“Manti” Steamed Dumplings with Meat {Манты}

Although this dish is very popular in Russia, it’s influenced by the Asian cuisine. Cooked in a special 3 layer Steamer. It's commonly served as a one-dish meal. This is one of my favorite  recipes – Manti. It takes time to make em, but it's worth it. 

You will need a 3 layer steamer for this recipe.

Ingredients for  the filling:
8 oz beef 
8 oz pork
1 lb onion
1 tsp sea salt
1/2 tsp smoked sea salt 
1/2 tsp smoked paprika 
1/2 tsp ground coriander
1/6 tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp pepper 

Ingredients for the dough: (This dough is firm)
3 large eggs
1/2 cup warm water
1 tsp sea salt
3 cups flour (I use Canadian)

Butter for greasing the steamer.

This kind of steamer you will need for manti.

I found precut beef in strips. That made my job much easier:)   

Mince meat into small pieces. 

Add spices 

Mince onion by hand or use a food processor. 

Mix everything really well. I made a large batch of manti, so I made em 2 days in a row. What I figure out that manti tested better when meat stayed overnight. It was less onion smell. So I would suggest to make meat mixture overnight.

For the dough mix eggs and water.

Add salt.

Add flour. You can use a hook looking attachment for Kitchen aid to mix dough.
Another variation for the softer dough is:
4 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup water
1/2 tablespoon salt
I made both. My favorite is with eggs.

Take a piece of the dough and roll a circle shape large enough for 1 tbs of meat filling. 

In the middle pinch two sides together.

Then pinch the other two edges. So it will look like letter H.

Then pinch top and bottom, stretch it a little.

Grease the steamer with butter.

Arrange manti with enough space in between for the steam.  

Cook for 45 min. When you take em out pour melted butter on top.

Enjoy!!! 

You can make em looking like roses. Just roll the dough into large strips. Put meat in the middle. Cover the meat and roll into circle like in the picture.

Picture for pinterest:)