Kharcho with nuts and prunes

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   This recipe will appeal to lamb lovers, it turns out very tasty! Once upon a time I found this recipe on the Internet, since then I have been cooking only this way. If you don't like mutton, do it with beef. I did both, but with lamb it turns out tastier and more fragrant. Well, anyway, for me...)))

2. Step 2:

   

   Wash the meat, do not clean it from the films, you can remove the fat. Fry the pieces of meat in a hot dry frying pan. Do not add oil! If you have a "sticky" frying pan, fry the cut fat on it first, and then the meat. If this is not there, then drop the oil, but just a little.

3. Step 3:

   

   As soon as the aroma comes from the meat, remove it from the frying pan and put it in a soup pot. Don't wash the pan, we'll need it again. Pour boiling water over the meat in a saucepan and on the slowest fire. Collect the foam as soon as it appears, add lavrushka, pepper peas (20-30 peas) and cook for 2-3 hours. Cook until fully cooked, so that the meat already falls apart!

4. Step 4:

   

   Chop tomatoes, onions, bell peppers, chili peppers and prunes. Chop the nuts with a blender. Try to use walnuts specifically. I had almonds. It turns out to be delicious too, but there is no "walnut" flavor.

6. Step 5:

   

   In the frying pan where the meat was fried, fry the onion. Add Bulgarian pepper and chili. Then add the tomatoes. When this whole thing is extinguished, go through it with a blender to get a homogeneous mass. In a separate bowl, cook the rice until cooked. If you like it thicker , cook 150 gr. rice. I cook thicker, my husband loves it so much. Flip into a colander and rinse with cold water.

7. Step 6:

   

   When the meat is cooked, add the chopped prunes. You can add tkemali instead of prunes, but it is desirable that it be homemade, not store-bought. Do not add prunes and tkemali together, it will turn out very sour. Cook for 10-15 minutes. Add the blended roast, boiled rice, nuts and 1 tbsp.l. hops-suneli. Give the fire more and let it boil for 3-5 minutes.

8. Step 7:

   

   When the soup boils, turn off the heat. If you have an electric stove, remove it from the stove. After 20 minutes, grate the garlic on a fine grater and add it to the pan. Do not add garlic to boiling soup! There won't be that flavor!

9. Step 8:

   

   Let the soup brew for an hour. Do not eat immediately, if you have enough patience, of course.))) Sprinkle with herbs and preferably coriander! Enjoy your meal! P.S. My husband's plate is in the photo, but he does not eat cilantro and seasons all soups with sour cream...