Mutabbaq recipe to expose secrets of famous Saudi Arabian street food
The best way to study the cuisine of a country is on the streets, experienced travellers often say. Street food is usually fast food enjoyed by almost every local. Many street foods are traditional foods as well. From the Middle East to Southeast Asia, mutabbaq has made its name as a popular street food but to many people, its most original version is Saudi Arabian style. Let’s look into the mutabbaq recipe to see why people love it.
The ingredients needed for mutabbaq recipe in Saudi Arabia style
Mutabbaq recipe in Saudi Arabian style has two main parts, the dough and the meat filling
Mutabbaq in the Arabic language means "folded" and the street food, also known in English-speaking communities as "murtabak", or stuffed pancake, consists mainly of the dough and the meat filling in the Saudi Arabian style. Making the dough requires all-purpose flour, oil, water and salt, while minced meat, green onion, egg, tomato, ginger garlic paste and spices are needed to prepare the meat filling. To complete the preparatory work a flat frying pan is needed.
We will go step by step to uncover the mutabbaq recipe in the following session.
How to make the best dough for mutabbaq?
All-purpose flour, oil, water and salt are required to make the dough in Saudi Arabian style mutabbaq recipe
Step 1: Add flour, oil, salt and a small amount (not all) of water into a big bowl. In case we have a mixer, let's put all of the water into its bowl.
Step 2: Knead the dough slowly by hand. Add more water until the dough has the shape of a smooth and cohesive ball.
Step 3: Brush some oil around the final dough and leave it there for at least 30 minutes.
How to make the best stuffing in the Saudi Arabian mutabbaq recipe?
Minced meat, green onion, eggs, tomato, ginger garlic paste as well as spices come in for the stuffing
Step 1: Fry minced meat, ginger garlic paste and spices for 3-4 minutes until the meat turns brown.
Step 2: Mix the fried minced meat with the eggs.
Step 3: Add green onion and chopped tomato to the mixture.
How to fry the mutabbaq correctly in Saudi Arabia mutabbaq recipe?
How to fry the mutabbaq correctly in Saudi Arabia mutabbaq recipe?
Step 1: Divide the dough into small balls of suitable size.
Step 2: Roll each small ball into the flat and thin shape. Then add meat filling and fold the rolled dough so that the filling doesn’t fall out.
Step 3: Fry the stuffed dough in a hot oil frying pan for a few minutes until the cover turns golden brown and looks crispy.
Step 4: Now the mutabbaq of Saudi Arabia style is ready to serve with hot sweet-sour soy sauce or curry sauce.
A tip for those who don’t want, or don’t have time to make the dough: the spring roll wrapper made from rice powder can replace the rolled dough from flour. The taste might be different from the original version but as long as we get used to it, it wouldn't make any problem, would it?
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