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Pobair
A pobair [lit. baked (pobas) & roll (bair)] is a street food that contains various fillings and spices baked inside a flaky pastry shell. It is traditionally filled with ground beef, or with ground mutton, and fillings also include chicken, vegetables, fish and cheese. Most of the time, coloured dots are used to indicate the filling(s):
A pobair [lit. baked (pobas) & roll (bair)] is a street food that contains various fillings and spices baked inside a flaky pastry shell. It is traditionally filled with ground beef, or with ground mutton, and fillings also include chicken, vegetables, fish and cheese. Most of the time, coloured dots are used to indicate the filling(s):
none: beef
red: spicy beef
green: vegetarian
Ingredients
pastry:
2 cups of flour
half a teaspoon of salt
1 cup of shortening
1 cup of water
1 teaspoon of tumeric
half a cup of milk
curry powder [optional]
filling:
900g ground beef
thyme
1 teaspoon of paprika
breadcrumbs
1 teaspoon of soy sauce
50g of spring onions
1 teaspoon of salt
How to make
pastry: 1. sift flour, turmeric , curry powder, salt & knead in shortening | 2. add water, & knead for two minutes | 3. roll the pastry to about 0.3cm thick | 4. cut the pastry round 15cmm (for extra crust flakiness, brush with shortening, fold & roll again - do this 3 times) | 5. divide the filling between the pastries & brush edges with water | 6. fold & seal glaze with milk | 7. bake in oven for about 25 minutes at 230°C, or until golden brown
filling: 1. grind spring onions, & add soy sauce | 2. add the mixture to ground beef, & add salt | 3. add the thyme, paprika, & breadcrumbs to the beef, & cook for twenty minutes | 4. remove & leave it to cool
filling: 1. grind spring onions, & add soy sauce | 2. add the mixture to ground beef, & add salt | 3. add the thyme, paprika, & breadcrumbs to the beef, & cook for twenty minutes | 4. remove & leave it to cool
You should end up with something resembling the following image: