Shurpa is a rich and hearty lamb soup traditionally made with meat on the bone, a variety of vegetables, and bold spices. Popular across Central Asia and often served in homes throughout the Caucasus region, this warming dish is perfect for chilly days. It’s easy to prepare and impresses with its deep flavor…
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Azerbaijani Dolma Recipe – Delicious Stuffed Grape Leaves
Dolma is a famous dish of Mediterranean and Caucasian cuisine, particularly beloved in Azerbaijan. Traditional Azerbaijani dolma features grape leaves stuffed with aromatic minced meat, rice, and flavorful spices. Juicy, hearty, and incredibly delicious, this dish has gained popularity well beyond its region. In this Tastdish recipe, you’ll discover how to easily make…
Kharcho – Traditional Georgian Beef Soup with Rice and Walnuts
Kharcho is one of the most iconic dishes of Georgian cuisine. This rich and flavorful beef soup is known for its hearty texture, spicy-sour notes, and the unique combination of rice, walnuts, and garlic. Traditionally made with beef brisket and seasoned with khmeli-suneli and tkemali (a sour plum sauce), kharcho soup is the…
Armenian soup kololik
Kololik is essentially a soup with meatballs. However, the composition of its products, taste and technology, this dish is very different from European soups. Like many Armenian dishes, the kololik has several varieties, differing in the degree of complexity of cooking. The easiest in this respect is the ordinary kololik, the most complex,…
Azerbaijan soup piti
Soup piti is a national dish of Azerbaijan cuisine. This soup has several important features. Firstly, traditionally such soup is prepared exclusively from lamb with the addition of chickpeas. These components are often unchanged and they give the dish a rich, unique taste. Secondly, dried plum (or quince): this product gives broth a…
Kuchmachi
Kuchmachi – an unusually tasty and nutritious dish, which is quickly and easily prepared at home. Its basis is the offal, in our case – chicken hearts and liver. It is not difficult to prepare kuchmachi from chicken giblets. Do not get lost in the processes you will help our detailed recipe with…
Chakhokhbili with wine
The stew of poultry, widespread in the Caucasus. Chakhokhbili – Georgian recipe of national cuisine. The name of this dish comes from the Georgian word “hohobi”, which means a pheasant, from which it was to cook chakhokhbili. Now to find a pheasant is quite difficult, so we will tell you how to cook…
Khashlama on beer
Khashlama is an incredibly tasty Armenian dish, which is served to the table as the main first course. It is prepared mainly from lamb (less often – from veal) with vegetables. Armenian cuisine is one of the oldest in Asia and the oldest in Transcaucasia. It is very tasty, fragrant and satisfying dish….
Mutton and beef cutlets
According to this recipe, you will get very tasty cutlets from mutton and beef, which can be served even on the festive table! It is difficult to determine who was the first to prepare this dish, so we attributed it to international ones. Cutlets are usually a meat product made of minced meat…
Bozbash
If you want to make a regular dinner a real treat, then this delicious soup is what you need, because such an amazing combination of mutton, vegetables and fruits you will never forget!!! This is soup Bozbash. The recipe for cooking Azeri bozbash is very, very ancient and this soup has a variety…