The famous Armenian dish of kyufta is popular not only in Armenia, but also in many other countries. Kyfta is a traditional dish, widely spread over a long stretch of territory from India and Iran to Albania and Macedonia, as well as in the Middle East. In Turkey, there are 291 recipes for cooking kuffy. During the Ottoman rule, the kuffy recipe "migrated" from the Turkish cuisine to the national cuisines of many Slavic peoples, as well as the peoples of Southern Europe. Thus, at the present time in the preparation of kyufty (as well as in the sounding of the name), there are many regional and national differences. This dish is meatballs, which are cooked mainly from chopped or ground meat. The dish is very popular in Turkey, Armenia and Azerbaijan. In Armenia, kyuftu is usually prepared from beef, it is served with hot pepper and tsitsak butter. Early recipes presupposed the preparation of lamb mutton, meatballs were coated with a mixture of egg yolk and saffron.
Ciutfa with mango salsa sauce
Ingredients (for 4 servings):
- gram 700 minced meat from mutton meat;
- 4 slices of white bread (crust cut);
- 1 onion;
- 3 tablespoons chopped parsley;
- 1 egg;
- Saffron and other dry spices - to taste.
Preparation:
Soak the wooden skewers in cold water for an hour. Bread wet, slightly squeeze and mash in a bowl with a fork. Add minced meat, onion, egg, parsley and dried spices. A little bit and we will carefully mix. With wet hands roll balls and lay out on the board. Warm up the grill or frying pan. If the grill - grease grate, if frying pan - pour in it oil. We put on skewers on 3-4 balls and fry, periodically turning.
Ingredients for salsa mango sauce:
- 1 ripe large mango fruit;
- 1 red onion, peeled;
- 2-4 cloves of garlic;
- 2 tablespoons chopped coriander;
- finely grated zest and lime juice;
- 1 red hot pepper.
Preparation:
To make a mango salsa sauce, cut the pulp of the mango into small cubes (or rub it on a grater). We mix with chopped onions, coriander, paprika, juice and lime rind. A little bit. Can be brought to homogeneity in the blender. We will serve kyufta with salsa, slices of lemon, we will also serve cakes, you can have vegetable salad, boiled rice.
Armenian kufta
How to cook, went kyufta, that is, kyuftu Armenian? Here is a recipe with beef meat.
Ingredients:
- 2 kg of beef or veal;
- 500 grams of bulgur (special cereals from ground wheat);
- 2-3 onions;
- 150 grams of chopped walnuts;
- 1-2 eggs;
- red and black pepper;
- dry spices;
- butter;
- salt;
- lemons.
Preparation:
Let's skip the meat through the meat grinder. Peeled and finely chopped onions in a deep frying pan in vegetable oil until golden brown. Add to the onion 1 kg of ground beef, mix and lightly fry together with onions until the color changes. Intensively