Kartoshka burma

Hi everyone! I am so glad that I finally found some time for posting a recipe:) I tried out new dish and wanted to share it with you. Do you guys remember the recipe "Qovoq burma" , this is almost the same thing, just the filling is different. Instead of pumpkin, I used boiled and mashed potatoes and I loved the result! It is perfect with light soups! Surely try it:)
Ingredients:
Same dough as for "Qovoq burma"
For the filling:
2-3 medium sized potatoes
4-5 tbsp of hot milk (or more, just to make it easier for mashing)
50 grams of butter
1 medium sized onion, peeled ans sliced
Salt to taste
Pinch of fresh grounded pepper
Guys, how do you cook potatoes for your mashed potatoes:) ? I prefer cooking them with skin, putting them in already boiling water,I think that will help to keep most of important minerals and vitamins, again who knows:)So, I take out them when they are fully cooked and peel of their skin. All potatoes go in to the deep bowl. Then go salt, pepper and milk in there:) Mash, mash, mash until smooth.
In separate pan, melt the butter and fry onions until transparent.
Add onions in to the mashed potatoes and finely mix them up:)
Now roll out the dough and divide in four, grease a little bit with oil or clarified butter and spread out the filling evenly all over the piece,

roll each piece around itself forming a log, then roll in to "snail":) Now your snail shaped "burma"s are ready for frying!
Fry each side as described in "Qovoq burma".
Now enjoy your "Kartoshka burma" and surely share with your loved ones! And not loved ones also:) I recommend loving everyone:) Be positive in everything!

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"Olma" pechenyesi ("Apple biscuits")

Hi there my dears! God bless us all in our wonderful and amazing lives!!! I feel so positive and joyful right now, that I wanted to share my LOVE and energy with you all! I just want to say that, keep on dreaming and believe in everything good! I love you all!!!
As for recipe:) I don't really remember the origin of these biscuits, but I know them from my childhood, so I can relate them to our cuisine:) Try to choose sweet, medium sized apples, which are flavorful and not so juicy. I made 6 "Apple"s out of this recipe:)
Ingredients:
130 grams of butter or margarine
100 ml of full fat cream
Half a tsp of baking powder
Half a cup of powdered sugar
Plain flour as needed (better start to measure flour, as sometimes it's complicated for beginner cooks, sorry, xoxo)
6 apples
6 tsp of cinnamon powder
Handful of black raisins
Handful of any nuts (I used almonds)
6 cloves
Grate butter using the big eye of the grater. Add in 1 cup of flour and start to mix, rubbing it between the palms of your hands. When it gets crumbly, add in sour cream, sugar, baking powder and mix again with spatula. Now start adding more flour, mix with hands, until you will form medium hard dough. Cover and put in fridge for 1 hour.
Divide the dough in 6 equal parts. Clean your apples using special knife.

Now, roll out one of the pieces of dough and sprinkle some cinnamon on top, put apple in the middle and fill with nuts and raisins. Sprinkle more cinnamon on top.

Pinch out the edges, to finely cover the apple. Put one clove at the top.

Repeat with other dough pieces and apples. Bake in preheated oven, using the middle rack, until nice, light golden in color. Take out and generously sprinkle with powdered sugar. Mmmm, yummy! Enjoy!
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Pishloqli chuchvara (Cottage cheese Dumplings )

I learned this dish from my mother-in-law (she also cooked it very rarely). I liked this dish at that times, but I almost forgot about it:) Recently I was thinking about to cook some vegetarian dish and I remembered about this meal. Although my mother-in-law made them same as regular "chuchvara"s (I mean the shape), I decided to make them bigger, in rectangle shape, to make my work easier (as I am a big Lazy girl). "Pishloqli chuchvara" is very good source of protein and calcium. Cheese that I used, in Uzbekistan is usually called "tvorog" which is similar to cottage cheese, ricotta cheese or even paneer. Try to use fresh, thick and non sour cheese.
Ingredients:
Same dough as for "chuchvara"
200 grams of cottage cheese
1 big egg
1 tbsp of clarified butter
Salt to taste
Half a tsp of fresh ground pepper
Fresh sour cream for serving
Make the dough, cover and let it rest. Prepare filling: finely mash cottage cheese with eggs, salt, pepper and butter. Set aside.
Roll out the dough and cut 2X2 inch squares. Put in 1 tsp of filling and finely pinch the edges.

Continue pinching, until you will use up filling or dough:)
In separate bowl, boil about1.5 liters of water and bring to boil. Add in 1.5 tsp of salt and 1 tbsp of any vegetable oil. Put "pishloqli chuchvara"s in boiling water, about 10-15 at once. Ready dumplings will float to the surface, but still you need to cook them 1 min more, to be sure, that filling is cooked well.
Cook as many dumplings as you need and keep the rest in your freezer.
Serve dumplings with sour cream and enjoy!!!


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Ismaloqli kesma lag'mon (Noodles with spinach)

As I already wrote, I love experimenting in kitchen:) So I decided to make green noodles for lunch:) I used spinach for color and it gave great taste too! For topping, I just fried minced meat and vegetables and serve it with colorful corn, just to give that dramatic and appetizing look for my "Kesma lag'mon" :) Prepare noodles and save some for later use. I usually dry my noodles or just put them in freezer.
Ingredients:
200 ml of spinach juice
2 eggs
1,5 tsp of salt
Plain flour as needed
150 ml of vegetable oil (I used corn oil)
350 gram of minced meat
2 onions, peeled and sliced
2 tomatoes, finely chopped
1 capsicum, chopped
2 tbsp of tomato puree or paste
Salt to taste
1 tsp of ground coriander
1 tsp of black cumin seeds
Sweet corn and fresh chopped greens for serving
Slightly beat up eggs with spinach juice. Add in salt. Gradually add flour, until you form slightly hard dough, but not too hard. Cover and let it rest for 20 min.
Generously sprinkle the surface with flour, roll out the dough (about 0.5 mm thick) and again sprinkle generously with flour, just to prevent sticking. Let it dry for 5-8 min, then roll around itself forming long log. Start cutting the log in 1/4 inch thick slices.

Open up every slice, hang them over and let them dry for at least 20 min. I use my rolling stick and 2 chairs for drying my noodles:)

While your noodles are drying, prepare the topping: Heat up oil and brown minced meat over medium heat, add in onions and fry until onions are slightly golden in color. Add in capsicum, fry until capsicum is half done. Finally add in tomatoes and tomato paste. Fry until oil will start to separate out. At the end, add in spices and fry for 2 min more. Add in salt and then take from the stove.
Boil 2 liters of water in deep bowl and add in 1 tbsp of salt in it. Add in less then a half of your noodles and cook for about 3-4 min or less, just until noodles are soft and cooked. Drain all water and then serve topping with fried meat and vegetables. Also sprinkle corn and greens for additional color and enjoy your creative and beautiful lunch!!!
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Shirgrechka:) (Milk porridge with buckwheat)

Usually I call this meal "Grechkali kasha" which means buckwheat porridge, almost in Russian:) so I decided to call it "Shirgrechka" :) This meal is great for breakfast, as it contains useful elements and calcium, so needed for our bones: I love porridges!!!
Ingredients (for three people):
600 ml of milk (full fat or reduced, but I used full fat, as it is tastier:))
1 cup of buckwheat
Salt to taste
Sugar to taste
Butter for serving (1, 5 tsp for each bowl)
Finely wash buckwheat and pour in milk. Put on stove and bring to boil. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally as at the end it can stick to the bottom. Cook until porridge is thick and buckwheat is finely cooked. At the very end, sprinkle salt and sugar, mix well and serve topping with butter. Your delicious and healthy breakfast is ready to enjoy!
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Happy new year!!!

Hi my dearest friends and my lovely followers! Happy new year for everyone!!! I wish you all, that your most precious and brightest dreams come true this coming year! Wish you all, health, happiness, joy, luck and lots of love!!! May you all be happy and joyful all the time!!!
I hope this coming year will be successful for all of us. I love you all and once more a very very Happy New Year!!! xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo!!!!

Loviyali ugra (Noodle soup with black eyed peas)

"Loviyali ugra" is very nourishing and thick soup. Noodles for this soup are usually made at home, just as here: http://uzbekcooking.blogspot.com/2009/12/tovuq-shurvali-ugra-home-made-macaroni.html, but if you want to make it easier, you can use ready made noodles. Ready made noodles won't taste as home made noodles though:) "Loviyali ugra" can be made with meat (lamb, beef) or with chicken. I prefer to use chicken:)
Ingredients:
50 ml of vegetable oil or 50 grams of melted lamb's tail fat
300 grams of meat or chicken, cut in walnut sized chunks
1-2 medium sized onions, peeled and sliced
1 medium capsicum, seeded and cut in small cubes
1-2 medium sized tomatoes, finely chopped
1 carrot, peeled and cut in medium sized cubes
1 potato (optional) peeled and quartered
1 cup of cooked black eyed peas
Half a cup of peas for serving
1 tsp of cumin
1 tsp of crushed or grind coriander
Salt to taste
Fresh chopped greens (I use dried basil)
Less than half of a portion of "Ugra" (as given in recipe)
Heat up oil and brown the meat or fry chicken over high heat, until nice golden color (constantly stirring). Add in onions, fry until onions are transparent, then add in capsicum and carrot and fry until they are half done. Add in tomatoes, spices and potato and fry until vegetables are "clear" or when oil will start to separate out. Add in 1.5 liters of water and bring to boil. Lower the heat, scoop out any foam and let it simmer for about 30-40 min. Add in black eyed peas and cook for another 10 minutes. At the end, add in salt and add in noodles. Cook until noodles are soft, for about 2-3 min.
Serve in individual bowls, topping with some peas and greens.
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