Lagman is a Central Asian national dish. It is prepared by different peoples, such as those living in Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and many other countries. Prepared from meat, vegetables and stretched, long noodles. They pull it out in a special way: they take a piece of dough and untwist it like a child’s jump rope, and this is how they get a skein of these very noodles.
Of course, each nationality prepares this dish in a special way. It is often found with the addition of products such as eggplant, radish, beans and other products. Take for example the classic recipe, it combines meat, carrots, onions, bell peppers and sometimes tomatoes or tomato paste.
Today I want to tell you how to properly prepare lagman at home in detail with photographs. If we are talking about a meat dish, then you can look here. It was prepared by one of my friends, who shared this wonderful recipe with me. It turns out very tasty. It is served as a first course when more liquid is added to it, and as a second if fried meat is placed on top of the noodles, and then stewed with vegetables in broth and spices. You can prepare the noodles for it yourself, and if you don’t have enough time to prepare them, you can buy them at the store. For those who really love oriental cuisine, I can advise you to watch the preparation of khachapuri in Adjarian and Megrelian.
Recipe for making lagman in Uzbek with photo
Ingredients:
- Beef – 500 gr
- thin long noodles or spaghetti - 0.5 kg
- onions - 2 pcs
- carrots - 2 pcs.
- potatoes - 2 pcs
- bell pepper - 1 piece
- garlic - 3 cloves
- vegetable oil - for cooking
- ground red pepper - 1 teaspoon.
Cooking method:
Wash the meat and cut it into small pieces.
Peel the onion, wash it and finely chop it.
Cut the peeled carrots and potatoes into cubes. Cut the red bell pepper into longitudinal slices and finely chop the garlic cloves.
Now put the pan on the fire, pour vegetable oil into it and fry the meat in it until cooked.
Then add the chopped onions and lightly brown them, then potatoes, peppers, carrots, garlic and pour boiling water over everything, salt, pepper and mix.
Cook until fully cooked.
It's time to boil the whole spaghetti, after they are ready, put them on a plate, pour the sauce with the meat over them and serve.
Lamb lagman recipe at home
Compound:
- Long flat noodles 400 g
- Lamb 1 kg
- Onion 1 piece
- Garlic 5 cloves
- Carrot 1 piece
- Sweet pepper 1 piece
- Tomatoes 2-3 pieces
- Vegetable oil for frying
It’s better, of course, to prepare homemade noodles in advance, but most often lagman is now prepared with store-bought noodles.
Preparation:
- Let's start with meat and vegetables - cut them, sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Place a deep saucepan on the fire, heat the sunflower oil and fry the vegetables and lamb until crusty.
- Throw in carrots and peppers. Pour in ½ cup boiling water. Let it simmer for half an hour.
- Add peppercorns and garlic to taste to the pan.
- While everything is stewing, boil the noodles in salted water.
Serve lagman with gravy and herbs.
Classic lagman recipe
Ingredients:
- Meat - 0.5 kg
- potatoes - 6 pcs
- carrots - 4 pcs.
- tomatoes - 10 pcs
- bell pepper - 2 pcs
- cumin - 1 teaspoon
- bay leaf - 2 pcs
- ground red pepper - 1/2 teaspoon
- khmeli-suneli - 1 teaspoon
- salt - 1 teaspoon
Cooking method:
Place a cauldron or deep frying pan (preferably cast iron) on the stove, pour vegetable oil into it and wait for it to heat up, then lower the meat cut into small squares into it and add one teaspoon of salt, mix and cover with a lid for 15 minutes.
Peel and chop the onion, lower it to the meat, wait until all the liquid has evaporated, then cover with a lid and continue to simmer for another ten minutes.
It’s time for the carrots, peel them, cut them into small cubes and add them to the cauldron.
We do the same with potatoes.
Cover with a lid and cook for twenty minutes over medium heat.
We also cut the tomatoes and sweet bell peppers into small cubes and, after time, add them to the rest.
Fill with 1.5 liters of water so that the entire mass is hidden under it.
As soon as the liquid boils, add all the necessary spices, mix thoroughly, cover and simmer over low heat for 30 minutes.
In the meantime, while everything is being prepared, we prepare the garlic, and then put it through a press. Add to the dish and keep on fire for another 10 minutes. We take a tablespoon and check the broth for readiness; if it is rich, then everything is ready, if not, we continue to cook until it is completely cooked.
We cook pasta in the same way as in the photo.
Place the prepared spaghetti on a plate and spread the vegetable and meat sauce on top. The dish is ready, eat to your health.
I have long dreamed of cooking such a dish as lagman at home. After reading the necessary literature, I learned that real lagman is prepared from homemade noodles, vegetables and lamb. This may not sound entirely original, but don’t think that this is an uninteresting dish. Essentially, lagman is just separately cooked pasta, which is poured over with meat sauce. The sauce itself contains, in addition to meat, a huge amount of vegetables, herbs and various seasonings. I’ll be honest – I prepared my lagman from pork (after all, it is more accessible and cheaper than lamb), and also with store-bought noodles, but it still turned out great. However, if you have time, desire and skill, then it is better to cook the noodles yourself. Overall, I had very good impressions of this dish - unusual, very tasty and original in terms of presentation.
To prepare lagman in Kazakh style, you will need:
pork – 700 g bell pepper – 2 pcs. wild garlic - 1 bunch pasta - 1 pack onions - 2 heads radish (I used black) vegetable oil for frying green onions, coriander, parsley - optional or in combination tomato sauce - 3-4 tbsp. spoons chicken eggs - 2 pcs. spices to choose from, but the composition must include ground coriander, dried ginger and black pepper.
How to cook lagman in Kazakh style:
1. Wash the pork, chop it finely (about the size of a bean). 2. Then heat the vegetable oil in a frying pan with a thick bottom. As soon as the oil is properly heated, place the meat in the pan and simmer without a lid over high heat. As soon as the meat has a golden crust, it is ready. 3. Cut vegetables - bell peppers, carrots, onions (in cubes), radishes (in strips), wild garlic. 4. As soon as a light golden crust appears on the meat, add carrots to it, and then after 5 minutes, follow the carrots with onions. 5. As soon as the onion has browned, it’s time to add the radish to it. We continue to simmer the whole thing without a lid. 6. Now add tomato sauce and fresh diced tomatoes, then add bell pepper to add spice and sourness. 7. I used ketchup as a sauce. Make sure that the meat is covered with liquid; if this liquid is not enough, add regular boiled water and continue to simmer (but with the lid on) until the meat and carrots are cooked. 8. After the meat and vegetables have simmered under the lid for 10-15 minutes, add the wild garlic. Mix everything thoroughly and continue to simmer. 9. A few minutes before the end of cooking, add crushed garlic to the meat and vegetables and, after stirring, turn off the heat under the frying pan. 10. Separately, hard-boil two chicken eggs (you need to cook them for about 7 minutes). Then they need to be cooled and grated. This will be a decoration for your lagman. 11. Chop green onions, cilantro, parsley. 12. Boil pasta in salted water until done. If the pasta is purchased, then the cooking time should be indicated on your package (if the noodles are homemade, then they need to be cooked for 1-2 minutes). After cooking, drain the pasta in a colander. 13. Now all that remains is the process of assembling the lagman. Place pasta in each bowl in portions. Pour meat sauce with pieces of meat on top of the pasta (no need to stir). Place the greens around the edges of the plate and place the eggs in the center.
Bon appetit!
Delicious lagman in a slow cooker
Ingredients:
- Meat – 600 gr
- potatoes - 4 pcs
- onions - 3 pcs.
- carrots - 2 pcs.
- garlic - 1 head
- tomatoes - 4 pcs
- sweet pepper - 4 pcs
- tomato - 2 tablespoons
- spices and salt - to taste.
Cooking method:
Wash the meat and cut it into small pieces. We clean and cut all the vegetables into squares, peel and chop the garlic.
Now put the meat on the bottom of the multicooker bowl in hot oil and fry until the water boils away and the fat becomes transparent.
Add chopped onion and fry.
Now add the carrots and continue cooking.
Next in line are potatoes, simmer with the rest of the ingredients until half cooked.
All that remains is to add tomatoes, tomato paste, bell pepper and finely chopped garlic. And of course your favorite seasoning and salt.
Pour hot water over the entire mixture and simmer with the lid closed until all the vegetables are cooked.
Place the pre-boiled spaghetti in the lagman and mix.
And voila... the dish is ready!
What is the dish lagman: whose cuisine
Lagman is a thick meat soup. The national Central Asian dish is very popular among the Uighurs and Duncans living in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and China, living in Crimea.
Lagman is especially popular among Crimean Tatars and is prepared in every Tatar family and eaten in every home. The Tatar-style lagman recipe is often used in Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Uyghurstan, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. Lagman is loved in Uzbekistan and is often cooked in a cauldron, like Uzbek pilaf.
Classic lagman is cooked with special long noodles, lamb meat and a variety of vegetables. This is exactly what the traditional composition of lagman should be.
Beef lagman in a cauldron - step-by-step recipe with photos
Ingredients:
- Beef – 2 kg
- carrots - 3 pcs.
- tomatoes - 4 pcs
- red bell pepper - 3 pcs
- onions - 3 pcs
- tomato paste - 4 tbsp. spoons
- vegetable oil - 100 g
- celery
- garlic - head
- cariander, cumin - to taste
- salt and ground black pepper - to taste.
Cooking method:
We prepare all the products, cut them into small pieces, such as you like, and get started. Place the cauldron on the fire, pour vegetable oil into it and lower the meat. We begin to cook, stirring constantly, since the dish is cooked over a fire, it can immediately burn and everything will go to waste.
Add seasoning, chopped carrots and fry a little.
For color, add tomato paste and mix thoroughly.
We also add red bell pepper, tomatoes, carefully turn everything over with a spoon and after 5 minutes add celery and onion.
The last ingredient is garlic, which we squeeze through a press. Fill the entire mass with meat broth or plain water and salt to taste.
Leave to simmer on hot coals for 1.5-2 hours, while closing the lid.
Place the boiled noodles on plates, and pour the prepared vegetables and meat on top using a spoon.
We cut the greens, decorate with them and serve a tasty and appetizing dish. Especially if it is prepared in nature with love.
Lagman duck recipe
Delight your family with this unusual version of lagman.
Ingredients:
- Duck fillet 400g
- Potatoes 7 pcs
- Carrot 1 piece
- Onion 1 piece
- Noodles 250 gr
- Tomato paste or tomatoes
- Spices
Preparation:
- Cook the duck meat until golden brown. We send onions, carrots, and tomato sauce to it.
- Fill with broth or water.
- Salt pepper.
- Place the finely chopped potatoes into the boiling broth.
- Cook until the potatoes are soft.
- Combine noodles, meat and broth - voila! The delicious Lagman is ready.
Homemade lagman with chicken: step-by-step instructions
Ingredients:
- Chicken – 800 gr
- homemade noodles – 250 gr
- tomato - 2 pcs
- onion - 2 pcs
- carrots - 2 pcs.
- adjika - 1 teaspoon
- tomato paste - 2 tbsp. spoon
- olive oil - 2 tbsp. spoons
- peppercorns - 10 pcs
- salt and ground red pepper - to taste.
Cooking method:
1. Wash the chicken and cut into small pieces. In my case, meat with bones, you can only take the sirloin part.
2. Peel the onions and chop them into half rings
3. Wash the carrots, peel and cut into small cubes.
4. Pour boiling water over the tomatoes and easily remove the skin from them. We cut them into pieces
5. Boil cooked noodles or store-bought spaghetti until tender.
6. Heat olive oil in a large frying pan, place chicken pieces in it and fry until golden brown.
7. Add the chopped onion to the meat, mix and cook for another 10 minutes.
8. Next, add carrots, black peppercorns, adjika, and ground red pepper.
9. Put the tomato, tomato paste there and salt to taste.
10. Mix everything thoroughly, cover with a lid and simmer for 20 minutes.
11. At this time, boil the noodles we have prepared (you can use spaghetti) until tender, put it on a plate, and top it with vegetable and meat sauce.
12. All that remains is to sprinkle with chopped herbs and serve.
Lagman without meat recipe
Is it possible to cook lagman without meat? You can, though it’s no longer lagman, it’s just very tasty noodles with vegetables.
Write down:
- 1 piece each onion, carrot, bell pepper.
- 3-4 medium potatoes.
- 100 grams of zucchini.
- Noodles 100 gr.
- Salt, tomato paste, spices. bay leaf, greens.
Preparation:
- Make a fry of onions and carrots. Add sweet peppers and zucchini to them.
- Fry a little and add potatoes.
- Pour in the spices.
- Boil the noodles.
- When the potatoes become soft, add tomato paste and herbs. Stir, add boiling water or broth...
- Add the prepared noodles to the vegetables, mix and turn off.
Useful tips - how to make lagman correctly
It is best to prepare lagman noodles yourself from premium flour, salt, oil and water.
When boiling the noodles, do not overcook them, they should not stick together and should not be too hard.
Lagman is a dish of Asian cuisine and, as a rule, it is distinguished by its spiciness. If you are preparing the product for children, try to use not too hot hot spices in the recipe. Just add black and red ground pepper, plus garlic.
If you don’t have a cauldron or a thick frying pan at home, you can use a multicooker to prepare this treat.
Homemade noodle soup should be served hot with black bread or flatbread, pouring it portionwise into beautiful deep bowls.
Uyghur chicken lagman
Uyghur lagman is the second course. This is a dry, “fried” lagman: there is no broth in it. It’s good to use chicken to prepare it: it cooks faster, so a hearty meal will be ready in an hour.
Ingredients:
- potatoes – 4-5 pcs.;
- noodles – 300 g;
- chicken, chopped into pieces;
- bulb;
- carrot;
- vegetable oil – 2-3 tbsp. l.;
- garlic;
- tomato paste – 2 tbsp. l.;
- flour – 1 tbsp. l.;
- salt, seasonings to taste.
Since chicken lagman will be served as a second course, you can use legs, legs or brisket instead of a whole bird.
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10 Jan 2021 at 9:43 PST
