Boorak

I have no idea if this is how you spell "boorak", but they are so delicious it doesn't even matter.  They are like Assyrian egg rolls made with ground beef, parsley, onions, and the perfect amount of spice.  My mother takes control of making the "gheema" (ground beef filling), I do the rolling, she does the frying, I do the eating. Perfect assembly line!

You start by preparing the gheema (another word I have no clue how to spell)

Browning the meat

Onions are cooking...

 



 

Adding the greens...

 

 

While the gheema cools a little bit, get out the egg roll wrappers

 

 

...and get your work station ready!

(The bowl on the right is filled with water)

 

Let the rolling begin!

 

Start by adding the meat.  I usually use about 2 tablespoons.. sometimes more.

Make sure you line the top half edges with some water before folding the sides in and rolling it up so it doesn't fall apart.

 

 

Those rolling skills are years in the making.

 

My aunt Evelyn's specialty.. giving it a couple chapooleh so it's flattened out. :-)

 

Waiting for the Queen to start frying.

 

Sizzzzzle time!

 

 

YUMMMMY

 

They are delicious and addicting.  Perfect for an appetizer, meal, snack, whatever.  They are even great leftover if you pop them in the oven for a few minutes!

 

 

We used 4 lbs. of beef because we cook in bulk.  You could easily use 1, 2, 3, ...whatever you are trying to make.

 

Boorak

Ingredients:

4 lbs ground beef
3 large onions, diced ( we used about 6/7 really small onions)
1.5 tbsp salt (to taste)
2.5 tbsp pepper (to taste)
1/2 tsp. hot red pepper
1.5 bunches parsley leaves, chopped
3 packages egg roll wrappers
Oil

Directions:
1. Cook ground beef on high until brown. Break it up into tiny pieces.
2. When the beef is brown, add the onions, salt, pepper, and hot red pepper.
3. When the onions are fully cooked, turn the stove off. Add the chopped parsley. Mix it around.
4. As the beef starts to cool, get out the egg roll wrappers and pour some water in a bowl.
5. Using about 2 heaping tablespoons of the ground beef, roll up a boorak like an egg roll. Use the water to help the wrapper stick together.
6. Heat some oil in a large pot. Fry them up until they are golden.
7. ENJOY!!