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Turkmenistan · soup · English edition

Dograma

Crumbled flatbread with mutton and onion under hot broth. The Turkmen dish of Eid al-Adha.

6 servings · 150 minutes (estimated)

Ingredients

Quantities for 6 servings.

  • 1.5 kg Mutton on the bone
  • 500 g Unleavened çörek flatbread
  • 3 piece Onions
  • 2 piece Tomatoes, optional
  • 1 tsp Black pepper
  • 2 piece Bay leaf
  • to taste Salt

Method

  1. Cover the mutton with cold water, bring it up and skim thoroughly.
  2. Simmer two hours with the bay, until the meat comes away from the bone.
  3. Lift out the meat, cool it and pull it into threads by hand, discarding bones and sinew.
  4. Crumble the flatbread by hand into pieces the size of a fingernail. Do not cut it.
  5. Slice the onion thin and work it with a pinch of salt so it softens.
  6. Mix the bread, meat and onion dry in a large bowl, and season.
  7. Divide between bowls and pour over the strained boiling broth immediately before serving.
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