A young lady prepared fasali\ kutab\ of our ancient sweets from our national cuisine for her family

ground meat

🥗Healthier: lean turkey

💰Cheaper: ground chicken

Turkey reduces fat content while chicken is often less expensive.

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil is healthier and margarine is usually cheaper.

yogurt

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: sour cream

Greek yogurt is higher in protein and creaminess.

vinegar

🥗Healthier: lemon juice

💰Cheaper: apple cider vinegar

Lemon juice adds brightness while apple cider vinegar is often cheaper.

Knead the dough with your hands.

Prepare the second batch of dough since it is a yeast dough and needs to rise.

Use approximately 2 kg of flour.

Add 150 grams of melted butter into the dough.

Add 2 eggs to the mixture.

Season with salt to taste, about 10 grams.

Knead the dough with warm water.

Let the dough rise until it has doubled in size.

Divide the risen dough into small balls.

Roll out the dough into thin circles.

Fill the circles with the prepared filling (not specified in the transcript).

Fold the dough over the filling and seal the edges.

Heat a skillet and cook the kutab until golden brown.

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