What primarily comes to mind when it comes to traditional oriental cuisine? Pictures pop up in my head with a richly laid table, on it are various teas, dried fruits and oriental goodies, rice. True, but there is something else that is particularly popular - lagman. Fragrant, rich and very satisfying dish, it is highly appreciated in the Kazakh, Afghan and Tajik cuisine, and is also rapidly gaining popularity, capturing the hearts of Europe.
According to the legend about this dish, its history began in China.
The legend of lagman
After tasting the lagman, you will understand why this dish was so fond of almost all of East Asia. So it happened with the Chinese emperor, who accidentally stumbled upon travelers having dinner.
The story tells of three wanderers who met at the crossroads of two roads. They walked for a long time, each of them was driven by their personal dream and purpose, they traveled to different countries, to different cities, but they had something in common: travelers traveled for so long, they were tired and hungry. Each had some simple ingredients in the bags, but they did not know what to make of them to get enough.
Having met, they decided to put all the products together and prepare a dish for everyone. Legend has it that the first traveler had some meat and flour, the other carried a deep frying pan and water, and the third had vegetables and spices.
Having left the road, the travelers lit a fire, placed a pan, fried meat in spices, stewed it with vegetables and pulled out noodles.
So there was a recipe for lagman in a cauldron at the stake.
Satisfied, the wanderers rested by the fire and gained strength.
At this time, the emperor rode along the road, he was also tired and hungry. His nose caught the fragrant smell of edible and reaching the travelers, he asked a little from vacationers. The emperor liked the taste of the dish prepared by the strangers so much that he offered any money for the recipe. The wanderers told how they prepared the lagman, and the governor, upon arrival home, ordered this magnificent dish to be served in all Chinese houses.
Are you interested in learning the Lagman recipe in a cauldron at the stake (photo below)?
Ingredients for Lagman
Let us begin to get acquainted with the recipe for cooking lagman at the stake in a cauldron. Make a fire in advance and prepare a deep cauldron of 8 liters. Do not be afraid of large volumes of lagman, you will not notice how the dish instantly flies off the table.
Ingredients:
- 500 g of beef;
- 500 g of pork;
- 2-3 medium potatoes;
- 3-4 bell peppers;
- 2-3 carrots;
- 1 onion;
- 5-6 tomatoes;
- 2 zucchini;
- 1 radish;
- 3-4 cloves of garlic;
- greens - zira, parsley;
- a mixture of peppers, zira, paprika;
- salt.
And also for cooking lagman you will need 300 g of noodles. You can either cook it yourself or purchase it in a store. But homemade noodles are certainly tastier.
Preparation of vegetables and meat
Rinse pork and beef thoroughly under running water. Dry with a towel or napkins. Cut the meat into cubes about one and a half centimeters. Remember that the meat is fried, and there should be impressive pieces in the lagman.
Rinse and peel the potatoes, cut them into strips, just like for french fries. Bell pepper cut into strips too, remove veins and seeds. Rinse. Peel the carrots and cut into thin strips. In the same way grind the zucchini peeled from seeds and a peel.
Cut juicy tomatoes into small slices, and peeled radish into cubes. Radish and tomatoes are invariable components of a delicious recipe for a lagman at a stake in a cauldron. Lagman is a universal dish, and most often it is prepared from what has matured in the garden. Potatoes? Wonderful! Peppers? Sumptuously! Eggplant? And let's him! Only tomatoes and radish remain unchanged, setting the color of the broth and the taste of the whole dish.
Cooking lagman
Rinse the cauldron thoroughly, dry it with a towel and place over the fire. Flavor the bottom of the cauldron with plenty of vegetable oil. You can also use pork fat. Heat the oil and put into it slices of pork and beef. Fry the meat, stirring it occasionally in a cauldron.
Peel and chop onions in small squares. Send him to the cauldron for meat. Fry it all together until a golden crust appears on pieces of meat.
Next, lay the carrots, stir the ingredients and simmer until the carrots soften.
Next, pepper is sent to the cauldron. To make the dish bright, interesting, use peppers of different colors. Bright colors and a pleasant aroma will cause your guests an unbearable appetite.
Together with it, put in a common cauldron a radish. Some lagman recipes in a cauldron at the stake offer an alternative to using daikon or radish.
Mix all ingredients and continue to simmer. Give the vegetables 15 minutes to let the juice flow.
After this, the lagman must be salt, add to taste pepper, paprika and zira, as well as other aromatic spices. Behind them are potatoes and eggplant. Add tomato slices and finely chopped garlic cloves.
Further, according to the recipe for preparing a lagman in a cauldron at the stake, you need to add water. You can use both boiled water and fragrant meat broth. Pour liquids almost to the brim.
Stir all the ingredients together, lifting pieces of meat and vegetables from the bottom, continue to simmer the dish on fire for another 15-20 minutes. Remove the finished lagman from the heat and let it brew. Sprinkle the prepared dish with chopped fresh herbs.
Lagman noodles
For traditional lagman cooking, homemade noodles are used. For her, they knead the dough on their own, roll out and cut. For cooking, you will need flour, water and salt to taste. It is necessary to boil the noodles for the lagman separately, which is quite problematic in the process of preparing dishes at the stake. Boil the noodles at home so as not to bother. You can also use store pasta made from durum wheat.
Do not cook noodles in a common cauldron with meat and vegetables. Homemade noodles are quickly boiled, so there is a risk of spoiling the entire structure of the dish.
Decor
Take a deep bowl. Put ready noodles in it. Scoop vegetables and meat from the cauldron, and then fill the plate with broth to the brim. Sprinkle a serving of fresh chopped herbs. Serve lagman with fresh garlic buns - they go well with this hearty, tasty dish.
Home recipe from Khankishiyev
You can also cook aromatic lagman on gas, it will turn out not as tasty as in a cauldron on an open fire, however, this is an excellent hearty dinner of noodles, vegetables and meat. We suggest you familiarize yourself with the method of preparation from the authority in the Eastern cuisine of Khankishiyev Stalik.
The recipe for a lagman in a cauldron on a fire or a house on gas is presented in this video:
Here is such a simple recipe for a lagman at the stake - you will definitely like this appetizing and satisfying dish. The recipe is flexible, you can replace some products, add your favorite spices.
Enjoy your meal!