Explanation of names of dishes and ingredients of Georgian cuisine

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Kaurma lagman (kovurma lagmon)Cherry plum - garden cherry plum - a special type of plum, fruits - yellow or greenish-yellow in color, sometimes - with a red tint, sweet and sour taste.

Artala - in Georgian - beef drumstick, as well as soup made from drumstick.

Ajapsandali - a food prepared mainly from a mixture of tomatoes, eggplant, potatoes and onions.

Dried turkey basturma
Dried turkey basturma
Basturma - shish kebab from marinated meat (tenderloin or flesh of a ham).

Bazha - a dish common in Western Georgia; made from boiled or fried poultry in nut sauce (satsebeli).

Buglama (buglama) - the first dish generally prepared from meat, with a small amount of liquid.

Bozbashi - specially prepared mutton soup.

Borani - the second dish of vegetables or vegetables with chicken, covered with whipped yogurt.

Gadazelili - (cheese) - the first dish of young Imeretian cheese with mint pounded in milk or water.

Gomi (mamalyga) is a thick, mushy dish made from corn flour or millet and water (no seasonings and salt). It is used instead of bread and served with spicy dishes.

Gozinaki is a traditional New Year's delicacy made from walnuts or almonds with honey.

Danduri is a purslane.

Jonjoli (klekachka) - unblown flower buds of the plant of the same name - a tree or shrub (fermented in brine).

Imeretian saffron
Imeretian saffron
Imeretian saffron - marigolds. An annual herb. Its yellow flowers are widely used in Georgian cuisine both fresh and dried as a seasoning.

Fig - southern tree or shrub with juicy sweet fruits, which are eaten both fresh and dried (wine berry).

Kada is a rich puff pastry with a sweet filling of flour, sugar and butter.

Kinza - quiche, coriander; both leaves and seeds are eaten.

Kaurma lagman (kovurma lagmon)
Kaurma lagman (kovurma lagmon)
Kaurma is a stew.

Sour lavash (tklapi) - fruit puree (from plum, sloe, tkemali, dogwood and other sour fruits), dried in the form of thin oval cakes; it is used as a seasoning for food.

Ketsi - clay (smaller) or stone (large) frying pan for baking bread, mchad, khachapuri and roasting chicken, fish, etc.

Gourmet kupaty
Gourmet kupaty
Kupaty - sausages made from raw pork or from a mixture of pork and beef, seasoned with pomegranate or barberry and spices.

Lobio - beans (green and whole beans).

Matsoni - yogurt, sour milk.

Husbands - boiled pork; specially prepared pork and pork legs.

Mchadi - bread, a tortilla made of corn flour.

Masharabi - boiled pomegranate juice.

Nazuki - butter bread.

Ombalo - flea mint, bullet mint, field grass, perennial wild herb; leaves, both fresh and dried, are used as a seasoning for dishes.

Pilaf is a dish of rice cooked in a special way.

Poultry satsivi in ​​a multicooker Brand 37502
Poultry satsivi in ​​a multicooker Brand 37502
Satsivi - a dish of livestock with a sauce of chopped walnuts and vinegar.

Satsebeli - sauce, gravy, as well as a poultry dish in a special nut sauce.

Suluguni - one of the types of pickled cheeses; made from cow, buffalo or goat milk, has a sharp sour milk taste and smell.

Suneli (suneli hops) is a dry seasoning: a mixture of crushed coriander seeds, red pepper, herbs, fenugreek shells and other spicy plants. In Georgia, this ready-made dry mixture can be purchased at the collective farm market.

Tapa - a frying pan, as well as a roast specially cooked in a large frying pan, which can be served in the same dish in which it was fried (hence the name of the dish - tapa).

Tolma - stuffed cabbage; in addition to cabbage, grape leaves or hollowed-out fruits and vegetables (quince, tomatoes, eggplants, etc.) can serve as a shell for minced meat.

Thin lavash - a type of bread baked in a special way with thin large oval sheets.

Tkemali from honeysuckle
Tkemali from honeysuckle
Tkemali - wild cherry plum.

Hashi - specially prepared soup made from tripe and garlic.

Kharcho - a special type of spicy soup; it is prepared mainly from fatty beef, as well as from lamb, chicken and without meat).

Khashlama - pieces of boiled beef or lamb, served mainly cold.

Khachapuri - a kind of cheesecake stuffed with cheese.

Khinkali - specially prepared dumplings; served hot without any seasonings.

Chanakhi or Chanakh
Chanakhi or Chanakh
Chanakhi - seasoned lamb cooked in earthenware.

Chakhokhbili - the name of a dish prepared from a piece of meat or poultry fried with onions (vegetarian is also prepared).

Ramson - a kind of wild onion with a garlic smell.

Chikhirtma
Chikhirtma
Chikhirtma - chicken broth with stewed onions, seasoned with vinegar, egg yolks and seasoning.

Shampoo - a skewer, a rod for roasting meat and other products over a fire.

Ekala - sassaparil, pava

T.P.Sulakvelidze, "Georgian Dishes"

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