Spinach pies
Spinach pies recipe in the arab category
Recipe ingredients:
- 5 cups all purpose plain flour
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups of water
- 3/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1 1/2 kg, 48 oz, fresh spinach
- 1/2 cup lemon juice
- 3 large onions, finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 pinch of ground black pepper
- 2 tablespoons ground sumac, as desired
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon pomegranate thickened juice, as desired
Recipe method:
- Prepare dough.
- Leave aside and cover for an hour to rise.
- Make sure dough doubles in volume.
- Filling:
- Remove roots and yellow leaves from spinach.
- Chop finely then wash well and drain, rub with 1/2 teaspoon salt.
- Drain spinach again with your hands to dry.
- Mash the onions with remaining salt.
- Add pepper and sumac.
- Add spinach to onion, then mix in oil and pomegranate.
- Put aside.
- Roll out dough using a rolling pin till dough is as thin as possible, 5 mm.
- Invert a tea cup on dough and press to have equal circles.
- Place a tablespoon of spinach filling on each piece.
- Bring up sides at 3 points to form a triangular shape.
- Press edges firmly with fingertips to seal completely.
- Put flour on finger tips tohelp seal.
- Place pies on oiled baking sheets.
- Bake in a moderately hot oven for 30 minutes.
- You can substitute spinach with unchopped purslane leaves.
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