How to cook manta recipe

I offer a magnificent dish that will certainly decorate the festive table and from such food all your guests will definitely be delighted. Following this recipe, you can prepare are not likely to be delicious and the most real mantle with meat.

Manta, otherwise steam dumplings with minced meat - one of the popular dishes of Central Asia. Mostly prepare on holidays and guests. A similar dish can be found in the diet of other nations and they are called otherwise. The preparation method and composition of the ingredients of the filling may have differences. These miracle can be safely attributed to one of the most delicious and satisfying dishes. The Uzbek version is widely distributed in Russia and this is explained by the fact that it is in Uzbekistan Manta takes a special place in traditional cooking. In Central Asia, the girls, starting from the earliest years, skillfully rolling the dough and quickly slaughter mantas in large quantities and it is believed to not be able to knead and roll the dough, meaning not to know how to do anything.

With all the diversity and methods of preparation, two important components are preserved in this recipe, it is the dough and mince, and the process itself remained unchanged, which is being prepared by the excitement and without which the existence of manta is actually preserved. The original one classic manta recipe Quite simple and the list of necessary ingredients is always available. Although the process itself is a bit of time consuming, but it is worth it. Comparative to taste, complexity and costs for such a dish are not significant.

Perhaps, for someone, the manta is a dish exclusively festive and prepare them for special cases, but in our house Mantans enters the weekly diet. Each time, feeding this wonderful dish, my eat them with great pleasure and to the last minced meat. Whether they are with meat or, they turn out peculiarly delicious and desirable all. And for me, cook them, a favorite dish, for my relatives, the only pleasure and does not represent much difficulty ...

How to cook correctly filling for manta

The main components of the minced meat is meat and onions. Classically used lamb meat. Although in the modern world, with the spread of beef, including the neighboring Asian countries, put the lamb did not necessarily, even on the contrary, in those countries where mutton meat once was used, now began to use beef everywhere. In general, due attention should be paid to the quality of meat, namely, freshness, and also, for manta, it is necessary to buy together with meat and white part (Beef Salo is not at all Barans of Kurdyuk), which is in sufficiency should be present in the stuffing. And also, for a complete achievement of taste, it is necessary to add to the filling to add zira, which gives the dish a special oriental taste, thereby making them true delicious. Following this non-cunning rules, you can prepare the right mants.

    Main products for minced:
  • Meat - 500 g.
  • Fat - 150 g
  • Onions - 5 heads
  • Zira - 0.5 teaspoons
  • Salt pepper
First of all, it is necessary to cut meat with small cubes, no more than half a centimeter. Please note that all ingredients for the filling, including meat, cut into a knife, and not pass through the meat grinder. When consumed, the meat should be slightly and easily felt. And in this way, it is possible to achieve the present taste and the desired result.


Following, the same pieces and method, in manual, solely only with a knife we \u200b\u200bcut a white flesh - fat. Well, if you have difficulty and such fat will not be able to find, you can replace with pork lard, which is not classically used.


Next, we process onions: we clean from the skins, we rinse and cut it identically as meat.


All connect, season all sorts of spices, including sharp. It should not be abused. The main thing is not replaceable from spices for real manta - this is Zira. You can add leaning a little ground pepper to taste, and everything else is improvisation. Mix everything thoroughly. Minced manta ready!


As you can see a list of ingredients for the filling rather simple and this is explained with the peculiarity of the country where everything should be accessible from both the girlfriend products, and most importantly is not expensive. But this does not mean that the process should be light, but on the contrary, without fear of difficulties and labor, the local people from simple and even from the impossible makes stunning things in our case dishes. Like filling, the dough for steam dumplings is prepared from ordinary and always affordable products.

Dough cooking recipe for manta

The composition of the products and the process of cooking the test for manta is not complicated. In a deep cup, we drive the egg, pour some water, put salt and mix everything. Add flour and knead not very cool dough. Be sure to insist the dough - 20 minutes, it will be better and easier for further processing.
    Ingredients for dough:
  • Flour - 400 - 500 grams
  • Eggs - 2 pcs.
  • Salt - 1 teaspoon
  • Water - 200 grams
Turning the dough once again rolled into the reservoir with a thickness of about 2 mm, any convenient method. It is important to know, for this manta, the dough is rolled very subtle, so the craftsmanship of the chef is assessed. The thinner the dough, the Mantans get tastier.


Cut the dough with squares of 15x15 centimeters, as well as any way convenient to you, one example is shown in the photos:





Council to the prescription:
To cut the sliced \u200b\u200bpieces of the dough, they should be plated, otherwise, in the process of formation, difficulties may occur: the dough will become breaking and blinding the beautiful manta you will not work.


So they approached directly to the manta modeling, which also requires the skills and snacks, without this you can not make the ideal, equally beautiful mantas. From the whole manifold, I offer you a popular and most best modeling method.

How to sculpt manta

In theory, sculpt manta - this is not a difficult thing, you need to fill a little hand. With the option that I suggest that in fact there is a classic modeling, it is enough to build all the angles, taking into account that the gap remained and the meat slightly peeking. It is very important to circulate steam and evaporation of excess moisture, small openings should be present.

Sharp corners, slightly pulling up with opposite and fix the tips in the center (like an envelope), and the bottom, side tips connect and rely with each other, as shown in the photos:



There are several ways to form this dish, but this is the most common, light, fast and convenient method. With this option, the dough is evenly distributed and does not remain partially raw, and the meat is not falling out during the process.


Formed products lay out on oiled sheets of mantle lips or in a double boiler:


We cook on moderately strong fire, for a couple. In the process, do not open the lid! Standard Manta Cooking Time 45 minutes, this is taking into account the fact that the dough is not too thick.


Kefir or sour cream are served to the dish, and the best one will come true. Not badly combined with ground black and red pepper.

And yet, all the favorite steam dumplings can be prepared with, which are not less tasty.

Tips and important nuances of cooking

Filling for manta is prepared by hand, namely; Meat, fat and onion is cut with a knife, small cubes that when consumed, pieces of meat must be felt.

Second popularity stuffing for manta- This is a pumpkin filling, where the pumpkin is used instead of meat, while the presence of Sala and Luke remain unchanged that they attach a special oriental taste dish.

- Dough for mantaIt rolls out as thin and when they model them, you should wrapping the edges of the test so that the dough is not collected in a thick layer, everything should lie evenly. It is important to know than thinner the dough, the tastier and perfect manta, after all, among other things, the skill of cooking this dish is estimated that it is finely rolled out the test.

Real manta is prepared exclusively for a couple, in a double boiler, or traditionally in the manthunice - kitchen utensils like two saucepans: the lower for water, and the top is directly for cooking that without the bottom, with special compartments and removable fixtures called "Manta Caskon" and have a flat surface, multiple holes for steam circulation. Us to this day, such a double boiler can be bought in specialized stores, made on modern technology and has a more attractive design.

With properly compliance with the technology and rules, the time of the ready manta is 45 minutes, on fire above average.

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Next, in popularity there are no less delicious mants with pumpkin. To all of the above, it is possible to add that with such a stuffing, manta acquire a special taste, become much more useful, that such a kind, this wonderful dish can be safely attributed to the dietary ...

In addition to everything, in order to fully exhaust this topic, I propose an "exotic" manta that will not leave anyone indifferent. And if you wish to diversify your diet and make paint in your life, just since these are amazingly lovely colored manta