Manti is a type of

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mainly found in

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and

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but also in

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, and the

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. Manti is also popular among

Chinese Muslims The Hui people are an East Asian ethnoreligious group predominantly composed of Chinese-speaking adherents of Islam. They are distributed throughout China, mainly in the northwestern provinces and in the Zhongyuan region. According to the ...

, and it is consumed throughout

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, where the dish spread from the Central Asian republics.More Than Just Another Dumpling
, The School of Russian and Asian Studies, retrieved 25 January 2014 The dumplings typically consist of a spiced meat mixture, usually lamb or

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, wrapped in a thin dough sheet which is then boiled or steamed. The size and shape of manti vary significantly depending on geographic location. Manti resemble the Chinese

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and

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mandu, Mongolian

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and the Tibetan

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. The dish's name is cognate with Chinese

mantou ''Mantou'' ( zh, t=饅頭, s=馒头, first=t), often referred to as a Chinese steamed bun, is a white and soft type of steamed bread or bun popular in northern China. Folk etymology connects the name ''mantou'' to a tale about Zhuge Lian ...

, Korean mandu, and Japanese

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, though the modern Chinese and Japanese counterparts mostly refer to different dishes.Hudgins 1997, pp
142154
The name, depending on the language, can refer to a single dumpling or to more than one dumpling at a time; in English, it is often used as both a singular and plural form.

History

The Chinese word ''mantou'' has been suggested as the origin for the word ''manti''. The term ''mantou'' (饅頭) appears in early records of the

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(266CE–420CE) Different Chinese synonyms such as ''manshou'' (饅首)" and ''zhengbing'' (蒸餅) were also already in use, where both ''tou'' and ''shou'' mean head in Chinese. Originally, mantou was meat-filled. Mantou still retains its old meaning of stuffed bun in

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as ''moedeu''. But in

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and many other

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, mantou refers to plain steamed buns, while

resemble the ancient mantou stuffed with meat. Some of the earliest mentions of dishes resembling Turkic manti date to the

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. One such mention of ''manta'' is found in the 1330 manuscript ''Yinshan Zhengyao'' by

Hu Sihui Hu Sihui (, 和斯輝, 忽斯慧, also Hu Zheng Qi Huei; active nr. 1314–1330) was a Chinese court therapist and dietitian during Yuan dynasty. He is known for his book '' Yinshan zhengyao'' (''Dietary Principles''), that became a classic in C ...

, a Chinese court therapist in service of the

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Emperor,

Buyantu Khan Buyantu Khan ( Mongolian: Буянт хаан; Mongolian script: ; ), born Ayurbarwada (Mongolian: Аюурбарбад ; ), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Renzong of Yuan (, April 9, 1285 – March 1, 1320), was the fourth emperor o ...

. Some variations may be traced back to the

Uyghur people The Uyghurs,. alternatively spelled Uighurs, Uygurs or Uigurs, are a Turkic ethnic group originating from and culturally affiliated with the general region of Central Asia and East Asia. The Uyghurs are recognized as the titular nationali ...

of northwest China. Uyghur manta

In general, there is agreement that the recipe was carried across

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along the

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by Turkic and

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peoples. According to Holly Chase, "Turkic and Mongol horsemen on the move are supposed to have carried frozen or dried manti, which could be quickly boiled over a camp-fire". Migrating Turkic-speaking peoples brought the dumpling with them to Anatolia, where it evolved into the Turkish ''mantı''. Korean mandu is said to have arrived in Korea through the Mongols in the 14th century.Mandu
at

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However, some researchers do not discount the possibility that manti may have originated in the

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and spread eastward to

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and

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through the

. The earliest written Ottoman mantı recipe appears in a 15th-century cookbook written by Muhammed bin Mahmud Shirvani. The version in Shirvani's book is a steamed dumpling with a minced lamb and crushed chickpeas filling spiced with cinnamon and flavored with vinegar. The dish was garnished with

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and like most contemporary mantı variations, it was served with a garlic-yoghurt sauce. Many early Turkish cookbooks do not mention a dish called ''mantı''. The first printed recipe book, ''Melceüt`t Tabâhhin'', was published in 1844. It includes a recipe for a dish called '' Tatar böreği'', which is similar to ''mantı'' but is not served with garlic yoghurt sauce. The first English-language Ottoman cookbook and a third cookbook printed in 1880 includes this same recipe. Another 1880 cookbook does have a recipe for ''mantı'', but instead of a dumpling, it is a dish composed of layered dough served with mincemeat and garlic yogurt. This book also includes a recipe of '' piruhi'', a cheese filled version of the ''Tatar böreği'' recipe.

Manti in different cuisines

In Central Asian cuisines

Manti in

s are usually larger in size. They are steamed in a multi-level metal steamer called ''mantovarka'', ''mantyshnitsa'' (

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terms for manti cooker), ''manti-

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'' or ''manti-kaskan'' (manti pot). It consists of layered pans with holes that are placed over a stockpot filled with water. Steaming is the main method of cooking manti; if boiled or fried, they are considered another type of dumpling, such as

pelmeni Pelmeni (, '' pel’meni'', ; pelmen, , '' pel’men’'', ) are dumplings of Russian cuisine that consist of a filling wrapped in thin, unleavened dough. They are considered to be a national dish. Pelmeni became a staple of Russian cuisine dur ...

. In

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and

Kyrgyz cuisine Kyrgyz cuisine is the cuisine of the Kyrgyz, who comprise a majority of the population of Kyrgyzstan. The cuisine is similar in many aspects to that of their neighbors. Traditional Kyrgyz food revolves around mutton, beef and horse meat, as ...

, the manti filling is normally minced lamb (sometimes beef or

horse meat Horse meat forms a significant part of the culinary traditions of many countries, particularly in Europe and Asia. The eight countries that consume the most horse meat consume about 4.3million horses a year. For the majority of humanity's early ...

), spiced with black pepper, sometimes with the addition of chopped pumpkin or squash. This is considered to be a traditional Uyghur recipe. Manti is served topped with butter, sour cream or an onion sauce or

garlic sauce Garlic sauce is a sauce prepared using garlic as a primary ingredient. It is typically a pungent sauce, with the depth of garlic flavor determined by the amount of garlic used. The garlic is typically crushed or finely diced. Simple garlic sauce ...

. When sold as street food in

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and

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, manti are typically presented sprinkled with hot red pepper powder. In Uzbek and

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s, manti are usually made of one (or a combination) of the following ingredients: lamb, beef, cabbage, potato or pumpkin, with fat often added to meat manti. Manti is usually topped with butter and maybe served with sour cream, different types of ketchup, or freshly sliced onions (sprinkled with vinegar and black pepper). A sauce made by mixing

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and

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is also common.

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also use cheese fillings, and such dumplings are usually served with yogurt. In

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, manti are also called ''kaskoni''. The same style of cooking manti is traditional for Tatar, Bashkir and other cuisines of the

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living in the vast area from Idel-Ural to the

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. It is nowadays widespread throughout Russia and other

. A dish of the same name appears in Russian cuisine in the beginning of the 17th century; it is unknown whether it exactly resembled Central Asian manti, but lamb was also used. Manti was thereafter largely forgotten in Russian cuisine until the reemergence of manti from Central Asian cuisine during the Soviet Union. File:Manti 20100213 004.JPG, Mantovarka File:Uzbek Manti (bright).jpg, Uzbek manti File:Kawa manta.jpg, Manti filled with pumpkin

In Afghan cuisine

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, the thinly rolled out dough of the mantu is filled with beef or lamb mixed with minced onions and spices, steamed and then topped with a yoghurt-based sauce. The sauce (''seer mosst'', lit. "garlic yoghurt") is made with chaka (thick, creamy, strained and salted yoghurt), lemon juice, dried and fresh mint, green and red

and pressed

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. The mantu can also be topped with a tomato-based sauce which can include split peas or red kidney beans and/or sautéed

ground meat Ground meat, called mince or minced meat outside North America, is meat finely chopped by a meat grinder or a chopping knife. A common type of ground meat is ground beef, but many other types of meats are prepared in a similar fashion, incl ...

. This depends on the meat that was used for the filling of the mantu. The amount of yoghurt sauce is typically more than the tomato and ground meat sauce; the sauce is meant to be dotted on top so as to not cover the entire dish. However, separate dishes containing more of the ground meat, split peas, tomato sauce, and yoghurt sauce may also be kept at the table or

dastarkhān A dastarkhān (Persian language, Persian / Urdu language, Urdu: دسترخوان, , , , , , , , ) or dastarkhwān is the name used across Central Asia and South Asia to refer to the traditional Dining room, dining space where food is eaten.Ken Al ...

. Some Afghans also like to serve mantu with a carrot qorma or stew, instead of a tomato-based sauce. Now it is also famous in some areas of Pakistan due to

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. The authentic Afghan mantu dumplings are supposed to be small and bite-sized. The dough is supposed to be thinned out so that it is not chewy to bite on nor should one feel like they are eating more dough than filling. There is a specific pattern in which the dough of each dumpling is twisted and closed around the filling. There is a variation of this dish in

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known as aushak, in which the filling is different and it is made by boiling the dumplings instead of steaming them. File:Mantu in a steamer.jpg, Afghan mantu in a steamer before cooking File:Afghan dish of mantu.jpg, Afghan dish of mantu

In Turkish and Armenian cuisine

In contrast to the Central Asian varieties, manti in

and

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are usually boiled or baked rather than steamed and tend to be small in size. In modern

, mantı are typically served topped with

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and

and spiced with red pepper powder and melted butter and topped with ground

and/or dried

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by the consumer. Similarly, the

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manti, also sometimes referred to as monta, are usually served with yoghurt ('' matzoon'') or sour cream (''ttvaser'') and garlic, accompanied by clear soup (''mantapour''). Manti are more common among western Armenians, while among eastern Armenians and Georgians, similar dumplings called khinkali are more prevalent. Unlike all other regional varieties of manti, whether served with or without yogurt Armenian manti is always baked and crunchy, never just steamed or boiled. A popular type of Turkish mantı is known as ''Kayseri mantısı'', a cultural marker of the Central Anatolian city

Kayseri Kayseri () is a large List of cities in Turkey, city in Central Anatolia, Turkey, and the capital of Kayseri Province, Kayseri province. Historically known as Caesarea (Mazaca), Caesarea, it has been the historical capital of Cappadocia since anc ...

. ''Kayseri mantısı'' is tiny and served with yoghurt, melted butter (typically flavored with

spearmint Spearmint (''Mentha spicata''), also known as garden mint, common mint, lamb mint and mackerel mint, is native to Europe and southern temperate Asia, extending from Ireland in the west to southern China in the east. It is naturalized in many othe ...

Aleppo pepper The Aleppo pepper (, ALA-LC: ''fulful Ḥalabī''; ) is a moderately spicy variety of ''Capsicum annuum'' used as a spice, particularly in Turkish, Middle Eastern and Mediterranean cuisine. Also known as the Halaby pepper, its pods are ripened ...

) and topped with dry mint and Aleppo pepper flakes. Manti may be made from shredded meat of quail, chicken or goose in some regions of Turkey, while ''boş mantı'' ("empty dumpling") lack filling entirely. Turkish cuisine includes also other dumplings similar to manti, such as '' hingel'' and '' Tatar böreği''. These are typically larger than ''Kayseri mantısı''. File:Manti.jpg, Baked

manti File:Mantı in Çankaya - Ankara.jpg, Turkish ''mantı'' with melted butter, garlic-yogurt sauce and

File:Kayseri Mantısı.jpg, Turkish woman preparing ''Kayseri mantısı'' on a tray

In Bosnian cuisine

In Bosnian cuisine, the name ''klepe'' or ''kulaci'' is used. These are made of minced meat with onions. It is served in a sauce consisting of yogurt and garlic. There is also a separate dish called ''mantije'', which is made of the same ingredients, but the pastry balls are put together with no free space in between and baked. After the baking yogurt is poured on top. This second type is considered to be a

pita Pita ( or ; ) or pitta (British English), also known as Arabic bread (, ), as Lebanese bread and as kmaj (from the Persian ''kumaj''), is a family of yeast- leavened round flatbreads baked from wheat flour, common in the Mediterranean, Levant ...

or burek rather than manti and is primarily made in the region of

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, as well as in Kosovo.

Terminology

The dish is known as manti in several languages (, , , , ). Other spelling varieties include manty ( Kyrgyz, Tatar, ), mantu (

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Dari Dari (; endonym: ), Dari Persian (, , or , ), or Eastern Persian is the variety of the Persian language spoken in Afghanistan. Dari is the Afghan government's official term for the Persian language;Lazard, G.Darī – The New Persian ...

; ) or manta (, , ), Mongolian- mantuu (мантуу).

References

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