Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, lebanese meat pies: lahm bi aajin. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Lebanese Meat Pies: Lahm bi Aajin is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look wonderful. Lebanese Meat Pies: Lahm bi Aajin is something that I have loved my whole life.
Lebanese Meat Pies Recipe - Lahm bi Ajeen - Lahmajun. One traditional way of making such pies is to bake them on a "saaj," a dome-shaped metal oven fired The meat pie recipe we're featuring here is the recipe that mom makes at home. Apparently it can be made differently but we LOVE this version!
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook lebanese meat pies: lahm bi aajin using 18 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Lebanese Meat Pies: Lahm bi Aajin:
- Prepare For the dough:
- Make ready 8 cups flour
- Prepare 2 tablespoons dried yeast, dissolved in 1/2 cup warm water
- Get 3 1/2 cups water
- Make ready 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- Make ready 1 teaspoon salt
- Make ready 1 teaspoon sugar
- Prepare For the meat mixture:
- Prepare 1 kg finely ground beef
- Get 2 kg tomatoes, finely chopped
- Prepare 1 kg onions, finely chopped
- Get 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- Make ready 1 green pepper, finely chopped
- Get 3 cloves garlic
- Prepare 1 teaspoon salt
- Prepare 1/4 teaspoon hot red pepper powder
- Take 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- Take 2 tablespoons pomegranate syrup, if available
Lahm Bi Ajin is very popular in the whole region from Armenia and Turkey in the north, through Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine, extending to the Gulf countries in the south. In Arabic, lahm means "meat," and ajin means dough or pastry. Many cultures pair meat with pastry, and while I like just about every iteration of that theme, this Lebanese version is one of my favorites. This recipe is slightly easier and quicker to make than some traditional versions because it uses a.
Instructions to make Lebanese Meat Pies: Lahm bi Aajin:
- Mix well all the dough ingredients together, except the vegetable oil.
- Add in the oil gradually while mixing the ingredients by hand. Continue kneading until you get a firm dough. Don’t hesitate to add some more water if needed.
- Cover the dough with a kitchen cloth and leave it to rest for about 2 hr 30 min in a warm place until it rises and doubles in size.
- Knead the dough again after dipping your hands in flour, and divide it into balls the size of a golf ball. Leave it to rest for 30 more minutes.
- Using a rolling pin, roll the dough balls in a round shape, about 12 cm diameter and 1 mm thickness.
- To prepare the meat mixture: put all the ingredients together and mix well.
- Spread 2 tablespoons of the mixture on the surface of each dough piece.
- Slightly grease two oven trays with olive oil and place the lahem bi ajeen on them. Bake in the oven at medium heat for about 20 min or until the bottom of the dough turn lightly brown and the meat is well cooked.
- Serve warm with plain yogurt or with laban ayran, a salty yogurt drink.
Lebanese sfeeha or sometime called lahm bi ajeen, which basically means lamb in dough, are amazing little meat pies that full of flavor and simply delicious. The dough is basically like a pizza dough and they are either served open face like a mini pizza or sometimes the meat is wrapped within the. Bi lahme ajin meat pies are ready when the crust on the edges is golden. A thin at dough topped with a mixture of ground meat, onions and pomegranate molasse. It is perfect for a late breakfast or a quick lunch.
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