How to Make Armenian Style Manti

[grecobactrian]

But we steam it on top of boiling water.

[grecobactrian]

Afghans eat that too! We call is mantu :) It's soooo goood. Especially with thick yogurt mixed with garlic and some mint on top.

[doumkatekkatek]

Could you post a recipe with specific amounts? These look wonderful but I need a recipe to start with. I looked on here but don't see one.

[Hbardhye89]

@doumkatekkatek Armenians don't cook with specific amounts. Everything is աչքի չափ, which literally translates to "your eye's amount," meaning whatever looks good haha.

[WeThinkAlike1]

@Hbardhye89 that actually meens eye size but your right anyway

[Hbardhye89]

@WeThinkAlike1 the "ի" at the end of "աչք" is possessive. Therefore, it would be eye's size, rather than eye size... but ingredients such as salt dont come in sizes.. they come in amounts. so we're right back where we started ;)

[karmonkey1]

ABOUSH........it's mante (mantuh) in Armenian...........and it is not done like this!!!!!!!!! Mante is an old Armenian dish.

[greggdourgarian1]

@karmonkey1 sigh

[ShamanRing]

thanks for the good video, but this is much bigger compare to Turkish version (:

Thanks

[mizadorian]

Good job, never had it but now am going to be looking for an Armenian restaurant that has it, thanks.

[paradiseinfinity]

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[Varangian1915]

It's obvious this is Minnesota, with the Cub foods flour bag. Get some better flour for this instead of store brand. Mantuh is supposed to be much smaller.

[greggdourgarian1]

@Varangian1915 totally agree a higher quality flour would help a lot. Remember though: two types of Monti big and small. Also two pronunciations 'mantuh' and 'manti'

[Varangian1915]

@greggdourgarian1 I think I saw you at the st. paul armenian church, didn't I? I love Minnesota. My grandmother made a lamb broth that we would throw the manteh in. There are other styles and ways to serve it too.

[Varangian1915]

It's pronounced mantuh, not montie.

[eyecareproject]

What a delicious manti recipe! We love seeing traditional Armenian recipes made available for Armenians world wide to learn. Thanks for sharing!

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[melis6775]

The most of armenian people says that turkish people are so bad.. But why they have only Turkish food and it calls Turkish like Burek, sujuk,lahmajun,pilaf,dolma etc. etc.

When you don't like Turks or the Turkish people, kultur etc. than don't cooking turkish. !!

[Serpico261]

@melis6775 why even bring up this ethno stuff on a cooking video? holy crap everytime i watch a cooking video that somehow involves trukish traditions, some nuts start to make statements with political dimensions, how ridicilous is that?

[greggdourgarian1]

@melis6775 hi Melis when English speak verbing object transitive should.

We love Turks and Turkish food and music. With a Grandmother was from Istanbul,

how could we not? We especially love Turks of conscience.

Also *lahmajoun is not Turkish or Armenian. It's* from Arabic

: لحم بعجين‎, *laḥm bi'ajīn , "meat with dough"

[Varangian1915]

@melis6775 Armenians do not dislike turks. They just have a problem with the government's policies. I myself have never met a turkish person I did not like.

[newblseveryday]

@melis6775 Armenians were citizens of the Ottoman empire for centuries. Some of them were members of parliaments, etc, and contributed to public service. This means that both cultures influenced each other, as they live side by side. What is painful about the Armenian Genocide is that the government murdered its own citizens. In any case, this is a nice video about food, celebration and life, so let's put our differences aside and enjoy it! Cheers :o)

[incubuslove13]

Why are people caught up on linguistics this isn't english class or where it originated all cultures have a form of dumplings so who cares.

Americans call Iran like eye ran when its really suppose to be e ran. Anyways GREAT recipe I'm defiantly going to try this out! I really liked the tomato broth at the end!

[uzbek881]

Originally Manti is from UZBEKISTAN !!!!!!!

[hyelady47]

oh goodness!!!! THEY ARE HUGE!!!!!!!

[greggdourgarian1]

Re big vs small manti: wide agreement among people I know who do both is that bigger tastes much better, keeps the crunchiness there even after the tomato, broth and yogurt are added.

[greggdourgarian1]

hi Aekix3...sorry, how do you spell it? The only spelling like it I've seen for a word like it is 'Monty' as in Monty Python.

[greggdourgarian1]

hi Arday...thanks for the linguistic update and comment.

[arday6]

Great Video Gregg!

Although I'm used to eating the smaller size manti, I would be curious to try the bigger version you prepared with cilantro and pine nuts. Interesting! Good call on the pasta maker! It's funny how my grandmother is from Istanbul as well and I had never seen this style manti before.

Also, " Mantı " (the i has no dot on it) in Turkish is pronounced " Mantuh ". Armenians pronounce the same way.

"Mantee" or "Monty" is an anglicized pronunciation.

[Aekix3]

Have you ever seen turkish manti? that one looks like kosovan/albanian style of manti... and learn how to spell it

[oongi]

Holy crap I didn't know how many Armenian/Italians are out there including myself.

And yes Manti is one of my favorites.

Cheers from Canada.

[7Cheeky7]

thats russian style of manti (big). the manti we do is suppose to be tiny, so u have at least 5 manti`s fitting in 1 spoon when its cooked.

[3rdStoneObliterum]

Im 1/2 Italian too. Father is Armenian. What a combo! We're nuts! :)

[karmonkey1]

giant mantes!!!!!!! ;-)

[Metsada007]

I have a problem with anyone who has a problem with me.

[DmitriMose]

What the Heck?? Those are HUUGEEE!!!! The whole art of making mante is to make them small (which is kinda harder).. Real authentic Armenian mante requires some time and patience ;)... And it's pronounced "man-tuh"!

[greggdourgarian1]

Hi @DmitriMose

The spelling is 'manti' (not 'mante') and the pronunciation in English 'manti' as in "Monty Python". The word itself comes from Turkish, not "real authentic Armenian".

Size, ingredients, and presentation vary widely.

For all the fuss here over size, odd no one called me on using cilantro in place of parsley or available seeds in place of pine nuts, not to mention time-savers like canned chicken stock and a pasta roller.

[dempetro]

@greggdourgarian1 stop hain

[greggdourgarian1]

Thanks cool semprefi...

My Grandmother came from Istanbul, and this was the style she cooked. I was served a similar dish while living in Etchmiadzin, Armenia, where it was also called manti. It's odd that a separate name didn't emerge to differentiate from the more widely-known tiny, tortellini style manti which imho isn't nearly as good.

I've heard that Georgians serve yet another style of manti...maybe someone familiar with that culture and language can educate on its name and variation.

[spirithybrid]

@greggdourgarian1 Georgian style manti are called khinkali. The kinkhali has more of a twisted shape and usually the meat filling is spiced. The rule of thumb is that for this kind of manti (I call manti: mandu), you have to suck the juices whilst eating or you'll end up bursting the khinkali with the juices trickling down your throat- not fun. It'd also be wise to discard the tops, that way you can see how much you've eaten. They're pretty big compared to other types of manti.

[greggdourgarian1]

thanks spirithybrid...would love to try khinkali some day

[spirithybrid]

@greggdourgarian1 no problem. :)

[semprefidelis76]

well thank you i was listening in mute form. was just trying to give the armenian friends some hard time lol :)

[semprefidelis76]

It is so funny how Armenians present the Turkish dishes in the new world as if they were Armenian dishes. That food originally comes from the city of Kayseri in Turkey, where you named your "Kasseri" cheese company after lol. And sir, you obviously have never seen real mantı lol. The mantı is supposed to be much tinier than that! What you have there looks more like "börek". Wait, I wonder if Armenians stole that, too! :)

[ezzo9009]

@semprefidelis76 he said it is actualy a turkish dish

[mariamkoch5]

Great job Gregg!! :)

[greggdourgarian1]

Harut...Great job on the video production. Love the music in the background. Is that an Armenian folk song or a Harut creation (as if there were a difference)?

[trofimova513392]

мля..растегаи какие то а не манты..

[rita73]

Thats not what mante' looks like! Those look like hamburgers! Mante' has to be the size of your pinky!

Good job though for trying!

[hkhachatryan]

GO! Armenians!!!!!