Easy Homemade Turkish Lahmacun Recipe

Lahmacun, known as Turkish pizza is made of a thin dough topped with a mixture of mince, spices and other stuff. It’s on of the most favourite street foods in Turkey. It’s not just found in street stalls, you can also eat it in any traditional Turkish restaurant. I’m a Turkish woman and now I will tell you how to do lahmacun at home. Here is my very delicious Turkish lahmacun recipe, you can easily make it at home.

Turkish Lahmacun Recipe

The history of Lahmacun goes back to ancient times, it has a history of approximately 5000 years. It spread from the eastern regions of Turkey to the whole country after the 1960s. The most delicious form of lahmacun is cooked in a stone oven, but you’ll also like my recipe.

How to make Lahmacun: ingredients

For the dough: 2.5 cups bread flour, 1 cup water, 1 teaspoon salt.

For the toppings: 250 g meat mince, 1 long green pepper, 1 red pepper, 1 onion, 1 cup fresh parsley leaves, 1 tomato, 2 tablespoon tomato paste, 2 garlic cloves, 1 tablespoon olive oil, 1/2 cup water, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon black pepper, 1/2 tablespoon red pepper flakes

How to make Lahmacun: Cooking

To prepare the dough, mix the flour and salt in a bowl. Make a hole in the middle, add the water and knead all the ingredients until the dough gets soft. Cover the dough with a cloth and set aside to rest. First I combine peppers, onions, garlic and tomatoes in a food processor. Then I add parsley and pulse again. I take this mixture and all other ingredients together to another bowl. Now, ee divide the dough into 8 small pieces and roll it out into a very thin and round shape. Meanwhile preheat the oven to 220 degrees from the bottom. Spread the topping evenly over each dough with your fingers. Put the lahmacun in a tray on the bottom shelf of the oven. It will be ready in just 5 to 8 minutes.

How to make Lahmacun: Serving

We usually serve it with onions, lemon and tomatoes. Put them in lahmacun and make a wrap. Ayran is the best choice to drink beside lahmacun. Ayran is made of yoghurt, water and salt.

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