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Mutabbaq

متبق/moo-TAH-bahk/
Mutabbaq
About this dish

A stuffed, folded pancake filled with spiced minced meat and egg, pan-fried until crisp.

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Ingredients
🌾2 cups flour
💧1 cup water
🥩300g ground meat, cooked with onion and spices
🥚3 eggs, beaten
🧅1 green onion, chopped
Method
Serves 3
1
Mix flour and water into a soft, stretchy dough; rest for at least an hour.
2
Stretch a portion of the dough very thin on an oiled surface.
3
Spoon a portion of the meat filling and beaten egg onto the center.
4
Fold the dough over the filling into a square parcel.
5
Pan-fry until golden and crisp on both sides, then slice and serve hot.
✓ What Makes it Authentic

Mutabbaq is popular across Saudi Arabia and the wider Gulf and Southeast Asia (via trade influence), valued for its crisp, flaky layers.

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