Shish Barak

This is a dough stuffed with meat and cooked with Yogurt. The Shish Barak is the Lebanese version of Italian  Tortellini. My grandson loves to wear his Tarboush which is our traditional hat for men, this is why my daughter tells her son the Shish Barak is small Tarboush swimming in yogurt 🙂

To make this Shish Barak, you need to prepare first the dough, then the filling which is made from onion and meat,and last the cooking of the yogurt.

Ingredients for the dough:

• 2 cups of flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 cup of water ( more or less depending on the kind of flour)

Preparation of the dough:

• Sift the flour with the salt, add the vegetable oil and mix well by hand
• Add the water little by little and mix well by hand until you have a soft dough. It will not rise because it doesn’t have any yeast

Ingredients for the filling:

• 200 grams minced meat
• 2 medium onions
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon even spices
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil

Preparation of the filling:

• Chop the onions finely
• In a saucepan heat the oil and fry the onions until light golden color
• Add the meat to the onions and fry it until well cooked
• Season with salt and spices

Preparation of the Shish Barak:

• Roll the dough on a floured surface and cut into small circles about 4 cm diameter
• Put 1/2 teaspoon of the filling in the dough, close it tight, then seal the edges together tightly
• Preheat the oven to oven to 180C
• Brush a tray with oil and place the stuffed dough in the tray and bake for about 20 minutes, until it becomes light golden color

Ingredients for cooking yogurt:

• 1 kilo of Yogurt
• 2 tablespoons of corn flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 bunch of fresh coriander
• 4 cloves of garlic
• 1/2 teaspoon of dried coriander
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil

Preparation of the Yogurt:

• Dissolve the corn flour with one cup of water and add it to the Yogurt
• Place the yogurt in a pot on fire stirring constantly
• Crush the garlic with salt, mix it with the 2 coriander, then fry with oil in a small saucepan
• When the yogurt starts to thickens add the cooked dough ( you will need to use half of them, the remaining can be eaten like Sambousek or frozen for later)
• Let the yogurt boil for about five minutes, at the end you add the fried garlic with coriander

Serve with cooked rice.

ET VOILA..C’EST TOUT.