Kovurma Shorva from Uzbekistan

Submitted by Boonlong

"This is a very popular soup in Uzbekistan."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 10mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 lb lamb or 1 lb beef
• 1⁄2 cup vegetable oil
• 18 ounces potatoes, Cubed
• 1 ounce dill
• 1 ounce fresh cilantro
• 4 onions, Chopped
• 4 tomatoes, Chopped
• 1 chili pepper
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 1 large red apple, Cubed
• bay leaf
• salt or pepper
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons mixed spice, for kazakh and uzbek recipes from recipe of that name

directions

1. Cut meat and sautee until brown.
2. Add chopped onions and tomatoes and fry until onions are golden.
3. Add 2 cups water, salt, pepper, potatoes, whole chili, fresh dill and cilantro. Bring to a boil, then simmer.
4. Add cubed apple. Simmer for 1 hour.
5. Garnish with greens.

Reviews

[duonyte]

We are Exploring The Soups of Eastern Europe this month in the EE forum, and I picked this one because of my lack of familiarity with this cuisine. A very fine soup for cold winter days! I had some ground beef I needed to use up, so I pressed it into nuggets/chunks and browned those, pouring off the fat. I then browned the onions in a little oil, much less than shown, without the tomatoes - I did not see how the onions could brown with the tomatoes in there. Just as they were turning golden, I added garam masala with a little extra cumin instead of recipe #160814, as the spices that make it up were quite similar. I used serrano peppers, but they weren't quite spicy enough for the quantity of soup, so I ended up adding some hot sauce. I just forgot about adding the apple. This was a good and warming soup.