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Qurutob

Name: Qurutob
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Tajikistan
Ingredients: 3 sheets (or flatbread) Naan; 300g Plain yogurt; 50g Feta Cheese; 1 Onion; 2 Tomato; 1 Cucumber; A pinch Cilantro; A pinch Dill; 4 tbsp Sunflower oil; A pinch Salt; 100ml Water

Main Dish

⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Torn flatbread soaked in salty yogurt sauce and topped with vegetables — Tajikistan's national dish.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Qurutob is considered Tajikistan's national dish: a sauce made by dissolving qurut, a dried salty fermented dairy product, in water is soaked into layered fatir bread and topped with oil from fried onions, tomatoes, cucumbers, and herbs. It's served in a big wooden bowl and everyone eats from it by hand.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a chaikhana (teahouse) in Dushanbe, men eat bread and yogurt from a big wooden bowl, serving themselves with their right hands.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Naan 3 sheets (or flatbread)
Plain yogurt 300g
Feta Cheese 50g
Onion 1
Tomato 2
Cucumber 1
Cilantro A pinch
Dill A pinch
Sunflower oil 4 tbsp
Salt A pinch
Water 100ml

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Mix the yogurt, crumbled feta, and water to make a salty sauce.
Fry the sliced onions in sunflower oil until golden.
Lay torn bread on a big platter and pour over the sauce to soak in.
Pour over the fried onions with their oil.
Top with diced tomato, cucumber, and chopped herbs.

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