Tajikistan
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Qurutob
Tajikistan's national dish: torn flatbread soaked in a qurut (dried yogurt) sauce with fried onions and tomatoes — eaten by hand from one great wooden bowl. Ingredients: fatir flaky flatbread, qurut balls (or yogurt), on…
Oshi Palav
The Tajik plov: rice cooked with lamb, carrots and chickpeas in a kazan — simpler and gentler than its Uzbek sibling, crowned with quail eggs and served at every celebration. Ingredients: rice, lamb, carrots, onions, chi…
Fattir
The flaky bread of the Tajik table: a layered flatbread of flour, water and butter or fat, rolled into spirals and baked until it shatters — made to be torn for qurutob. Ingredients: flour, water, salt, butter or sheep f…
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