This gives juiciness to the mantas: when cooking, the water turns into steam inside the dumpling, and the filling becomes “current”. Without it, the manta will be dry.
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Coupled mantles
Uzbek mantas are large steam dumplings with chopped meat and large amounts of onions. Prepared in a manto cooker (cascande).
- Preparation
- 75 min
- Cooking.
- 50 min
- Totally.
- 125 min
- portion
- 6
Manty - large steam dumplings with chopped meat and a large amount of onions, a classic of the Uzbek and Kazakh table. They are prepared in a manto cooker (Uzb. "kaskanda") - a multi-storey steaming device, where mantas are boiled over boiling water for 40-45 minutes. Dough - fresh, thin, filling - chopped, juicy, with a pinch of cumin.
Instructions
- 1
Step 1. Mix the dough: flour, water, egg, salt; stir for 10 minutes until elastic. Cover it, leave it for 30 minutes.
- 2
Step 2. Cut the meat with a 5 mm cube knife; do not pass through the meat grinder.
- 3
Step 3. Cut the onions with a small cube; the fat with the same cube.
- 4
Step 4. Mix meat, onions, fat, spices; add 150 ml of cold water - it will give juiciness.
- 5
Step 5. Roll the dough into a thin layer (2 mm); cut into 10x10 cm squares.
- 6
Step 6. For each square, a tablespoon of filling.
- 7
Step 7. Blind the mantas with a “boat”: connect opposite corners and side edges.
- 8
Step 8. Lubricate the mantower nets with oil; lay out mantas with gaps of 1 cm.
- 9
Step 9. Cook for a couple of 40-45 minutes from boiling water from below.
- 10
Step 10. Serve immediately, with sour cream or kaymak and greens; add black pepper on top.
Technological tips
- Onions are 1:1 for meat; without this, manta will be dry.
- 150 ml of cold water in the filling - the secret of juiciness; do not miss.
- Roll the dough as thinly as possible - thick dough changes the dish.
- If there is no mantower, you can use a conventional steamer with small cells.
FAQ
Mants for a couple - frequent questions
Yeah, freeze raw on the board, then pour it into the bag. Boil without defrosting, adding 5 minutes to the time.
Vegetable oil, fine, brush. Without lubrication, the dough will stick.
With sour cream, Uzbek kaimak, tomato sauce with greens. At will - with hot pepper and onions, marinated in vinegar.
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