Bozbash with lamb and peas

Nutritious soup with a fantastic range of combinations. Bozbash is a traditional Armenian lamb soup. The culinary recipe of this soup has many variations, both geographical and seasonal. This food is also very popular in Azerbaijan and in other places. Mutton is always present in all varieties of this dish, but the other components may differ. There are differences even in the size of the pieces of meat that go to the portion. Bozbash can be both winter and summer, etc. Sometimes rice is used instead of peas, or some other vegetables and fruits are added. Let's cook the most traditional version of this soup – with peas.
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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 27 % 4 g
Fats 20 % 3 g
Carbohydrates 53 % 8 g
65 kcal
GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 2 h 30 min
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Bozbash peas need to be soaked in water in advance so that it softens. This should be done at least 10-12 hours before the start of cooking.
Wash the lamb and cut it into chunks. Put the pieces of meat in a saucepan and cook for an hour and a half.
Next, remove the meat from the broth, and put the peas in the broth and cook it.
Meanwhile, put the lamb in a frying pan with melted butter, add chopped onion, tomato paste and fry them stirring. Salt and pepper the roast. Then pour the contents of the pan into the broth and continue to cook.
About 10 minutes before cooking, add chopped potatoes, apples and prunes to the pan. Apples should also be cut into slices and remove the core.
When the bozbash is almost ready, you need to add a little wine vinegar to it.
That's it, now you can serve bozbash on the table. Enjoy your meal.

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Ripe potatoes - 80   kcal/100g
  • Baked potatoes - 70   kcal/100g
  • Mashed potatoes - 380   kcal/100g
  • Boiled potatoes - 82   kcal/100g
  • Potatoes in uniform - 74   kcal/100g
  • Fried potatoes - 192   kcal/100g
  • Lean mutton - 169   kcal/100g
  • Fat mutton - 225   kcal/100g
  • Lamb - brisket - 533   kcal/100g
  • Mutton - ham - 232   kcal/100g
  • Lamb chop on a bone - 380   kcal/100g
  • Lamb shoulder - 284   kcal/100g
  • Mutton - dorsal part - 459   kcal/100g
  • Apples - 47   kcal/100g
  • Dried apples - 210   kcal/100g
  • Canned apple mousse - 61   kcal/100g
  • Dried green peas, unboiled whole - 340   kcal/100g
  • Crushed raw peas without seed coating - 348   kcal/100g
  • Crushed boiled peas - 115   kcal/100g
  • Turkish peas, dried, uncooked - 360   kcal/100g
  • Dried, uncooked cow peas - 343   kcal/100g
  • Dried boiled cow peas - 76   kcal/100g
  • Dried peas - 322   kcal/100g
  • Peas - 298   kcal/100g
  • Ground black pepper - 255   kcal/100g
  • Prunes - 227   kcal/100g
  • Tomato paste - 28   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Water - 0   kcal/100g
  • Onion - 41   kcal/100g
  • White wine vinegar - 14   kcal/100g
  • Ghee - 892   kcal/100g

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