Kharcho in Georgian UA2DAY

Seasoned soups are very popular in Georgian cuisine. They are prepared with cereals, eggs, vegetables, spicy sauces, nuts and other components that give soups a rich taste and enrich them with proteins, vitamins and trace elements. The well-known kharcho soup belongs to the relish soups. Consistence eat Georgian much thicker than a simple rice soup, and the taste and aroma are more concentrated.

Ingredients for cooking Georgian food:

1. Lamb breast – 1 kg.
2. Water – 3-3.5 liters
3. Round-grain rice – 200 gr.
4. Lamb fat (butter) – 90 gr.
5. Onions – 240 gr.
6. Garlic – 20 gr.
7. Tomato puree – 90 gr.
8. Tkemali – 120 gr.
9. Suneli hops – 3 gr.
10. Dried cilantro – 3 gr.
11. Fresh parsley – 120 gr.
12. Red capsicum – 3 gr.
13. Salt – to taste

Inventory:

1. Pan
2. Frying pan
3. Cutting board
4. A kitchen knife
5. Mortar
6. Tablespoon

Preparation of kharcho in the Georgian way:

Step 1: Boil the lamb

Wash the lamb breast with cold running water, cut off excess fat and film with a knife. Cut the meat into pieces 2 by 3 cmput them in a saucepan, pour 3 liters of cold water and boil until half cooked (approx. 45-60 minutes)periodically removing the foam.

Step 2: Prepare the ingredients

Peel the garlic and finely chop it. Parsley is washed with cold water, scalded with boiling water and also finely chopped. Grind parsley with garlic in a mortar.

Peel the onion, chop it into small cubes.

Grease the pan with lamb fat or butter and fry chopped onions, tomato puree, stirring, 5-7 minutes. Then we add suneli hops and dried cilantro to it.

Sort the rice and wash it thoroughly with cold water.

Step 3: Combine the ingredients

Put washed rice, garlic and sauteed onion, tomato puree, tkemali sauce and salt in the broth with lamb. We cook soup 40-60 minutes, and add garlic, crushed with parsley, and red capsicum. Let’s boil the food again 3-5 minutes and turn off. Let it brew 5-10 minutesand then we take out the capsicum from the food and throw it away.

Step 4: Serve Georgian food

Pour the finished food on plates and sprinkle with parsley.

Bon appetit!

Advice:

– Instead of lamb, you can take beef brisket. In this case, the meat is cooked for 1.5 hours, after which rice and other products are added.

– Dry seasonings can be replaced with allspice and bay leaves if desired.

– Tomato puree can be replaced with tomato paste or fresh tomatoes (0.5 kg), from which the skin must be removed and cut into very small pieces with a knife.

– Along with garlic and capsicum, ground walnuts can be added to food.