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How to Make Tatrabrek

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How to Make Tatrabrek

Tatrabrek — have you heard this name before? This is a chilled alternative to shish barak if you prefer serving the yogurt cold instead of cooking it on the stove. A very summery, delicious dish we recommend you try.

Total time65 min
Prep15 min
Cook50 min
Yield2 servings
DifficultyEasy
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MainsInternationalVegetarianNut freeEgg freeEasyLong cook

Recipe story

Tatrabrek — you might not have heard the name before, but the recipe will look familiar when you read it.

Ingredients

  • Dough:
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • Dough method:
  • Filling:
  • 2 onions
  • Coarsely ground beef — 300 g
  • Salt
  • Black pepper
  • Allspice (sweet spice)
  • Ground cinnamon
  • Yogurt:
  • 1 kg plain yogurt (about 4 cups)
  • Juice of 1 lemon
  • 3 cloves garlic, crushed
  • Oil + 1 tablespoon butter to brown the dumplings
  • Pine nuts for garnish
  • Parsley for garnish
  • Recipe and preparation of Tatrabrek from a friend of the Shou Tabkhin El Yom website:
  • Rana Sbeiti Buzi
  • For an easy guzi recipe to make at home click this link: Guzi recipe — with video
  • For a homemade vegetable spring roll recipe click this link: How to make spring rolls / vegetable wraps
  • Guzi dough recipe from Rana at the link Filo dough for guzi, sambousek and pastries

Method

  1. Fry the onion in a little oil until softened, then add the meat and sauté.
  2. When the meat is cooked, add the spices and salt, stir, then turn off the heat.
  3. Let the meat cool.
  4. Mix the yogurt with the garlic and a squeeze of lemon well and place in a deep serving bowl.
  5. Roll out the dough and cut it into small circles, then fill them and seal them like qatayef, i.e., as half-moons.
  6. In a pot, fill it with water and bring to a boil, then add the filled dough pieces (barak) and stir them in the boiling water for about 5 minutes.
  7. Drain them well, then fry the barak in a hot pan with a little oil and butter, turning them until browned.
  8. Transfer the barak from the pan into the yogurt bowl, and garnish with fried pine nuts or any other nuts and chopped parsley.
  9. Serve the tatrabrek immediately.
  10. Rana Sbeiti Bazi
  11. For the easy homemade quzi recipe, click this link: How to prepare quzi _ with video
  12. For the recipe for vegetable spring rolls at home, click this link: How to prepare spring roll or vegetable sheets
  13. Rana's quzi dough recipe at the link: filo dough for sheets, ouzi, and sambousek

Notes and serving ideas

  • Guzi recipe — with video
  • How to make spring rolls / vegetable wraps
  • Filo dough for guzi, sambousek and pastries
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