Zogora non (Corn flour bread)

"Zogora non" is often cooked in villages. It is very delicate, crumbly and tasty bread. It goes very good with "Bolqaymoq". Be careful when you will take your "shirmoy non"s out from the oven, they crumble easily. Use low sort corn flour for this bread it is less processed and more useful:) The bread has some sweet tatse and that's why it is good with jams or preserves. You will get 4 small breads from this recipe.
Ingredients:
250 ml of cream
2 whole eggs
1.5 tsp of salt
1 tbsp of sugar
2 tsp of baking powder
Corn flour as needed
Mix together cream, salt, eggs, sugar. Beat slightly. Add in baking powder. Gradually add in corn flour until you form medium hard dough. Cover the dough and let it rest for 30 min. Divide the dough to 4 equal parts. Form small breads right on your baking sheet. Punch the middle with special stamp "chakich" or fork.
Bake in well preheated oven until nice golden color. Enjoy it with "Bolqaymoq" or with your favorite soup.
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Bolqaymoq (Cream with honey)

"Bolqaymoq" is our old desert recipe. It is usually served with hot bread and eaten dipping bread in "Bolqaymoq" and drinking hot tea. I also use it for dipping strawberries:) or as a filling for some cakes. It is natural and without any chemicals:) Use only fresh cream and good quality honey for this recipe.
Ingredients:
250 gr cream
2 tbsp of honey
1 tsp of plain flour
Heat the cream stirring over low heat, gradually add in honey and heat together until honey will melt properly. Stir constantly. Take from the heat and cool it down. I usually put it in to the fridge.
When it is cooled properly beat up well gradually adding 1 tsp of plain flour. Beat until it is thick. Your "Bolqaymoq" is ready! Enjoy it with bread or with your favorite fruit or with any cake:)
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Sholgomli palov (Pilaf with turnips)

In our old folk medicine this meal was used as a cure for problems like kidney stones and liver weakness. Besides it is tasty and healthy recipe. This recipe is old and it is rarely coked in nowadays, so I want to keep our traditions and that's why I am posting it to you.
Ingredients:
50 gr of corn oil
300 gr of meat (beef or lamb)optional, if you like you can make it without
200 gr of peeled and sliced onions
400 gr of peeled and cut in strips red carrot
300 gr (about 5 pieces)of small turnips, peeled and whole
300 gr long grain rice
Salt to taste
1 tbsp of ground coriander
1 tsp of cumin seeds
Cut the meat in small mouthful chunks. Heat the oil and fry meat under covered lid over medium heat. Fry until brown. Add in carrots and onions, set the heat on very low and close the lid. Cook for 30 min and then add in turnips. Continue cooking for another 1 hour. Heat will stay on very low. After add in 150 gr water or meat broth and again cover the lid. After 20 min, add in salt and spices. Wash rice and layer it evenly on top of the vegetables and pour water enough for covering the rice approximately 2 cm.

Set the heat on high and let all the water evaporate.

Check for saltiness. Set the heat again on very low, mix only top of the rice and cover the lid. Cook for 20 min, then open up the lid and again mix only top of the rice. Cover and cook for more 10 min. Take from the heat and mix finely all the "Pilaf". Serve placing all meat on top of the rice and enjoy this healthy meal with your family!
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Tuhumli du'lma (Meatball with an egg)

This dish is relatively new. It's rich in protein and iron. It will keep you full for hours and gives you enough energy to be cheerful and happy:)
Ingredients:
150 gr chicken
150 gr beef
1 onion, peeled
1 tsp of ground coriander
Salt to taste
6 hard boiled small eggs
Flour or bread crumbs for rolling up "Tuhum du'lma"s
Little oil for frying
Mince meat, onion, salt and spices in grinder or in a meat chopper. Divide in 6 equal parts. Take one by one and put one whole egg inside the meat, form a ball, hiding egg inside the meat and roll it on flour or on a bread crumbs.
Fry on a medium heat on a little oil until nice brown color and then pour 100 ml of water, reduce the heat, cover the lid and let it cook until all water will evaporates. Take "Tuhumli du'lma" s out and serve with your favorite side dish. Today I cook some buckwheat for the side dish. Enjoy and share your impression with me:)
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Napaleon torti (Napoleon cake)

I don't know why, but in Uzbekistan this cake is very famous under this name:) I love this crunchy, crumbly and tender cake which is not so easy to make, as it will take some time. The difficult part is making puffy pastry. But once you will learn to make it you will love it. You can also buy ready made puffy pastry, which will also do well for this cake. For spreading cream you can use any your favorite cream, I use whipped sour cream with condensed milk.
Ingredients:
500 gr of whipping cream
1 can of condensed milk
pinch of vanilla
We will need to make 2 basic dough and then combine them together
For the first dough:
4 egg yolks
300 ml of warm water
800 gr of plain flour (and then a little more)
half tsp of baking soda
1 tbsp white vinegar
1 tbsp of water
Put egg yolks in to bowl, add salt, add soda combined with vinegar,water, mix well and gradually start to adding flour to make hard dough.
For the second dough:
500 gr of hard chilled (but not frozen)butter
200 gr of plain flour
Grate butter quickly and add flour. Work quick as butter can melt. Form a dough. No more flour must be added.
Now roll up your first dough in 12X12 inch square and put second dough in the middle. Pinch edges to form another square, like you're making an envelope. All corners must meet in the middle. Now with the palm of your hands spread the dough that is inside of this envelope evenly. Now fold it in half square. Fold again. Cover it and put in a fridge for 30 min. Take it out and roll it in another square and again pinch the corners to the middle. Again fold it two times and put to the fridge for 30 min.
Repeat this process for 4 times more. Yes it will take some time, but each time you will add new slice to your dough. After you've done all this procedure, divide the dough in 6 same pieces. Roll out each pieces one at a time and bake in preheated oven until light golden color. It is very crumbly so be careful when you take it out from the oven. Bake all the pieces.
Now take your serving plate, put one baked piece and spread cream on it, cover with another baked sheet, again spread the cream and cover with another one. Repeat with the rest of baked sheets, each time spreading cream on them. Cut the edges of the cake and crumble them, sprinkle this crumbles on top of the cake.
Oh I forgot about cream, whip cream until it begins to thicken and gradually add in condensed milk. Whip until nice thick texture. Be careful not to over beat it!
Serve it with hot cup of tea and enjoy! be careful, as it will be hard to stop yourself:)
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Lavlagi, kartoshka va ku'k nu'hotli gazak (Beetroot salad with green beans and potatoes)

This salad is healthy and easy to make. For richer taste you can replace the oil to the mayonnaise. But I prefer healthy option with oil:)
Ingredients:
3 beetroot
2 medium potatoes
200 gr green beans, boiled or canned
Salt to taste
Chopped coriander leaves
3 tbsp of olive or any other vegetable oil or mayonnaise
Boil potatoes and beetroot in their skin. After they are ready, peel and cut in cubes. Add in green beans, salt, oil and chopped fresh coriander leaves and mix well all together. Serve and enjoy with soups.
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Hursh-hursh salati (Eggplant crunchy salad)

As I said earlier, I like experimenting in the kitchen, so this salad is one of my creations. I love the crunchiness of this salad. That's why I called this salad "Hursh-hursh":) It is tasty and nutritious salad, which will be good for lunch or a dinner.
Ingredients:
2 medium eggplants, sliced
1 egg slightly beaten
1 big potato, peeled and grate or cut in very thin strips
2 medium sized carrots
3 small cloves of garlic
3 tbsp of olive oil
1 tbsp of ground coriander
1 tsp of ground pepper
1 tbsp of dried greens or fresh chopped greens
Salt to taste
oil for frying potatoes and eggplants
2 tbsp of mayonnaise
Take your thinly cut or grated potatoes:

Deep fry them until crispy and gold in color. Set aside.

Soak sliced eggplants in salty cold water for 20 min, drain all the water. Dip them in egg and fry until golden color, then slice them in thick strips as in recipe "Baqlajon va pomidorli salat".
Make "Chim chi" from carrots. Just thinly cut or grate them, add in salt, oil and mashed garlic cloves and mash with hands until half soft. Set aside.
Now take your serving plate and place eggplants, potatoes and carrot. Put 2 tbsp of mayonnaise in the middle, sprinkle some dried or fresh greens (chopped) and serve. Mix all the ingredients just before eating to keep the crispiness of the salad.
Enjoy and crunch this wonderful salad of mine:)
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