Azerbaijan Cuisine

Azerbaijanis love jam or fruit conserves as an accompaniment to glasses of hot tea. They usually eat it on its own by the spoonful, rather than spreading it on bread. As well as enjoying Azerbaijani jam the traditional way, you can savour it on toast and crumpets and as a …

Eggplant roasting has special place in Azerbaijan cuisine and very tasty with roasted meat and eggplant. Eggplant roasting is one of the delicious Azerbaijan meal. Primarily real xurush is prepared with eggplant. Preparation time: 40 min Cooking time: 90 min Serves: 4-5

Eggplant jam is one of the unique and delicious example of the Jams. Making and canning of eggplant jam is easy and very tasty. Jams are easy way to have an appetizer and tasty desert. Preparation time: 120 min Cooking time: 4 days Serves: 4-6

Badam-buri is a sweet pastry filled with almonds and sugar. One of the Azerbaijan classical pastries is badam-buri which takes it name from almond (badam). Badam-buri contains almond, sugar powder sugar and cardamom. Preparation time: 40 min Cooking time: 30 min Serves: 5-6

Domestic or wild herbs with cottage cheese comprise the filling in this vegetarian version of a gutab. While the process of folding a circle of dough over the filling is the same, the ingredients vary from region to region, as cooks use the wild herbs that are available. Coriander, chives …

Khalva refers to many types of dense, sweet confections, served across the Middle East, West Asia, Central Asia. Ter khalva is a traditional sweet, prepared in Azerbaijan, made by sugar powder or doshab and with wheat flour. Cinnamon gives unique taste to this meal. Preparation time: 10 min Cooking time: …

Kourma is pieces of mutton or lamb on the bone (blade chops) stewed with onions, tomatoes, and saffron. Kourma is one of the traditional Azerbaijan dishes which is delicious with saffron infusion broth, alycha and lamb. Kourma is served in frying pan and with lemons. Preparation time: 20 min Cooking …

Shashlyks or kebabs are a simple grilled entree that consists of alternating seasoned meat and vegetables on a skewer. The kebab originated in Persia, where the traditional meat was lamb. Today, kebabs are seen with chicken, beef, goat and fishes. A variety of spice rubs and marinades add distinct flavors …

Pakhlava in Shaki style is sticky and syrup-saturated Azeri pastries. It is so delicious with layers of chopped nuts. Sheki region is well known with deserts and pastries. Pakhlava in Sheki style is well known pastry among all Caucasus. Special sticky and syrup saturated pastry will gives you a delicious …

Chicken fried in tendyr has unique and special taste and this meal specially cooked in tendyr which is a local stove made of Chicken fried in tendyr is marinated chicken with sour cream and spices . Also Chicken in tendyr is garnished with tomatoes, lemon, onions and herbs. Preparation time: …