Variations of manti can be found in many countries around Turkey, but it is mainly known as a Turkish signature dish. This pasta dish is normally non-vegan and stuffed with ground beef. Because of the rising amount of vegetarians and vegans, more and more producers offer meatless alternatives of it. Here I used convenience food, because making my own manti were a little bit too much effort for me. Sorry. Maybe I will some day make my own, hand-made manti for you. Then I'll update this recipe.

I found these manti in a Turkish supermarket, and I was surprised to see they offered vegan manti. But they were not marked as such. You may order high quality vegan manti online, too, but they are mostly quite expensive.

• 1 package vegan manti (about 200 grams for a full portion)
• 100 grams tomato sauce with a high percentage of tomato paste - check out my recipe!
• some fresh peppermint leaves
• some hot bell pepper flakes
• some dried oregano

For the vegan yogurt sauce

• try my recipe for vegan Tzaziki. You just need 2 - 3 table spoons

• Cook the manti for not more than 10 minutes in hot boiling water
• Strain the manti
• Heat the tomato sauce while you cook the manti
• Cover the bottom of a deep plate with tomato sauce
• Put the manti into the plate
• Spread some yogurt sauce over the manti
• Spread the spices over the manti
• Garnish with the mint leaves
• Serve and enjoy!