Mantı 🥟
a must for foodies to try
Turkish mantı is a food you have to taste! Tiny dumplings filled with spicy ground lamb or beef, boiled like pasta. Then they are served with garlicky yogurt and spicy butter sauce. This is a to-die-for combination!
Mantı is a type of dumpling popular in most cuisines of the South
Caucasus, Balkans, Central Asia, and Afghanistan. Mantı is also popular
among Chinese Muslims, and it is consumed throughout post-Soviet
countries, where the dish spread from the Central Asian republics. The
dumplings typically consist of a spiced meat mixture, usually lamb or
ground beef, wrapped in a thin dough sheet which is then boiled or
steamed. The size and shape of mantı vary significantly depending on
geographic location.
A popular type of Turkish mantı is known as Kayseri mantısı, a cultural
marker of the Central Anatolian city Kayseri. Kayseri mantısı is tiny
and served with yoghurt, melted butter (typically flavored with flavored
with spearmint or Aleppo pepper) and topped with dry mint and Aleppo
pepper flakes. Mantı may be made from shredded meat of quail, chicken or
goose in some regions of Turkey, while boş mantı ("empty dumpling") lack
filling entirely.
Learn more on Wikipedia
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