Afghani Mantoo - Flavored By Fatima (2024)

Afghani Mantoo

Recipe by Fatima Maniya Soorty Course: Appetizer

Afghani Mantoo
Ingredients

• 1LB Ground beef
  

• 1small Onion finely diced
  

• 1Tsp Garlic finely chopped
  

  See Also

  Customs and Cuisine of Afghanistan - Together Women Rise

• 3Tbs Oil
  

• Salt to taste
  

• Black pepper to taste
  

• Pinch of red chili flakes Optional
  

• 1Tbs Dried mint
  

• 1Pack Wonton wrappers
  

• Paprika for sprinkle

• TOMATO SAUCE
• INGREDIENTS

• 1Small Onion finely diced
  

• 1Small Garlic clove
  

• 3Tbs Tomato paste
  

• 1Small can Tomato sauce
  

• Salt to taste
  

• Pepper to taste
  

• 1Pinch Turmeric
  

• 1Pinch Chili flakes
  

• 4Tbs Oil

• YOGURT SAUCE
• INGREDIENTS

• 1cup Whole milk yogurt
  

• 1Tsp Finely chopped garlic
  

• Salt to taste

Afghani Mantoo
Directions

• In a pan heat oil, to this add onion and garlic and fry until onions are translucent. Now add the ground meat, season with salt, pepper and chili flakes to taste and cook until the the liquid is dry. Turn off the flame, Transfer to a bowl and let it come to room temperature.
  
• Reserve 3 tablespoons of meat mixture and set aside. Once the meat is cool, fill 1 tsp of meat filling inside your wonton wrappers. Moisten all four sides of your wonton wrapper and shape the wontons to your preferred shape. You should yield around 16-18 wontons.
  
• In a pot add water and let it come to a simmer. To this add your steamer, make sure to oil the surface the steamer so the wontons don’t stick to it. Add your dumplings, and steam them covered for 20 mins.
  
• ASSEMBLY
• In a serving plate, smear some tomato sauce. Now place your steamed dumplings on the tomato sauce randomly. Now spoon over the tomato sauce on the dumplings, than spoon over the yogurt sauce. Now sprinkle hand crushed dried mint on top of the dumplings and paprika.
  
• TOMATO SAUCE
• DIRECTIONS
• In a pan heat oil, to this add onion and garlic. Now fry until translucent, to this add tomato paste, tomato sauce and the spices. Once the sauce starts to thicken, to this add your reserved meat mixture, mix well and turn off the heat
  
• YOGURT SAUCE
• DIRECTIONS
• In a bowl whip yogurt, garlic, and salt. Place it inside the refrigerator until ready to use.