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Turkmen Cuisine

↳ from Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

Desert nomads' food: lamb, bread, melons, soups and pilaf. Turkmenistan is famed for its melons.

must try ↓

Specialties

History

Turkmen nomads depended on herd animals, so meat and dairy are central. Silk Road trade added rice and spices.

Ingredients

  • Lamb
  • Wheat
  • Rice
  • Melon
  • Onion
  • Yoghurt
  • Tea

How it's made

  1. Bake bread in a tandyr oven
  2. Cook meat dumplings or pilaf
  3. Serve with melon and tea
to drink

What Turkmenistan drinks

Green tea, chal (fermented camel milk)

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