To make the dough, combine flour and salt and gradually add water until dough comes together in one. You may need to add a little bit more water or use less water than in the recipe above. The key is to add water gradually!
Knead dough until soft and pliable
Generously Oil a tray and set aside.
With the dough, make 6-8 golf sized dough balls, arrange the balls on the tray, but while you lay each ball coat them with the excess oil on the tray. Cover and allow to rest for 15-20 minutes
In the meantime, make the meat filling.
In a saucepan, add a tbls of vegetable oil and cook the garlic until golden, add in the minced meat and salt and mix well to combine. Allow the meat to cook through.
Before turning off the heat, add in the onions, lemon juice and cilantro. Mix to combine and immediately turn heat off. Set meat aside to cool
Once the meat cools down, add beaten eggs and mix to combine
To assemble the mutabaq: Generously oil your work surface (i usually scoop the oil with the fingers onto my work surface), take one ball and spread with your fingers until the dough is very thin (it will look translucent). In order to avoid the dough layer from tearing apart while you are spreading it, you have to be generous with the oil. Dont worry if holes form on the dough sheet, simply tear tiny pieces off the sides and fill the holes.
Once the dough is spread out, scoop 2-3 tbls of the minced meat mixture to the middle of the dough sheet. Begin to wrap the mutabaq by turning each of side of the dough sheet to the middle, until all sides are tightly turned in.
Over high heat, in a flat pan, cook the mutabaq for 3-4 minutes on each side, until the sides brown.
Set aside on a plate. Continue with steps 9,10 and 11 until all dough balls are used up
In a shallow frying pan, add 1/4 cup of cooking oil and fry the mutabaq until golden brown all over. You can also opt to airfry/oven grill for a healthier alternative.
Set aside on paper towels over a plate to remove excess oil.
Once the mutabaq cools down to, cut into quarters and serve with lemon wedges and chopped chillis
