These mantoo dumplings are draped in a delicious and rich tomato meat sauce with yellow split peas. This combination is an absolute comfort food that makes you feel comfy and cozy inside. Then, as the sauce simmers and all of the flavours combine, you create a dish that is sure to be memorable and exquisite. Mantoo is an Afghani dish that sure won’t disappoint.
Spiced Mantoo Dumplings With Yogurt and Tomato Meat Sauce
Print RecipeIngredients
- Filling Ingredients
- 1 pound of grass-fed organic Australian beef mince
- 2 tablespoons of olive oil
- 2 medium onions
- 1 tablespoon of ground coriander
- 1 tablespoon of ground black pepper
- ½ teaspoon of salt or more to taste
- 1 cup of coriander (cilantro) leaves
- Sauce Ingredients
- 3 14-ounce cans of chopped tomato
- ¾ cup of yellow split peas
- 1 medium onion
- 1 tablespoon of olive oil
- 8 cloves of garlic
- 1 teaspoon of salt
- Yogurt Ingredients
- 1 cup of your favourite yogurt
- 1 clove of garlic
- 1 teaspoon of dried mint
- Salt to taste
- Dough Ingredients
- 2 cups of flour
- ¾ cup of warm water
- 1 tablespoon of olive oil
- 1 teaspoon of salt
Instructions
- Soak split peas in water overnight or for 3 to 4 hours before you start cooking.
- Combine flour, salt, water, olive oil, and knead to combine. The dough should be elastic. Divide in half into two balls and place in an oiled bowl to rest for 1 hour.
- For the sauce, add olive oil to a heated saucepan and sauté 1 finely chopped onion until yellow and soft (about 3 minutes)
- In a food processor, blend the cans of chopped tomatoes and add them to the saucepan.
- Smash 8 cloves of garlic and add to the sauce along with salt.
- Add the yellow split peas.
- Add olive oil to a heated fry pan and add beef for the filling.
- Brown the beef and break it up into small pieces.
- Add the spices.
- Once the beef has cooked, add the chopped 2 onions and fry for 2 minutes.
- Take the mix off the heat to cool, and add the chopped coriander.
- To make the dumplings make golf ball sizes of dough and roll them out into a circle.
- Drop 1 tablespoon or small spoon of the beef mixture into the middle of the dough and fold into a dumpling. You can fold it into any shape you prefer. This yields about 24 dumplings.
- Add any remaining beef mixture to your sauce.
- Steam your dumplings for 20 minutes.
- Smash 1 clove of garlic and add it to the yogurt with 1 tsp of dried mint. Salt to taste.
- Plate your yogurt mixture onto the bottom of your serving dish, topped with dumplings and pour the tomato sauce on top. garnish with coriander leaves.
