Lagman is a dish of Central Asian cuisine that has Uzbek, Tajik and Dungan varieties, which differ in minor variations. Lagman consists of meat and vegetable (main) part - waji or kayla and noodles. Vaju (kayla) and noodles are cooked separately and then put together in a dish.
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You will need
- For waji or kayla:
- 0.5 kg of lamb
- 200 g of vegetable oil
- 2 large potatoes
- 2 carrots
- 1 radish
- 1 beetroot
- 1 pod of sweet pepper
- 100 g cabbage
- 4 onions
- 4 tomatoes
- 1 head garlic
- green cilantro
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- ½ teaspoon red pepper powder.
- For noodles:
- 0.5 kg flour
- 1 egg
- 150 ml of water
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ tsp soda
- vegetable oil for lubrication
Instruction manual
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Sift flour to make noodles.
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Beat the egg lightly, add it to the flour.
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Add salt, soda and water, and knead the dough.
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Roll the dough into a ball, cover with a napkin and let lie for 1 hour.
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Then knead the dough and cut into small pieces.
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Roll out the pieces in the form of sausage, the thickness of a pencil.
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To prevent the dough from sticking, grease the workpieces with vegetable oil.
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Then grab the workpiece by both ends and, having hit it in the middle of the table, stretch.
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When the dough is stretched to 1 mm, fold it in half and hit and stretch again.
Repeat 2 more times.
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Boil the noodles thus prepared in salted water until cooked.
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Empty the broth, but do not pour. Then rinse the noodles in cold water 2-3 times and drop it into a colander.
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To prepare waji or kayla, vegetables must be washed and dried well.
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Peel potatoes, carrots, radishes, onions and garlic.
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Chop potatoes, radish, tomatoes in small cubes.
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Cut meat into the same cubes.
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Chop the carrots, beets, cabbage.
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Cut onion and sweet pepper into rings. Chop the garlic finely.
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In boiling oil, fry the meat until golden brown.
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Add onions, tomatoes and simmer for 4-5 minutes.
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Then put the rest of the vegetables and mix well.
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Salt the vaja, add the garlic and spices, pour 300 ml of the broth in which the noodles were cooked and simmer over low heat for 30-40 minutes.
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When serving, dip the noodles in hot water, transfer to deep plates, add the vaja and sprinkle the dish with finely chopped cilantro.