How to Wrap Ozi Parcels

How to Wrap Ozi Parcels

A kitchen preparation guide explaining how to wrap Ozi parcels.

A kitchen preparation video about wrapping ozi parcels.

Like assembling filled pastry or rice parcels.

Ingredients

  • rice
  • nuts
  • ghee

Instructions

  1. Leave the edges of the dough or pastry sheets extending outward while wrapping so that the rice does not spill out.
  2. Place the rice inside the dough or pastry sheets on the work surface.
  3. The rice must be cold before placing it inside the dough or pastry sheets on the work surface.
  4. Wrap the small parcel until it is sealed and ready.
  5. Brush the parcel with ghee after wrapping.
  6. Coat the parcel generously with ghee on the work surface; the chef noted that in Levantine dialect, “mansakha” means using plenty of ghee.

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