lebanese shish barak

Shish barak is Lebanese dumplings with mint yogurt. This recipe is tayta's recipe for how to make shish barak from scratch.

Shish Barak (Lebanese Dumplings with Mint Yogurt)

flour

water

yeast

sugar

salt

butter

ground beef

onions

all-spice

cinnamon

pinenuts (optional)

yogurt

water cornstarch

short grain rice

mint

Mix the flour with the salt, sugar, and yeast

Add the egg and vegetable oil. Combine everything together

Gradually start adding water until the dough becomes non-sticky and quite soft

Roll into a ball, set in the center of a glass bowl. Cover the dough with cling film and a kitchen towel.

How to make the dough:

Heat up the butter and pop the onion in to get it all fragrant and cooked up

Add the ground meat and spices and cook until the meat is browned

Sprinkle with the pine nuts if using and then set the filling aside

Get the meat-filling ready:

Knead the dough and roll it out into a thin layer

Use a cookie cutter to make circle cuts in the dough

Fill each circle with a teaspoon of the meat filling (make sure not to over-fill them)

Use your fingers to close up the dough and form a sort of a half moon shape. After that, fold both sides of the shape around your index finger and pinch it together. (The final shape looks a little bit like tortellini).

Heat up a tablespoon of butter in a saute pan and half-cook the dumplings. Following that, set them aside.

Now on to the dumplings:

Strain the yogurt in the pot you're going to use during the cooking process

Then add in the water and cornstarch mixture and whisk everything really well

Turn on the heat and bring to a boil while stirring constantly

Keep stirring and then turn the heat to low

Add in the dumplings + dried mint and bring everything to a boil

Let the shish barak stew cook together for a few minutes before turning off the heat

Let's put everything together:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgma1esML5k

Shish barak is a meat-filled dumpling in a thick mint yogurt sauce. This is the best Lebanese shish barak recipe (and Tayta approved).

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