A savory Indonesian snack of a filled pancake. The dough is easy to make and is worth the trouble making your own. For a quick version of this murtabak you could go for fillo pastry or use a savory pancake instead.
Of all the ingredients for the pastry keep the butter separate and mix the rest to a smooth dough. Wrap the dough in plastic and put away in a warm spot for at least an hour.
Start working on the preparations for the filling. Check after an hour if the dough is nice and smooth, divide into 4 portions. If it is still too sticky knead a little more flour through the pastry until it is easy to handle and doesn't stick too much.
Add a bit of butter to each portion and wrap the dough around the butter, making a little dough ball. Roll out these balls on a greased surface till really thin. It's useful to do them all first so you can bake them one after the other. You can put them on top of each other with some aluminium foil in between.
Alternatively you can also use fillopastry instead. Saves a lot of time!
Making the filling
While your dough is resting heat a few tablespoons of oil in a frying pan and make your stuffing.
Bake the onion, garlic, chili and ginger until translucent and then add the curry paste and the minced meat. Break the meat apart and bake till golden. Add salt and pepper if needed.
Add the mint and the coriander at the last minute and bake for another minute. Leave to cool completely after this. As soon as it is cooled add the whisked eggs and stir through.
Assembling
Using a big pan (it needs to fit the murtabaks) heat some oil or ghee and into the pan add one of the sheets of pastry like some kind of pancake.
After about a minute scoop a quarter of your meat filling in the middle and directly fold over the four sides. You will get a square parcel doing that. Using two spatula press gently on the murtabak to flatten it a bit.
If for whatever reason you fail to make the parcel or your murtabaks are too big to fit into the pan; you can make it either into a rectangle or scoop the filling in while on the kitchen counter, fold it into a parcel and than put the parcel in one go into the pan. That'll also work.
Leave the parcel to bake for about 2 minutes each side until golden and crispy and than use two spatula's to turn it on the other side.
Remove from the stove and cut into equal squares or whatever shape you like.