Ingredients for the dough:
2.5 cups of flour
1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup plain yogurt
1 cup warm water
1/2 tbsp sugar
1/2 tbsp active dry yeast 1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking powder
Directions for the dough:
Mix and knead all ingredients until a ball is formed. Cover and set aside in a warm spot to rise for about 30 minutes. Then form 7 medium size balls. Cover again and let rise for 10-5 minutes.
Ingredients for the meat: 1 pound ground beef
1 onion
2 Roma tomatoes
1/2 bunch parsley
3 garlic cloves
1 jalapeño or any hot pepper of choice
1 medium sweet pepper (I like to use yellow ones) 1/2 tbsp tomato paste
1/2 tbsp pomegranate molasses (optional)
1/4 cup olive oil
Juice of half lemon
2 tsp Arab -7spice
1 tsp Coriander
1 tsp Black pepper
1-2 tsp Smoked paprika 1/4 tsp Cinnamon
Salt
Directions for the meat:
Blend onion, tomato, peppers, garlic, and parsley in food processor until very finely ground. Add mixture to a bowl with ground beef. Mix in with olive oil, lemon, paste, molasses, and spices.
Set oven to °500 F. Flatten out each ball of dough (very flat, just a few centimeters thin). Grease a standard size iron skillet with olive oil. Place flattened dough on top. THEN top the dough with beef mixture. Place in oven for 15-12 minutes until golden crust starts to form. You may only be able to fit 1 dough on an iron skillet at a time. So for a quicker option, you may use a cookie sheet and place multiple pies at once. But the taste may be a little different.
By: Amal Abdelfattah
IG: @indigenous_eats
