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SALADS AND UPPETIZERS  
   
Salad “khazar”
Salad “Azerbaijan”
Kuku of greens
Fisindjan of beans
Soyutma
Salad
   
   
  SOUPS AND BROTHS
   
Dushbara Pyty
Kyufta-bozbash
Dushbara
Dovga
Ovdukh
   
   

 

 

 

 

SALAD “KHAZAR”

375 gr sturgeon;
55 gr fresh-salted salmon;
30 gr soft caviar;
160 gr potatoes;
180 gr fresh cucumbers;
55 gr tarragon;
160 gr sour cream;
55 gr green lettuce;
1 lemon;
pepper
salt.

Boil fish, remove skin and gristles. Dress cut vegetables with sour cream, pile on the plate and decorate with long fish slices, green lettuce, tarragon and coiled salmon slices stuffed with soft caviar.

 

 

 

SALAD “AZERBAIJAN”

60 gr tomatoes;
45 gr cucumbers;
15 gr spring onions;
20 gr onions;
45 gr red garden radish;
30 gr sour cream;
10 gr dill;
pepper;
salt.

Slice tomatoes, cucumbers, red radish finely and put on the plate. Place the shredded spring onions in the centre. Place coiled onions on tomatoes, season with salt, pepper, sour cream and dill. Decorate the salad with lettuce leaves.

 

 

 

 

KUKU OF GREENS

2 eggs;
25 gr spring onions;
15 gr coriander,
10 gr dill;
30 gr spinach;
30 gr melted butter;
pepper;
salt.

Shred dill, spinach, spring onions finely, add pepper, salt, eggs and beat up thoroughly. Sometimes finely crumbled white bread or a tea-spoon of flour is abed. Heat up butter in the frying pan and pour on the beaten up mass evenly. When eggs are ready cut the kuku into two-four pieces, overturn and brown. Pour on melted butter when serving. Serve sour milk separately.

 

 

 


FISINDJAN OF BEANS

100 gr. red beans;
30 gr. onions;
20 gr. melted butter;
30 gr. walnut kernel;
20 gr. Vinegar
or 15 gr. pomegranate juice;
20 gr. coriander;
pepper;
salt.

Mash boiled beans, dress with finely cut onions, salt and pepper. Shred the walnut kernel, add vinegar or pomegranate juice and mix with the mashed beans. Dress with coriander and coiled onions.

 

 

 

SOYUTMA

217 gr. lamb;
30 gr onions;
280 gr. tomatoes;
30 gr. sour cream;
0.1 gr. pepper;
salt.

Boil 1- 0,5 kg a piece of lamb till it is ready. Take out of the broth and cool down in cold place. Put 2 – 3 mm thick meat slices on the plate, garnish with sliced tomatoes and coiled onions, pour on sour cream.

 

 

 

PYTY

163 gr. mutton;
20 gr. sheep fat;
15 gr. rice;
30 gr. fresh alycha
or 10 gr. dried alycha;
25 gr. peas;
150 gr. potatoes;
18 gr. onions;
0,1 gr. saffron (in summer time saffron is replaced for fresh tomatoes – 50 gr.);
0,1 gr. dried mint;
pepper;
salt.

Take 2-3 pieces of mutton (55 – 60 gr.) per each portion. Soak peas for 4-5 hours. Simmer meat and peas in the pyty-pot. Before 30 minutes the soup is ready add potatoes, cut onions, alycha (kind of damson), saffron infusion and bring to the readiness. Serve peeled onions and sumac powder separately.

 

 

 

KYUFTA-BOZBASH

163 gr. mutton;
20 gr. sheep fat;
15 gr. rice;
30 gr. fresh alycha
or 10 gr. dried alycha;
25 gr. peas;
150 gr. potatoes;
18 gr. onions;
0,1 gr. saffron;
0,1 gr. dried mint;
pepper;
salt.

Make a broth from bones. Mince the mutton flesh with onions. Add rice, salt, pepper into the forcemeat and mix thoroughly. Make meat balls (1-2 per a helping) and place 2-3 berries of dried alycha into a meat ball. When peas are ready put meat ball in the broth, add potatoes, shredded and browned onions and before 10-15 minutes till the readiness add pepper, saffron infusion, salt and bring to the readiness. When serving sprinkle with fresh coriander or in winter time – with dried mint.

 

 

 

DUSHBARA

108 gr. mutton;
40 gr. wheat flour;
1/4 egg;
18 gr. onions;
10 gr. vinegar;
15 gr. coriander
or 1 gr. dried mint;
pepper;
salt.

Make the broth from mutton bones and prepare the force-meat from the flesh adding onions and spices. Roll unsalted dough 1 mm thick, cut into even squares and put 2-3 gr. of force-meat. Wrap shaping rectangles of triangles and stick edges together. Cook dumplings in the broth for 5 minutes then they come to the surface. Dushbara are made very small so 4-5 of them go in a tablespoon. When serving sprinkle with coriander or dried mint. Vinegar mixed with shredded garlic is served separately to taste.

 

 

 

DOVGA

108 gr. mutton;
15 gr. onions;
15 gr. peas;
200 gr. sour milk;
40 gr. sour cream;
1/4 egg;
8 gr. flour;
20 gr. rice;
18 gr. spring onions;
40 gr. spinach;
30 gr. coriander, dill, kyavyar;
15 gr. mint;
10 gr. celery;
pepper;
salt;
cinnamon.

Dovga is a soup made of sour milk. Mix sour milk with sour cream, dough, egg and add rice. Cook mixture and stir continuously to prevent setting. Bring to boil, add shredded herbs and salt. Bring to the readiness. Dovga is made with meat or without. To make dovga with meat cook peas separately till half readiness. Shape quenelles from the force-meat and cook with peas till readiness. Mix peas and quenelles with dovga.

 

 

 

OVDUKH

200 gr. sour milk;
100 gr. water;
100 gr. fresh cucumbers;
40 gr. spring onions;
10 gr. coriander;
10 gr. dill;
5 gr. bazil;
1/2 egg;
108 gr. beef;
salt;
garlic.

Beat up sour milk and dilute with cool boiled water. Peel and slice onions, shred herbs. Mix with diluted sour milk, season with salt, garlic and place in the fridge. Serve cold. In some cases one can add boiled and finely sliced beef and hard boiled egg. Usually ovdukh is made without meat.

 

 
 
   
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