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Uyghur meat pies cooked under the broiler
This weekend I made an exciting discovery. I found that I can use my gas oven’s broiler to replicate tonur-style Uyghur meat pies (a.k.a. samsa سامسا). Uyghur samsa are delicious. The filling is simply fatty mutton, finely-chopped onions, salt, cumin, … Continue reading
Posted in - Featured Food Discoveries, - Recipes, Central Asia/Uyghur food
Tagged baking, broiler, meat pies, mutton pie, samsa, Uyghur, 撒木撒, ئۇيغۇر, تونۇر, سامسا
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Uyghur meat bread
Today’s post is a long overdue return to the topic of Uyghur wood fire oven breads. Some day maybe I’ll have an opportunity to build my own tonur تونۇر (or as they are more commonly known in the US, tandoor–see … Continue reading
Posted in - Recipes, Central Asia/Uyghur food
Tagged Ўзбек, гўштли нон, 肉馕, go'shtli non, goshnan, O'zbek, Uyghur, Uzbek, گۆشنان, ئۇيغۇر
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Uyghur home-style pulled noodles
For those of you who have experienced them, Uyghur pulled noodles–known as läghmän لەغمەن or längmän لەڭمەن in Uyghur and banmian 拌面 or latiaozi 拉条子 in Mandarin Chinese–are surely a special treat. Expats in China talk about this dish as … Continue reading
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Tagged Laghman, Lengmen, Uyghur, لەڭمەن, لەغمەن, 凉面, 拉面, 拉条子, 拌面, ئۇيغۇر, شىنجاڭ
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Uyghur style rice pilaf with beef and yellow carrots
Happy Eid! Over the weekend friends will be feasting around the world, and in Xinjiang no doubt people will be eating the dish I’ll describe below. Half a world away in Philadelphia, the weather is changing from hot to quite … Continue reading
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Tagged ข้าวหมกเนื้อ, ชาวอุยกูร์, палау, палов, плов, eid, 黄萝卜, kurban bayram, уйгурский кухня, pilaf, pilav, plov, polo, rice, Uyghur, Uygur, پولو, Xinjiang, yellow carrots, 古尔邦节, 手抓饭, ئۇيغۇر
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Asian Markets of Philadelphia 