Tripolitan meat pies (lahmeh baajin)
Tripolitan meat pies (lahmeh baajin)

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Lahm bi Ajeen is a Middle-Eastern meat pie with a punch of flavor. A thin crispy dough topped witha delicious meat mixture, they are hard to resist! Lahm bi ajeen is essentially the Lebanese version of a meat pie. The literal meaning of the word in Arabic translates to "meat in the dough." Slightly grease two oven trays with olive oil and place the lahem bi ajeen on them.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have tripolitan meat pies (lahmeh baajin) using 22 ingredients and 17 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Tripolitan meat pies (lahmeh baajin):
  1. Make ready 5 Cups flour
  2. Prepare 1 tbsp salt
  3. Prepare 1 tbsp sugar
  4. Get 1 egg
  5. Prepare 1.5 dl or 150ml vegetable oil or sunflower oil
  6. Prepare 2 cups lucke warm water(as needed)
  7. Prepare For dough preparation
  8. Prepare 1 and half cup corn flour
  9. Make ready 1 cup vegetable oil
  10. Make ready Half cup margarine
  11. Get Half cup butter
  12. Make ready Filling
  13. Get 1 kilogram meat (preferable type)
  14. Take 2 chopped onions
  15. Get 1 parsley
  16. Take 1 tbs dried mint
  17. Take 3 tbs apple vinegar
  18. Prepare 5 tbs tahina/sesame paste
  19. Take 5 tbs pomegranate molasses
  20. Take 2 tbs yogurt
  21. Get 1 tsp salt
  22. Take 1 tsp 7 spices

The difference is in the spices, meat marinade, and crust. Many prepare Lahm Bi Ajin with extra thin crust and the pies prepared that way are called Armenian Sfiha or Armenian Lahmajun. Free online calorie counter and diet plan. Lose weight by tracking your caloric intake quickly and easily.

Instructions to make Tripolitan meat pies (lahmeh baajin):
  1. In a deep pot sift corn flour then add sugar and salt and mix them together
  2. Rub the corn flour with eggs and vegetbale oil
  3. Cut the dough into equal round pieces(hand grip size)
  4. Gradually pour water with constant kneading untill we have a soft dough
  5. Cover the dough with clean piece of fabric or nylon wrap let it rest for an hour
  6. On a wide clean solid place sprinkle the flour and dib the balls on both sides to cover them with corn flour
  7. Spread dough on a cotton towel and cover them
  8. Meanwhile mix vegetbale oil and margarine on gaz tap few seconds so they become warm
  9. Wipe your hands and the place where you are going to roll out the dough then spread a little bit of the oil mixture and take one ball and stretch it with your hands as much as you can until it becomes very thin.
  10. Hold it from the sides and stretch it using two fingers until it has the form of a circle. - Another way is to stretch the dough in a rectangle way with your hands as much as u can until it becomes thin and then fold it from the sides to become a square.
  11. Put the prepared dough in the oven trays and keep them until we prepare the topping.
  12. For topping:In a pan put a little bit of oil and put the meat, stir it and then add the onions and wait until it becomes tender and the meat change in colour, now add the spices and salt and leave it until well cooked.
  13. Take the pan off the heat and add the parsley and the mint.
  14. Leave to cool down and add apple vinegar, sesame paste, pomegranate molasses and yogurt
  15. With your hands press the dough and then add about 1 tbsp of the prepared topping, decorate with row pine nuts, press again with hands to make it firm.
  16. Bake them in a preheated oven (in a medium heat oven about 350 F or 180 C) until the dough turns lightly brown and fully cooked. - Serve hot.
  17. Made by: Tala Odaymat

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