Asian dishes

First recipe – manta rays. They are a traditional Asian dish and are common throughout Asian countries, where each has its own characteristics, such as size, filling or type of preparation. My relatives lived in Kazakhstan for some time, so I offer the Kazakh type of manti.
Let’s get started.

Manti.
For the test:
• Flour;
• Cold boiled water;
• Salt;
• Egg.
For the filling:
• Pork meat – 500 grams;
• Onion – 1-2 heads;
• Salt and pepper – to taste;
• Water – according to consistency.
Vegetable oil for greasing the cooker plates.
Dishes:
• Mantovarka;
• Meat grinder;
• Cutting board;
• Knife;
• Bowls;
• Sieve;
• Rolling pin;
• Spoon.

Let’s do the dough first. Dilute salt and egg in water, and then gradually sift the flour. It should be elastic and stick to your hands. Then cover with cling film and let the dough rest for 30 minutes.

Let’s move on to the minced meat. You can take it ready-made, but it’s better to cook it yourself. To do this, take meat and onions, set to small pieces so that you can pass them through a meat grinder. Add salt and pepper to taste and mix thoroughly.

Then, knead the dough again, form a https://nongamstopsites.uk/international-casinos/ “sausage” from it, cut into pieces and roll into round flat cakes larger in diameter than dumplings. Place one tablespoon of minced meat in them, dip the bottom of the manti in oil and place on a plate for manti.
How to sculpt them. You need to pinch each circle in the center so that you get a longitudinal line. Make the opposite sides of the circle into four ears. On one side and the other, fasten the ears together.

Pour water into the pressure cooker to a certain level and place it on the stove. As soon as the water boils, put the plates with manatmi and wait 45 minutes. During this time, you can clean the kitchen, wash the dishes and prepare the table for eating.

When the manti are ready, place them on a flat dish and you can eat them. They eat manti with their hands so that the juice does not flow. Bon appetit!

The second recipe is pork in sweet and sour sauce or "gabajou". Since I lived for a long time in the Far East and have been to China several times. And those who were there, the most popular dish was this. I tried several recipes from different sources and settled on this one, because in my opinion it is the best.
Let’s get started.

Products:
• Pork meat (400 grams)
• Canned pineapples (750 grams)
• Fresh cucumber (1 piece)
• Bell pepper (1 piece)
• Carrots (1 piece)
• Vegetable oil
Garnish:
• Rice (~200 grams)
• Salt (to taste)
• Butter (to taste)
For the batter:
• Starch (5 tablespoons)
• Soy sauce (5 tablespoons)
• Fresh eggs (2 pieces)
• Vegetable oil (2 tablespoons)
For the sauce:
• Tomato paste (2 tablespoons)
• Pineapple juice
• Vinegar (1 teaspoon)
Dishes:
• Wooden cutting board
• Large frying pan
• Kazan
• Knife
• Kitchen hammer
• Two small bowls
• Opener
• Spoons

First you need to cut the pork meat into small pieces (about 2 centimeters). Afterwards beat them off thoroughly. Then we start the batter. You need to mix starch with eggs and soy sauce. The result should be a thick and dense liquid. Then, put the frying pan on the stove, pour a little oil and heat it thoroughly. Dip the meat into the batter and fry it in a frying pan for a couple of minutes on both sides. Let’s make sure it doesn’t burn! Once fried, place on a plate.

Once all the meat is fried, you can start with the vegetables and sauce. Cucumber mode in circles, carrot mode in thin strips, pepper mode in small pieces. Place them in a cauldron with butter. We add pineapples to them without syrup, which will be useful to us in the future. Cook over medium heat for five minutes.

The sauce contains two tablespoons of tomato paste, a little vinegar and pineapple syrup. As soon as five minutes have passed, add the fried meat to the vegetables and pour over our sauce and simmer for a few more minutes.

By this time you can cook the rice. To do this, you need to measure the rice, rinse it several times, put it in a rice cooker (I have one) and fill it with water. There should be a little more of it than the rice itself. It will take 15-20 minutes to prepare. During this time, you can clean the kitchen and put things in order.
As soon as the rice is cooked, it should be greased with butter. That’s all. Bon appetit!