Cheat’s mantı (pasta with Turkish meat ragout, garlicky yoghurt and pul biber oil)

Name: Cheat’s mantı (pasta with Turkish meat ragout, garlicky yoghurt and pul biber oil)
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: 400 g shell (conchiglie) pasta; 450 g minced beef or lamb; 3 tbsp olive oil; 1 pc onion; 1 pc carrot; 1 pc green bell pepper; 3 pc garlic; 200 g chopped tomatoes; 1 tbsp double concentrated tomato paste; 1 tsp ground cumin; 200 ml water; 1 tsp salt; ¼ tsp black pepper; 400 g plain yoghurt; 2 pc garlic; 2 tsp dried pul biber/red pepper flakes; 2 tbsp olive oil

Shell pasta is simmered under a Turkish-style meat ragout, then finished with garlicky yoghurt and pul biber/spiced olive oil for a mantı-like bite.

25 min 891 kcal/serving serves 4

891kcal42gprotein104gcarbs33gfat

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🍝shell (conchiglie) pasta

🥩minced beef or lamb

🫒olive oil

🧅onion

🥕carrot

🫑green bell pepper

🧄garlic

🍅chopped tomatoes

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About Ozlem Warren

Turkish food writer and cooking teacher specialising in home-style Turkish cuisine

Ozlem Warren is a Turkish-born food writer and cooking teacher known for her website and cookbook Ozlem's Turkish Table. Originally from Antakya, she has spent years documenting and teaching the home cooking of Turkey to audiences abroad, drawing on family recipes and regional traditions.

Her cooking centres on classic Turkish home dishes such as mezze, stuffed vegetables, pilafs, and slow-cooked stews, built on olive oil, yogurt, tomatoes, and fresh herbs like parsley, mint, and dill. She favours traditional techniques and regional variations over shortcuts, and often explains the cultural background of a dish alongside the recipe itself.

23 recipes on Mello, imported from ozlemsturkishtable.com, mostly Turkish and Turkish cuisine.