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Azerbaijani Şəki Piti — Slow-Cooked Lamb and Chickpea Stew
Piti is associated especially with Şəki in Azerbaijan, where it is often slow-cooked in individual earthenware pots. Tender lamb, chickpeas, saffron and dried sour…
Azerbaijani Düşbərə — Tiny Lamb Dumplings in Broth
Düşbərə is an Azerbaijani dumpling soup famous for exceptionally small lamb-filled dumplings. The pleasure is as much in shaping them as eating them: the…
Azerbaijani Yarpaq Dolması — Lamb-Stuffed Vine Leaves
Yarpaq dolması is a cherished Azerbaijani preparation of small vine-leaf parcels filled with lamb, a little rice and plentiful herbs. Compared with some rice-heavy…
Azerbaijani Göy Qutab — Greens-Stuffed Flatbreads
Qutab (also written gutab) is an Azerbaijani thin, folded flatbread prepared on a hot saj or griddle. The greens version, göy qutab, brings together…
Azerbaijani Shah Plov — Saffron Rice in Lavash Crust
Azerbaijani Shah Plov with saffron rice, lamb, chestnuts and dried fruit baked inside a crisp golden lavash crust.