Regardless of the fact that the Georgians are meat-eaters to the bones, their meals include lots of vegetable dishes, which can be raw, fried, baked, marinated or pickled. One of them is "Lobio with butter". Soak lobio (meaning kidney beans, preferably the red type) in water beforehand, and then boil. Drain the beans and season them with browned chopped onions, a large amount of chopped dill and parsley and red pepper, and salt to taste. This recipe is often served without a side dish. "Mkhali" is made in a very peculiar but very simple way from white cabbage, and it is cheap and tasty. Clean the cabbage, remove the stump, and cut the head into two. Boil it in a small amount of water, cool, drain from the water, and then chop. Separately, pound 100 g of walnuts with 5-6 big cloves of garlic, mix with finely chopped coriander, parsley and dill. Also add pepper, salt, and wine vinegar, and stir. Cover the prepared cabbage with this mixture. If you don't like cabbage, then you can use beetroot, spinach, sweet pepper, or green or large onions, with the same method of preparation.
Title: Lamb Shashliki W/ Yogurt Sauce
Categories: Lamb, Fondue, Ethnic, Georgian
Yield: 8 Servings
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1 ea Cucumber peeled seeded & chopped
1/8 ts Salt
1 1/2 c Plain yogurt
1 tb Chopped fresh dill
1 tb Dried oregano
1/8 ts Ground red pepper
1/8 ts Black pepper
1 ea Garlic clove minced
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2 lb Lamb boneless & lean
1 qt Chicken broth
1/4 ts Salt
1/4 ts Black pepper
SAUCE:
Place cucumber in blender & process until smooth. Place cucumber in a sieve then sprinkle with 1/8 teaspoon salt. Allow this to drain for 1 hr.
Combine cucumber, yogurt & next 5 ingredients in a bowl & stir until well mixed.
SHASHLIK:
Trim fat from lamb & cube 1". Combine broth, 1/4 ts salt & pepper in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil then cook for 2 mins. Pour into fondue pot & simmer over medium flame.
Pierce lamb with skewer then cook in broth mix until done to your liking. Serve with yogurt sauce.
ORIGIN: Yuriy Vilili, Tbilisi-Georgia, circa 1995
Title: Shredded Chicken Salad W/ Cilantro
Categories: Georgian, Armenian, Salad, Ethnic, Russian
Yield: 6 Servings
3 lb Whole chicken breasts
Salt to taste
1/4 c Light vegetable oil
2 c Chopped Vidalia onions
3/4 c Walnuts, lightly toasted
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