Turkish Lahmacun
Popular Turkish street food, Thin flat bread with layer of spiced mince meat, Lahmacun is an absolute delightful recipe to try at home.
Ingredients
Dough
- 2½ cup Plain Flour
- 13 g Instant Yeast
- 1 tbsp Sugar
- 1½ tsp Salt
- 1 tbsp Olive Oil
- 2 tbsp Yoghurt
- Warm Water as required
Mince Topping
- 500 g Mince Meat
- 1 Medium Onion
- 1 Small Tomato
- 3-4 Garlic Cloves
- 1 Green Chilli
- ½ cup Parsley
- 1½ tsp Paprika
- 1½ tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Cumin Powder
- 1 tbsp Tomato Paste
- 2 tbsp Yoghurt
- 1 tbsp Pomegranate Molasses See Notes
To Serve
- Sliced Onions
- Sliced Tomatoes
- Lemon
- Sumac
Instructions
Prepare Dough
- In a mixing bowl add yeast and sugar with little water. Cover the bowl for 5 minutes so yeast becomes foamy.
- Add yoghurt, salt and olive oil. Mix until combined. Add flour and combine using hands or spatula. Add little warm water as required until dough is formed. At this stage dough will be sticky. Cover it and leave in a warm place to rise and double in volume.
Mince Meat Mixture
- In a food processor add onion, garlic, parsley, tomato and green chilli. Process until its finely chopped.
- Add this to mince meat along with tomato paste, yoghurt, pomegrante molasses and olive oil. Mix and knead the mince for few minutes until everything is combined well. Cover and put it in referigerator for an hour.
Assembly
- Preheat oven to 250℃ or the highest tempertaure setting.
- On a clean surface sprinkle some flour and transfer the dough on it. Knead the dough using palm of your hand until its stretchy and smooth.
- Divide the dough into 6-8 equal parts. Roll the dough into balls and then using the rolling pin roll it flat until thin.
- Place the flat bread on a lined baking tray. Spread a thin layer of mince over the flat bread using hands leaving half an inch on the sides. You can bake one or two lahmacuns at one time depending on size of your tray.
- Bake in the oven until sides are light golden.
- Serve immediately topped with onions tossed in sumac, tomatoes and some parsley.
Notes
Pomegranate Molasses is easily available at Middle Eastern stores. If you don't have it, it can be skipped.