Sunday, December 28, 2008

Tortilla with Ground Beef (Kolay Lahmacun)

½ lb (250 gr) lean ground beef
1 big onion, finely chopped
½ cup tomatoes, crushed
1 tbsp tomato paste
2 tbsp dried parsley / ½ bunch fresh parsley
½ tsp cumin
½ tsp black pepper
¼ tsp chili pepper (optional)
1 ½ tsp salt
6 original flour tortillas

Mix all the other ingredients in a bowl. (You can leave the mixture in the fridge for 1-2 hours for ground meat to absorb the flavors of the spices). With a spatula spread a thin layer of the mixture evenly on the tortillas.
Preheat the oven to 375 F (190 C) and place 1-2 tortillas with ground beef on a tray and place it on the third rack from the top. Turn the oven to broil (grill) and broil for 2-3 minutes. Make sure not to burn the edges of tortillas. Place the broiled tortillas with ground beef in a large pot on top of each other and close the lid. So, they will stay warm and also soft.
The traditional serving style of the Tortillas with Ground Beef is: Squeeze some lemon and place some kebab salad and onion salad inside then, roll it up. Serve warm with ayran.
ENJOY
TURKCE
250 gr (½ lb) kiyma
1 buyuk sogan, dogranmis
½ su bardagi domates, rendelenmis
1 yemek kasigi domates salcasi
2 yemek kasigi kuru maydanoz/ 1/2 demet dogranmis taze maydanoz
1 cay kasigi kimyon
1 cay kasigi karabiber
½ cay kasigi aci pul biber (istege bagli)
1 ½ tatli kasigi tuz
6 tane orjinal tortilla (lavas ekmegi)
Butun malzemeleri bir kasede karistirin. (Baharatlarin kiyma ile butunlesmesi icin 1-2 saat buzdolabinda bekletebilirsiniz). Tortillalarin uzerine spatula yardimi ile kiyma harcini ince tabaka halinde yayin.
Firini 190 C (375 F) ye isitin ve ustten ucuncu rafa firin tepsisine 1-2 lahmacun koyun ve ustten kizartma (broil) ayarinda 2-3 dakika kizartin. Kenarlarini yakmamaya dikkat edin. Hazir olan lahmacunlari bir tencereye ust uste koyarak tencerenin kapagini kapatin. Boylece lahmacunlar hem sicak kalacak, hem de yumusacik olacaklar.
Lahmacunun geleneksel servis sekli; icine limon sikilarak ve kebap salatasi ve sogan salatasi koyulup, rulo yapilarak ayran ile sunulur.
AFIYET OLSUN

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

This recipe is delicious but do you know how to make the real lahmacun bread instead of tortilla's?

turkishfoodandrecipes said...

You may use this recipe http://www.turkishfoodandrecipes.com/2009/01/bread-rolls-with-cheese-lorlu-ekmek.html to make a lahmacun dough. And this will make approximately 24-25 lahmacuns. So maybe you can just use the half of the ingredients to obtain a smaller dough. Just follow the instructions for " bread rolls with cheese" to make the dough. After fermentation, divide the dough into egg size or bigger pieces and flatten each piece to form a lahmacun. Then spread the mixture over and follow the cooking instructions in the lahmacun recipe.
I hope you'll be satisfied, and you'll taste the real authentic lahmacun by making the lahmacun bread yourself. Good luck!
Also let me know about the result.

Unknown said...

This is a great recipe! It tasted very similar to the authentic lahmacun that I ate in Turkey, I tried the authentic dough before, but my oven wasn't hot enough so it didn't work well. This is a fantastic easy way to enjoy lahmacun! :-) I added peppers to my recipe and whizzed it a little in a blender to get it really fine. Also i had some mix left after eating a lot of lahmacun, so i added an egg and a little flour and made lahmacun burgers!!! A great way to use that extra mix!! :-)