Size (twice smaller) and method of serving: cuchvara is cooked in a rich meat broth with tomato and served as soup. Russian dumplings are boiled in water and eaten separately with butter.
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Chuchvara (Uzbek dumplings)
Chuchvars are small Uzbek dumplings, cooked in a rich meat broth with tomato, served as soup. A classic of everyday cuisine.
- Preparation
- 60 min
- Cooking.
- 25 min
- Totally.
- 85 min
- portion
- 4
Chuchvara - small Uzbek dumplings (twice smaller than Russian), which are brewed right in a rich meat broth with tomato and onions. This dish is "two in one": both soup and the second. Chuchvara is traditionally served in Uzbek families for a daily lunch - it is faster in cooking than pilaf, but at the same time is just as hearty.
Instructions
- 1
Step 1. Mix the dough, cover and leave for 30 minutes.
- 2
Step 2. In the pan, roast the beef for the broth for 5 minutes.
- 3
Step 3. Add the onions and carrots, warm up for 5 minutes.
- 4
Step 4. Enter tomatoes and paste, stew for 5 minutes.
- 5
Step 5. Pour 1.5 liters of water, boil the broth for 45 minutes.
- 6
Step 6. In parallel, make a filling: beef + onions + spices.
- 7
Step 7. Rotate the dough thinly (1.5mm); cut in 3x3cm squares.
- 8
Step 8. For each square - a pinch of filling (with beans); pinch with a triangle, connect opposite angles.
- 9
Step 9. When the broth is ready, add cue and coriander, salt.
- 10
Step 10. Dip the cuchvara in the boiling broth; boil 7-8 minutes before surfacing and another 2 minutes from above.
Technological tips
- Chuchvar is smaller than Russian dumplings: the square of the dough is 3 cm, not 5-7.
- Do not cook cuchwara separately from the broth - it is brewed directly in it, giving meat juice.
- If done in advance, freeze raw on the board, then pour over.
- Serve - deep bowl, broth with dumplings, greens on top, sour cream separately.
FAQ
Chuchvara (Uzbek dumplings) - frequent questions
Yeah, but the texture will be a little different. Uzbek dough on Chuchvara is thinner and more elastic.
20-25 grand for the bowl. From 400 g of flour will be about 80-100 pieces - 4 portions.
Technically yes - with mushrooms or with pumpkin in the filling. But this is no longer a classic Chuchvara; in Uzbek tradition it is meat.
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Collect ingredients for the recipe in the Uzbek bazaar
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