and both sweet and savoury versions too. Infact this spread to Southeast Asia in countries like Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore and Brunei where it is more popular than in the Arab Peninsula.