Ingredients
- Flour500 g
- Egg1
- Water200 ml
- Mutton, chopped by hand400 g
- Onions2
- Cumin seed1 tsp
- Meat broth2 l
- Suzma or thick yoghurt300 ml
- Coriander40 g
- Tomatoes2
- Chilli1
- Salt and pepperto taste
Quantities are auto-calculated from the original recipe as a guide. Items without numbers (e.g. “to taste”) are not changed.
Method 7 steps
Knead a stiff dough from the flour, egg, water and salt and work it fifteen minutes.
Cover the dough and rest it forty minutes at room temperature.
Chop the mutton fine with a knife and mix it with the grated onion, cumin, salt and pepper.
Roll the dough a millimetre thick and cut it into three-centimetre squares.
Put a pea of filling on each square, fold it into a triangle and join two corners into a ring.
Bring the broth to the boil with the tomatoes and the whole chilli and drop the chuchvara in batches.
Cook five minutes after they surface, divide them between bowls with the broth, and add suzma and coriander.

