Spinach pies recipe

Recipe for spinach pies in our easy arab recipes collection.

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
• 48 ounces 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

How to make spinach pies

• 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.

• Spinach with fried kibbi balls soup
• Sour lentil soup
• Saudi arabian rice
• Strained lentils
• Stuffed gourds and eggplants
• Syrian stuffed zucchini in yoghurt
• Stuffed zucchini with yoghurt
• Stuffed zucchini in tomato sauce

• Rice with vegetables
• Roasted lamb
• Raisin drink
• Stuffed eggplant with yoghurt
• Stuffed eggplants in oil
• Seasoned brains
• Stuffed swiss chard leaves in oil
• Stuffed grape vine leaves in oil

Pagination   [1]   [2]   [3]   [4]

Arab recipes  •  arab-recipes.org © 2010

Sitemap  •   Privacy policy  •   Contact