Description
An emotional dish where large meat-filled dumplings represent 'Mothers' and small plain dumplings represent 'Daughters', simmered together with chickpeas in a tart tomato soup.
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Fine bulgur
- Minced beef
- Chickpeas
- Walnuts
- Pomegranate molasses
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- Pour boiling water over fine bulgur, mix with flour, tomato paste, and egg, and knead by hand like clay to make a dough (the shared shell).
- Take part of the dough, stuff with spiced sautéed minced beef and walnuts to make ping-pong-sized 'Mother dumplings'. Roll the rest into plain marble-sized 'Daughter dumplings'.
- Heat butter in a pot, boil with tomato paste, pomegranate molasses, and water. Gently drop in parboiled chickpeas and both dumplings, boiling until they float.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Pomegranate molasses tartness
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Couscous and Potato starch (substitute), Minced beef/pork
Pairing
Bread and Ayran
Trivia
[Hardcore] Despite the cute name, making two types of dumplings is extremely labor-intensive, making it a super rare taste of home seen only at large family events or festivals.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Split the 'Mother' in the bowl in half with a spoon, dissolving the spicy meat juices into the soup, and slurp it with the 'Daughters'!
Allergen
Wheat, Egg, Walnuts, Beef