Vegetarian Mantu, Dumplings

Prepare mantu filling:

Heat oil in a pan, add half a diced onion; sauté and follow with 1 diced garlic. Mix to avoid burning.

Add ground beef and cook for 2-3 minutes, add turmeric, pepper, salt and coriander powder. Cook through and allow to cool.

Add 1 diced carrots and 1 diced onion uncooked.

Prepare lentil dressing:

Add oil to a pot, sauté 1 garlic. Place in turmeric, coriander and paprika powder. Mix and then add 2 tablespoons of tomato purée which was mixed with sumac and chilli powder, cook for a minute then add your lentils.

Add water and allow to simmer until lentils are soft. Salt and pepper to taste.

 

Folding the mantu:

Now filling is cooled, place some onto a wrapper and put water on all four sides.

Make all the ends meet in the centre and squeeze shut.

Left over piece connect with each other. Should look like a dumpling yin and yang

 

Steam dumplings in a ban marie then begin plating.