Murtabak
Malaysian Murtabak recipe
Ramadan Murtabak
Recipe Type: Snacks
Cuisine: Malaysian
Author: Caroline Artiss
Prep time: 8 hours 30 mins
Cook time: 20 mins
Total time: 8 hours 50 mins
Serves: 8
Murtabak is a delicious snack made from roti bread filled with a ground curried beef filling and egg.
Ingredients
Roti - (you can also buy frozen paratha bread)
500g / 3 cups plain flour
Pinch salt
250 ml / 1 cup warm water
125ml / ½ cup olive oil
1 tsp yeast
1 egg white
½ tsp sugar
Filling:
300g minced meat
2 red onion, diced
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 tbsp curry powder
Salt to taste
1 onion, sliced thinly
4 eggs
Instructions
To make the roti from scratch
Mix dry and wet ingredients slowly and knead
Rest for two hours before dividing it into 8 balls and put in fridge for a minimum 8 hours
When ready to cook, take out dough balls and let it come to room temperature
Make the filling
Cook minced meat with red onions, garlic, curry powder and salt until dry
This should take about 6 – 8 minutes., then add the sliced onion and stir in
Roll out or toss a ball of roti to as thin as you can get
Here is the part you can cheat if you like. Buy some frozen paratha, defrost and then roll out!
Add a large spoonful of filling to the middle, a spoonful or 2 of egg mixture and fold up
You can do this on your work surface or in the pan
Then adding a little oil cook both sides for a few minutes on a low heat so the bread can cook and become nice and crispy