Who hasn’t tried amazingly delicious fragrant manti? Most housewives cook them according to their recipes, pampering the whole family. Usually they are cooked for a couple in a special dish called a pressure cooker. It is somewhat similar to a double boiler. But if the double boiler has a lot of functions, then the pressure cooker is intended only for cooking the specified Asian dish. Although modern utensils provide for its use for various purposes. More recently, the dish was quite exotic, but for many it could replace dumplings. Mistresses already by eye determine how much to cook manti.
What is the secret of manti
The flavor of the dish largely depends on the meat used. Traditionally, this is lamb in half with beef. Modern housewives add pork. Manti turn out to be unusually tasty and juicy if you cook them immediately after cooking. And how much to cook frozen manti, which you can buy in the store? They lie in the same freezer next to their dumplings. Before cooking, there is no need to pre-defrost them. You can just let it stand at room temperature for 10-15 minutes.
To prepare the dish, pour water to the bottom of the pan so that it does not touch the lower edge of the last tier. After boiling the liquid, you need to put the lower tier with manti. So that they do not stick to the bottom, experienced housewives lubricate the surface with oil. There should also be a distance between the products. How to cook manti in a mantovarka? After about half an hour, a fragrant dish can be served. If the manti is large in size, you will have to process them 40 minutes. But this is the maximum time.
Cooking manti without a pressure cooker
But what to do if you don’t have the appliance you need for cooking? The main thing is to remember that there is a way out of any situation. In addition, no one forbids to use master's invention and imagination. How much to cook manti without special dishes?
Manty steamed. Accordingly, special dishes can be replaced with a conventional double boiler. Food lovers do not recommend spoiling a dish by cooking in water. From this they will lose their uniqueness and originality.
And if there is no double boiler or mantle cooker? And here you should not be upset. How to cook manti in a pan? It is necessary to take a metal colander, which is placed in a pan. Further actions - as in the case of traditional cooking. True, this method does not prepare a large number of manti. For several people will have to do several approaches.
Braised Manti
Everyone is so used to the traditional preparation of this dish that they don’t even think that it can be stewed with vegetables or fried. To extinguish manti, you need to take a deep pan, chop vegetables. Heat a frying pan with oil, put vegetables, manti on them. Top with water. Close lid and simmer until cooked. If you add tomato paste, then the dish will turn out more juicy, with a rich taste. Its aroma will attract the whole family to the kitchen.
Fried manti
By the way, in
Dungan cuisine there is a separate dish - fried manti. They can be served with finely chopped parsley and dill. The crust of manti will turn out tender and piquant. From the inside, it will be tender, and from the outside, it will crunch on the teeth. When frying, the housewives will not have to wonder how much to cook the manti. When frying and stewing, a rich aroma of meat will go through the kitchen. Most housewives can determine readiness by smell.
Cooking in a slow cooker
Modern technology facilitates the work of housewives. So with a slow cooker. She successfully replaces many devices. How much to cook manti in a slow cooker if there are no specific cooking instructions in the recipe book? This question is asked by those who recently bought this home appliance in their kitchen.
A recipe book could help out an inexperienced housewife, but there are only steps and recommendations, but there is no exact cooking time. It is important to remember that in a slow cooker dishes are prepared many times faster and tastier than on the stove.
If there is no special mode on the display of the device, you can completely cook an Asian dish in the "Steamer" mode. As you know, a pressure cooker and a double boiler are almost the same thing.
Pre-mantled manti are stacked in the pan of the multicooker. Water is poured into the bowl. The entire structure must be installed in the appliance and the "Steamer" mode activated . How much to cook manti in this mode? For small semi-finished products, ten minutes are pre-programmed. If the size is larger, you can set another ten minutes or immediately change the time.
Recipe
Manti bought is in many ways inferior to a dish that was cooked independently. The recipe for an Asian dish is very simple, despite its intricate shapes.
For cooking, you need to take flour, eggs, salt, a little water. Knead the cool dough. For the filling, you can use minced meat with onions, meat, potato or meat and pumpkin filling. In this case, it is desirable to chop the potatoes into cubes. Season the filling to taste.
Roll out the dough is not very thin. Cut out from it the squares in which you want to put the filling. Blind any convenient shape. In different Asian countries, the form of the dish is different. After a sufficient number of manti has been fashioned, you can proceed to their preparation.
There is a recipe for housewives, which is ideal if guests are on the doorstep, but there is no time to sculpt individual manti. In this case, the dough is not cut. On the rolled layer, the filling is laid out. The roll is rolled up, which you need to cook. The finished roll is cut into portions and served to the table in hot form, sprinkled with herbs.
So easily and without unnecessary trouble you can cook a delicious aromatic Asian dish. It is perfect for decorating a festive table or for a relaxing family dinner. Those close to you will appreciate the success of the hostess. Perhaps, having adapted, you will begin to cook it more often. We hope that over time this delicacy will become a crown on your table.