Category Archives: Caucasian

Pork and Lamb Lula-kebab with Herbs

27Jun

Lula-kebab is a popular dish of Azerbaijani cuisine and common in the Caucasus region, Central Asia and the Balkans. It's a ground meat formed into sausages and skewered. These can be cooked on a grill or in an oven. The most important thing in cooking Lula-kebab is when kneading the ground meat onto the skewer. The more you knead the meat, the better it will hold onto...

‘Hychiny’ – Thin piroshki with potatoes and cheese

Posted by Olya Sandstrom

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22Mar

Hychiny - pies with potato and cheese or meat stuffed with herbs, the national dish of Karachay and Balkar. This is one of the most prestigious courses in the list of bakery foods Karachay-Balkar Kitchen. I cooked 'hychiny' with potatoes and cheese stuffing, adding some mushrooms and changed shape. Usually hychiny are round and sliced into 4 pieces. Toppings...