Turkish Manti (Dumplings)

Ingredients

• 3 cups flour
• 1 egg
• 1 cup water
• 1 tsp salt
• 250 g ground beef
• 1 onion
• black pepper (to taste)
• 2 cups yogurt
• 2 cloves garlic
• 3 tbsp butter
• 1 tbsp tomato paste
• 1 tsp red pepper flakes
• 1 tsp dried mint

Method

1. Knead the flour, egg, salt and water into a firm dough; cover and rest for 30 minutes.
2. Mix the beef with the grated onion, salt and pepper.
3. Roll the dough out thinly and cut it into 2–3 cm squares; put a chickpea-sized bit of filling on each and pinch the four corners together.
4. Boil the dumplings in salted water for 10–15 minutes and drain.
5. Top with garlic yogurt, then drizzle with butter sizzled with tomato paste, pepper flakes and mint.