Ramadan Recipe: Lahem be’ajeen (meat with dough)

Sfiha or lahem be'ajeen is a prominent Levantine dish, found often on Palestinian, Iraqi, Lebanese or Syrian tables.

Ingredients:

For the dough:
1 kilo of flour
Small cup of melted butter
1/2 spoon of yeast
Salt
Warm water

For the topping:
1/2 kilo cooked minced meat with onions and spices
4 packs of yogurt
6 lemons
Pomegranate molasses

Directions:

For the dough:

1. Put the flour in a pot and mix it with salt.
2. Make a hole in the middle and pour the melted butter.
3. Mix the whole and add gradually the yeast melted in water, as well as warm water until the dough softens.
4. Cover the pot and leave it to ferment for an hour.

For the topping:

1. Mix the cooked minced meat and onions with the yogurt, lemon juice and the pomegranate molasses.
2. Spread the dough and make cookie-like portions. Add on top of each a bit of the meat mix. Put in the oven until it is baked.