Malaysia

Murtabak

Name: Murtabak
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: Malaysia
Ingredients: 3 portions Roti dough; 300 g Ground beef; 2 pieces Onion; 3 pieces Egg; some of each Curry powder & spices; plenty Oil for frying

Stuffed griddle flatbread

Murtabak is a stuffed griddle bread brought by Indian Muslims to Malaysia and Singapore, sold at mamak stalls.

A thinly stretched dough is filled with spiced minced meat, onion and egg, folded into a parcel and fried crisp.

Servings3

Time45 min

LevelMedium

Ingredients

Roti dough3 portions
Ground beef300 g
Onion2 pieces
Egg3 pieces
Curry powder & spicessome of each
Oil for fryingplenty

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Season the mince with curry powder and fry.
Mix with onion and beaten egg.
Stretch the dough paper-thin.
Add the filling and fold into a parcel.
Fry crisp on both sides on the griddle, cut.

Make it original

Curry powder for murtabak is in the Asia Boutique.

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