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Shish Barak Recipe (Mediterranean Dumplings)
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This is a different ways to serve dumplings. It has a Mediterranean twist and is very flavorful and filling. This is great to make ahead by making the yogurt sauce and dumplings ahead and just heating the sauce and adding the dumplings when ready to serve. Total Time: 50 minutes Prep Time: 30 minutes Cook Time: 20 minutes Yield: 4 Level: Easy Dough 1 cup flour 1/2 cup water 3 tbs olive oil Filling 1/2 lb ground beef 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp DedeMed's seven spices 3 tbs olive oil Yogurt sauce 6 cups Greek/Mediterranean yogurt 2 cups water 2 tbs corn starch w/ 3 tbs water 1 tsp garlic 1 tsp dried mint 1/2 tsp salt Directions First step is to make the dough, mix all 3 dough ingredients in a bowl and let rest for 15 minutes. Next, for the filling heat a pan then add the olive oil, beef, seven spices and salt and cook for 5 minutes until meat is browned, set aside. Flour a flat surface, roll out dough to ⅛ inch thickness and cut into 3 inch circles. Place 1 tbs of the meat filling in the middle of each circle, fold over one side of the dough and seal to the other side by pressing down, this will form a crescent shaped dumpling, repeat until filling and dough is used up. In a pot, add the yogurt and 2 cups of water, heat on medium low heat and continually stir, after 3-4 minutes, add the dissolved corn starch in water mix to the yogurt pot, stir and let simmer for another 5 minutes. Then add the garlic, mint and salt, stir well, slowly add the dumplings to the pot, let them simmer on low hear for 10-15 minutes. Serve warm.

Shish Barak Recipe (Mediterranean Dumplings)

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Yield: 4
Level: Easy

Dough

  • 1 cup flour
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 3 tbs olive oil

Filling

Yogurt sauce

  • 6 cups Greek/Mediterranean yogurt
  • 2 cups water
  • 2 tbs corn starch w/ 3 tbs water
  • 1 tsp garlic
  • 1 tsp dried mint
  • 1/2 tsp salt

Directions

First step is to make the dough, mix all 3 dough ingredients in a bowl and let rest for 15 minutes.
Next, for the filling heat a pan then add the olive oil, beef, seven spices and salt and cook for 5 minutes until meat is browned, set aside. Flour a flat surface, roll out dough to ⅛ inch thickness and cut into 3 inch circles. Place 1 tbs of the meat filling in the middle of each circle, fold over one side of the dough and seal to the other side by pressing down, this will form a crescent shaped dumpling, repeat until filling and dough is used up. In a pot, add the yogurt and 2 cups of water, heat on medium low heat and continually stir, after 3-4 minutes, add the dissolved corn starch in water mix to the yogurt pot, stir and let simmer for another 5 minutes. Then add the garlic, mint and salt, stir well, slowly add the dumplings to the pot, let them simmer on low hear for 10-15 minutes. Serve warm.
Shish Barak Recipe (Mediterranean Dumplings)
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Dough

  • 1 cup flour
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 3 tbs olive oil

Filling

Yogurt sauce

  • 6 cups Greek/Mediterranean yogurt
  • 2 cups water
  • 2 tbs corn starch w/ 3 tbs water
  • 1 tsp garlic
  • 1 tsp dried mint
  • 1/2 tsp salt

Directions

First step is to make the dough, mix all 3 dough ingredients in a bowl and let rest for 15 minutes.
Next, for the filling heat a pan then add the olive oil, beef, seven spices and salt and cook for 5 minutes until meat is browned, set aside. Flour a flat surface, roll out dough to ⅛ inch thickness and cut into 3 inch circles. Place 1 tbs of the meat filling in the middle of each circle, fold over one side of the dough and seal to the other side by pressing down, this will form a crescent shaped dumpling, repeat until filling and dough is used up. In a pot, add the yogurt and 2 cups of water, heat on medium low heat and continually stir, after 3-4 minutes, add the dissolved corn starch in water mix to the yogurt pot, stir and let simmer for another 5 minutes. Then add the garlic, mint and salt, stir well, slowly add the dumplings to the pot, let them simmer on low hear for 10-15 minutes. Serve warm.


This is a different ways to serve dumplings. It has a Mediterranean twist and is very flavorful and filling. This is great to make ahead by making the yogurt sauce and dumplings ahead and just heating the sauce and adding the dumplings when ready to serve.
I'm not very familiar with that dish, I believe it is a Saudi dish. But check out my kabsa recipe, I think you'll like it, it is made of rice and chicken :)
By: dedemed
hi Dede, i watch ur video recipes and u help us a lot in making middles eastern dishes. we live in doha and here bukhari rice with meat is a very popular item. we love it abd sometimes my little doggy gets a small share of it...can u teach us how to make bukhari with meat? i can make it at home and thus i can impress my family...
By: choibabu2002
very interesting tips :)
By: dedemed
The way I've been eating this since I was a kid is to make the sauce a little bit thinner and eat it with rice on the side. I also put the dumplings in the oven for a few minutes before I add it to the sauce that way its guaranteed to keep its shape without me having to worry too much.
By: 17Other
wonderful and you can even make it too!
By: dedemed
the only think i hear when i watch syrian or turkish films is shish barak? know i now what it is :D
By: nasreen51
it will be up today :)
By: dedemed
Hi dede! i love this and really want to make it, but i cant find the recipre anywhere on your website. Please can you send the link or tell me where to look for it. Thankyou!
By: LadyOttoman4
I love this dish thnksssssss
By: christinatadros1
yes you can definitely bake or fry the dumplings first if you like, some people do that as well :)
By: dedemed
hi dede, i have yet to try this dish and i can't wait, it looksdelicious. I have seen some people bake the dumplings before adding to the sauce, i think that would make this more crispy.
By: KautharThalaba
you can definitely add more flour to make it a bit more strong, add water if it's to hard :)
By: dedemed
I think the dough is waaay too soft.
By: Parkinson9999
they are 2 different things. Corn flour is actual flour made from corn, while corn starch is the starch that comes from the maize plant.
By: dedemed
is corn flour the same thing as corn starch? or are those two different things?
By: goldwaves
I'm so glad that you like it :)
By: dedemed
This is one of my FAVORITE dishes. It's tangy, savory and sooo good.
By: MOONKISSED503
you're welcome .. i'm big fan of urs so good luck with ur work and keep up the good videos :)
By: llxllmayalenllxll
check out my grape leaves video, there are 2 videos vegetarian and meat grape leaves, check out my site for all awesome recipes :)
By: dedemed
Hey Dede I can't find it anywhere on YouTube. Could you make a video showing people how to make Greek Pastizio, Taramosalata and dolmas?
By: TheQuantumCafe
Sauces thickened with a corn starch slurry also have a very particular texture. My guess is it also helps the sauce coat the dumplings better. Lebanese food seems to have a slight French influence. I wonder how it would work with a roux. I guess the flavor may be a bit strong for the dumplings. But I'm not a fan of corn starch as a thickener. It reminds me of takeout Chinese food.
By: Fidasaind
man...i so wish you were my wife....
By: markmarcarian
thank you so much :)
By: dedemed
:)
By: dedemed
the corn starch keeps the yogurt from separating when bringing it to a simmer.
By: dedemed

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