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Lagman

Hand-pulled noodles with a meat and vegetable sauce called vaja. A Dungan dish that became common across Central Asia.

4 servings · 130 minutes (estimated)

Lagman
Photo: Svetlov Artem · CC BY 4.0 · image source

Ingredients

Quantities for 4 servings.

  • 500 g Flour
  • 230 ml Water
  • 500 g Beef, in strips
  • 2 piece Bell peppers
  • 200 g Green beans
  • 200 g Green radish
  • 3 piece Tomatoes
  • 2 piece Onion
  • 6 clove Garlic
  • 2 tbsp Tomato paste
  • 1 tsp Cumin seed
  • 1 tsp Ground coriander
  • 120 ml Vegetable oil
  • 30 g Coriander leaf
  • to taste Salt and pepper

Method

  1. Knead a dough from the flour and warm salted water and work it fifteen minutes until smooth.
  2. Divide it into ropes, oil them generously, coil them in a bowl and leave them an hour under film.
  3. Stretch a rope, folding it in half and swinging it, until the strands are the thickness of a matchstick.
  4. Sear the beef in very hot oil, then add the onion, cumin and ground coriander.
  5. Add the vegetables in order: radish, beans, pepper, and the tomatoes and paste last.
  6. Add a cup of boiling water, season and stew ten minutes; the vegetables should keep their bite.
  7. Boil the noodles in plenty of water for three minutes, drain and divide between bowls. Vaja and coriander on top.
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