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Tajik Cuisine

↳ from Dushanbe, Tajikistan

Central Asian cooking with plov, noodle soups and flat breads, plus dried mulberries and apricots from the Pamir mountains. Tea is constant.

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Specialties

History

Tajiks are a Persian-speaking people of the Silk Road, so their cooking mixes Persian and Central Asian ideas.

Ingredients

  • Lamb
  • Rice
  • Carrots
  • Onion
  • Dried fruits
  • Flatbread (non)
  • Green tea

How it's made

  1. Fry onion and meat in oil
  2. Add carrot and spices, then rice and water
  3. Steam gently
  4. Serve on a large dish with non bread
  5. Drink green tea
to drink

What Tajikistan drinks

Green tea, ayran, kurut drink

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