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Dushbarah (Düşbərə)

June 13, 2016 by Sophie Llewellyn Smith Leave a Comment

This is a traditional dish from the cuisine of Azerbaijan, a small country on the shores of the Caspian Sea, south of the mighty Caucasus Mountains. My family is from Azerbaijan so I was raised on my grandmothers’ and mom’s recipes of the traditional Azeri dishes. This one is my personal favourite, as prepared by my mother and her mother before her.

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Dushbarah
Dushbarah (Düşbərə)
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  • CourseMain courses
  • CuisineAzeri
Servings
4 servings
Servings
4 servings
Dushbarah
Dushbarah (Düşbərə)
Print Recipe
  • CourseMain courses
  • CuisineAzeri
Servings
4 servings
Servings
4 servings
Ingredients
Batter
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 3/4 cup warm water
Filling
  • 300 g ground beef
  • 100 g ground lamb
  • 1 onion
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 1 stem celery
  • allspice
  • salt
Broth
  • 4 cups water
  • salt
  • 1 tbsp tomato paste
  • tbsp vegetable oil
  • beef broth or vegetable bouillon cubes optional
Servings: servings
Instructions
  1. Prepare the batter. Knead the dough until it becomes as soft as an earlobe and doesn’t stick to your hands. Let it rest for 30 minutes.
  2. Split it into two halves and roll each of them out as thin as possible. Cut the rolled out dough into small squares (like a chessboard) and stuff each square with the ground beef and lamb filling, then carefully fold each (see picture). Sprinkle with flour.
  3. In a saucepan, prepare the broth and bring it to a boil. Add the little dushbarahs and wait until they start floating. After they float, cook for another five minutes. Nush olsun!
  4. Serve with vinegar, garlic and dry mint.
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