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Tantuni

A street food speciality from Mersin, on Turkey's Mediterranean coast. Thin strips of beef sautéed with chilli and cumin are rolled in a lavaş with onion, tomato, parsley and sumac.

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Ingredients

Ingredients

Garniture

Spices & seasoning

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Instructions

  1. Mix the meat with half the cumin, the salt and the pepper, then let it rest for 10 minutes.
  2. Heat the oil in a large frying pan over high heat and cook the meat for 3 to 4 minutes, until seared but still tender.
  3. Lower the heat, add the chilli flakes, the remaining cumin and the green chillies, then stir for 1 minute.
  4. In a bowl, mix the sliced onion, tomatoes, chopped parsley and sumac, then season with a pinch of salt.
  5. Warm the lavaş for about 30 seconds, dry, in a hot pan.
  6. Spread the meat down the centre of each flatbread, add the topping and a squeeze of lemon, then roll it up tightly.

Variations and tips

Lamb version. Replace the beef with lamb cut into strips for a richer, more fragrant flavour.

With what you can find. If lavaş is hard to find, use wheat tortillas or open pitas.

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