Avar khinkal

There are several main rules for preparing khinkal. One of the main things is the choice of meat: mainly lamb, beef or horse meat. The second rule is that khinkal is prepared only with broth. And thirdly, the shape of the khinkal should be in the form of a rhombus, square or rectangle.

Avar khinkal with kefir dough

In many homes, khinkal is served as an assortment. Place the dough around the edges of a large dish. Several types of meat and, of course, various sauces (sour cream or adjika with garlic) are placed in the center.

1. 
   How to cook Avar khinkal? In a deep container, mix the sifted flour, salt to taste and soda. Add kefir to the dry mixture. Knead the dough so that it becomes an elastic and homogeneous mass. Cover the edges of the bowl with cling film and leave the dough in a warm place for half an hour. Then knead it again and leave it for 40 minutes under the same conditions.
2. 
   Roll out the resulting dough to a thickness of 3 millimeters. Cut out diamonds from the dough, the sides of which should be equal to four centimeters.Cover the bottom of the baking sheet with baking paper and place the dough shapes on it. Leave the dough like this for a couple of hours until it becomes crusty.
3. 
   We wash the beef and remove excess fat. Place the meat in a saucepan and fill with cold purified water. When the liquid boils, add spices to the meat, stir the broth and cook the meat for 2 hours. Then the broth should be poured into a separate container, and the meat should be cut into small pieces.
4. 
   Bring the broth to a boil on the stove and lower the dough pieces into it, cover with a lid. Cook for about three minutes. We try to get all the pieces out of the broth at the same time. Lubricate them with vegetable oil and pierce them with a toothpick in the center.
5. 
   Pour the hot broth into bowls. Place the khinkal and meat on plates. We serve the dish to the table.

Bon appetit!

How to cook Avar khinkal with yeast dough?

We offer a recipe for khinkal, prepared by adding yeast, with a meat ingredient. We will serve the dish with boiled potatoes and sauce.

Cooking time – 3 hours 20 minutes.

Cooking time – 45 minutes.

Number of servings – 8.

Ingredients:

• Lamb – 700-850 gr.
• Water – 3 l.
• Flour – 750 gr.
• Dry yeast – 20 gr.
• Vegetable oil – 35 ml.
• Milk – 450 ml.
• Potatoes – 550 gr.
• Garlic – 5 teeth.
• Sour cream – 75 gr.
• Mayonnaise – 50 ml.
• Salt – 8 gr.
• Ground black pepper – 2 gr.
• Butter - for greasing.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Place the washed and dried meat in a pan. Fill it with water, previously purified and cold. When the liquid boils, add salt and continue cooking the lamb until cooked (2-2.5 hours).

Step 2. Pour the sifted flour into a separate container.Add yeast to it, mix the ingredients and fill them with milk, previously slightly heated on the stove. Add vegetable oil and salt. Knead the dough, then cover with cling film and leave in a warm place.

Step 3. Next, let's start preparing the sauce for the dish. In a small bowl, mix sour cream, mayonnaise, peeled and chopped garlic cloves. Sprinkle the ingredients with salt and pepper to taste and then stir.

Step 4. Cut the dough into two equal parts and roll each into a layer (3-4 millimeters thick). Grease the tops of the flatbreads with butter and roll them into rolls. Cut them into pieces (3 centimeters wide). Lay out the finished lamb and cut into pieces. Place the rolls in the broth and boil them for 5-6 minutes.

Step 5. Peel the potatoes and rinse under running water. Cook until soft. Place pieces of lamb, dough pieces and potatoes on a dish. Serve to the table along with the sauce.

Bon appetit!

Avar khinkal with chicken at home

Khinkali is a national dish of Caucasian cuisine. It consists of pieces of dough that are boiled in broth. Khinkal is served with pieces of meat, sauce and herbs if desired.

Cooking time – 1 hour 25 minutes.

Cooking time – 30 minutes.

Number of servings – 3-4.

Ingredients:

• Flour – 20 tbsp.
• Kefir – 200 gr.
• Water – 250 gr.
• Salt - to taste.
• Soda – 1 pinch.
• Cilantro - to taste.
• Parsley - to taste.
• Chicken meat – 300-400 gr.
• Sour cream – 35 gr.
• Garlic – 2 teeth.
• Onion – 1 pc.
• Black peppercorns - to taste.
• Allspice peas - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1. We wash the chicken meat, let it dry, and then put it in a pan and fill it with water (1.5-2 liters).Bring the broth to a boil and cook the meat over medium heat for 1 hour. During the cooking process, add to the broth a peeled whole onion, both types of peppercorns, washed and dried herbs.

Step 2. In a separate container, knead the dough: pour sifted flour, salt, soda into it, pour in kefir and part of the water (from 125 grams). Knead the dough, adding the remaining water if necessary. Cover the container with cling film and leave the dough to rest.

Step 3. You can prepare another sauce for the dish, for example, tomato. We will prepare a sauce from sour cream, garlic and herbs. In a separate container, mix the ingredients: sour cream, peeled and chopped garlic cloves, washed and chopped herbs.

Step 4. Remove the chicken from the broth. Cut it into pieces and place on a plate. Roll out the dough into a layer one centimeter thick. Cut the dough into diamonds of the same size. Place the diamonds in the broth and cook for about 5-6 minutes.

Step 5. Remove pieces of dough from the broth with a slotted spoon. We make punctures in the center of the blanks so that they remain fluffy. Serve the dish with meat and sauce to the table. If desired, khinkal can also be decorated with greens.

Bon appetit!

A simple and tasty recipe for Avar khinkal with sausage

The dish has some serving features: sliced ​​sausage, khinkal and boiled potatoes should be placed on one plate; broth and sauce are usually placed in two separate bowls.

Cooking time – 2 hours 50 minutes.

Cooking time – 30 minutes.

Number of servings – 7-8.

Ingredients:

• Flour – 1 kg.
• Whey – 500 ml.
• Dried Avar sausage – 800 gr.
• Eggs – 1 pc.
• Sunflower oil – 2 tbsp.
• Baking soda – 1 tsp.
• Salt – 1 tsp.
• Potatoes – 500 gr.
• Tomatoes – 4 pcs.
• Garlic – 2 teeth.
• Water – 2 l.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Place the sausage in a saucepan and fill with water. Cook on the stove for one and a half hours. Take the finished ingredient out of the container, place it on a plate and cut into medium-thick slices. We wash the potatoes.

Step 2. Cut off the skin of the root vegetables. Rinse each of them again and cut them in half. Place the potatoes in the broth and cook until tender, about 10-15 minutes from the moment the broth boils.

Step 3. Pour the sifted flour into a separate deep container and beat in the egg. Add salt, soda, whey and butter to them. Knead the dough with a spoon, and then, when it thickens, knead it with your hands. Cover the lump with cling film and leave for half an hour.

Step 4. Prepare tomato sauce. We grate the tomatoes, previously washed and peeled. Squeeze the peeled garlic cloves through a press. Salt and pepper the mixture. Mix thoroughly.

Step 5. Roll out the dough into a flat cake no more than one centimeter thick. We cut the layer into squares or diamonds (the side of the figure is 4 centimeters). Place the finished potatoes on a plate and place the dough pieces into the broth. Cook them for 8-10 minutes. Place the khinkal on a plate with sausage and potatoes. We pierce each piece with a toothpick. Serve with sauce and broth.

Bon appetit!

Avar khinkal with beef at home

To make the broth more rich and tasty, the meat for khinkal can be boiled with the bone. Beef cooks for quite a long time - 2-2.5 hours. This is the longest stage in the cooking process.

Cooking time – 3 hours 25 minutes.

Cooking time – 50 minutes.

Number of servings – 5-6.

Ingredients:

• Carrots – 1 pc.
• Onion – 1 pc.
• Garlic – 3 teeth.
• Kefir – 250 ml.
• Baking soda – 3 gr.
• Flour – 2.5 tbsp.
• Dill – 8 sprigs.
• Eggs – 1 pc.
• Sour cream 20% – 300 gr.
• Beef – 0.5 kg.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Salt - to taste.
• Water – 3-3.5 l.
• Vegetable oil - for lubrication.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Prepare all the ingredients for the broth: wash and dry the beef, peel the onion and cut into 4 parts, cut off the top layer of carrots, wash the root vegetable and cut into 3 parts. Pour cold purified water into the pan. We send pieces of carrots and onions, salt and pepper into it. When the broth boils, put the meat in it and cook until tender (2-2.5 hours). Then the meat will need to be moved to a plate, boned and chopped, and the broth will need to be strained through a fine sieve.

Step 2. Pour the flour sifted with soda into a separate container and beat in the egg. Sprinkle the ingredients with salt and begin to gradually pour in the kefir. Knead the elastic dough, then cover the lump with cling film and leave for 20 minutes.

Step 3. Place the dough on a floured work surface and roll out a layer that will be no more than five centimeters thick.

Step 4. Cut the dough into diamonds of the same size. The length of each side should be 4 centimeters.

Step 5. Pour water into the pan. When we notice that it is actively bubbling, lay out the dough pieces and cook them for about five minutes until ready.

Step 6. We pierce each piece with a toothpick in the center and grease it with vegetable oil. Place the pieces one by one into a separate bowl.

Step 7. All that remains is to prepare the sauce. Mix sour cream, peeled and chopped garlic cloves, salt, washed and chopped dill in a small bowl. Mix all ingredients until smooth.

Step 8Place khinkal in the center of the plates. We place pieces of meat around it. Place a bowl of sauce next to the container. Pour chicken broth into another bowl and place it next to the rest of the dishes.

Bon appetit!