Buuz

Steamed dumplings of mutton and onion, eaten at the new year.

Ingredients

• 4 cups Flour
• 1¼ cups Water
• 700 g Ground mutton
• 2 Onions
• 4 cloves Garlic
• 1 tsp Caraway seeds
• 1 tsp Black pepper
• 2 tsp Salt
• ½ cup Water for filling

Method

1. Make the dough — Knead the flour, water and salt into a firm dough and rest 30 minutes.
2. Make the filling — Mix the mutton with finely chopped onion, garlic, caraway, salt, pepper and enough water to make it loose and juicy.
3. Roll — Cut the dough into pieces and roll each into a thin disc, thicker in the centre.
4. Pleat — Fill and pinch the edge around into a small open-topped purse.
5. Steam — Oil the steamer, arrange without touching, and steam 20 minutes.
6. Buuz are ready — Serve very hot, eaten by hand with hot tea.

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