Some Dishes Some Dishes of Dagestan of Dagestan

CuisineCuisine

Shashlik (kebabs)Shashlik (kebabs)

Shashlik is one of the most popular dishes with both men and women here in Dagestan. It is cooked from marinated mutton,tomatoes and onions.

The pieces of meat, onion and sometimes tomatoes are stringed on the spades and are fried on a special frying stove called mangal.

Served hot, may be served with wine or brandy.

Avar KhinkalAvar Khinkal The dough is made The dough is made

with yogurt. Then with yogurt. Then rolled out to 5 rolled out to 5 m.m. thick and cut m.m. thick and cut into pieces. Boiled into pieces. Boiled to the readiness to the readiness and served with and served with boiled lamb meat boiled lamb meat and garlic sauce. and garlic sauce. PiercePierce with the with the fork when taking fork when taking the khinkal from the khinkal from the boiling water.the boiling water.

Manty Manty (Pies with meat (Pies with meat prepared on the steam)prepared on the steam)

Make a dough mixing flour, salt and water. Roll out thin and cut into pieces 10x10 cm. Put the meat filling inside. Cover with the left dough and prepare on the steam.

Serve with garlic sauce, or with melted butter with red pepper.

CheburekyChebureky They may be They may be

called fried called fried Caucasian pies.Caucasian pies.

Prepare the Prepare the dough mixing dough mixing water, flour and water, flour and salt. Make thick salt. Make thick sausages, cut sausages, cut them into pieces them into pieces and make dough and make dough balls. balls.

Leave for fifteen minutes and then roll the balls into thin circles. Put meat filling and fry in a frying pan with oil until they become gold.

ChuduChuduThe recipe is nearly the same as cooking chebureks with the only difference that you can use different fillings – minced meat with different flavorings, boiled pumpkin stuffing, cheese and curds, etc.

Roll the dough Roll the dough balls into balls into circles,circles,

Put the stuffing Put the stuffing on the first on the first circle, take circle, take another one and another one and cover the circle cover the circle with the with the stuffing. Press stuffing. Press tightly the tightly the edges or cut edges or cut them with the them with the special dough special dough wheel. wheel.

KurzeKurze The dough is The dough is

made from made from water, salt and water, salt and flour. Roll out flour. Roll out thin and cut thin and cut circles with the circles with the cup or glass. cup or glass. Prepare the Prepare the filling – minced filling – minced lamb meat with lamb meat with spices. spices.

Make either of such shape as in the previous picture or like dumplings. Boil until all of them come up.

Serve hot with garlic sauce or sour cream with minced garlic.

Fried EggplantsFried EggplantsTake some good size eggplants, cut them along and rub them with salt. Leave for half and hour, them wash in plenty of water. Fry on a frying pan in sunflower oil. Serve hot. Enjoy!

The recipe is the same, but cut the eggplants into round pieces not too thick. Fry in plenty of oil. Serve with tomatoes and sour cream or mayonnaise.

Enjoy! If you have got interested, we’ll send you the recipes.