Recipe: Tasty Tripolitan meat pies (lahmeh baajin)

Tripolitan meat pies (lahmeh baajin). Nigerian Meat Pie is one of the meat snacks recipes made with minced meat, potato and carrot filling. Learn how to make the best Nigerian Meat Pie here. The number of meat pies you will get depends on the diameter of the meat pie cutter you use.

Tripolitan meat pies (lahmeh baajin) When I tried the meat pies, it was indeed delicious but it didn't hit the spot for. These meat pies are delicious and a popular Ghanaian snack. Growing up I looked forward to Sunday's because it meant my mum would take us to go get When I was old to enough to buy them myself, I had meat pies at least twice a week. You can cook Tripolitan meat pies (lahmeh baajin) using 22 ingredients and 17 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Tripolitan meat pies (lahmeh baajin)

  1. It's 5 Cups of flour.
  2. It's 1 tbsp of salt.
  3. It's 1 tbsp of sugar.
  4. You need 1 of egg.
  5. Prepare 1.5 dl of or 150ml vegetable oil or sunflower oil.
  6. Prepare 2 cups of lucke warm water(as needed).
  7. Prepare of For dough preparation.
  8. You need 1 of and half cup corn flour.
  9. Prepare 1 cup of vegetable oil.
  10. Prepare Half of cup margarine.
  11. You need Half of cup butter.
  12. It's of Filling.
  13. Prepare 1 kilogram of meat (preferable type).
  14. It's 2 of chopped onions.
  15. It's 1 of parsley.
  16. You need 1 tbs of dried mint.
  17. You need 3 tbs of apple vinegar.
  18. You need 5 tbs of tahina/sesame paste.
  19. Prepare 5 tbs of pomegranate molasses.
  20. Prepare 2 tbs of yogurt.
  21. You need 1 tsp of salt.
  22. Prepare 1 tsp of 7 spices.

In Ghana meatpies are very popular, they are served at parties. In the Middle East, we call this Fasoolya bil lahmeh which literally translates beans with meat. Hi Ameerah, this is the Jordanian version of "fassolya baida bil lahmeh". There's probably a different version in Egypt.

Tripolitan meat pies (lahmeh baajin) instructions

  1. In a deep pot sift corn flour then add sugar and salt and mix them together.
  2. Rub the corn flour with eggs and vegetbale oil.
  3. Cut the dough into equal round pieces(hand grip size).
  4. Gradually pour water with constant kneading untill we have a soft dough.
  5. Cover the dough with clean piece of fabric or nylon wrap let it rest for an hour.
  6. On a wide clean solid place sprinkle the flour and dib the balls on both sides to cover them with corn flour.
  7. Spread dough on a cotton towel and cover them.
  8. Meanwhile mix vegetbale oil and margarine on gaz tap few seconds so they become warm.
  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..
  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..
  11. Put the prepared dough in the oven trays and keep them until we prepare the topping..
  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..
  13. Take the pan off the heat and add the parsley and the mint..
  14. Leave to cool down and add apple vinegar, sesame paste, pomegranate molasses and yogurt.
  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..
  16. 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..
  17. Made by: Tala Odaymat.

I often make this without meat, but use vegetable stock instead of water for more. The Chinese meat pie is a classic northern pastry. It has a moist savory filling and a crispy crust. It's a large version of the potsticker and tastes even better! The Chinese meat pie (馅饼, Xian Bing) is a very popular and tasty comfort food in the northern part of China.

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