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Dograma

Name: Dograma
Total time: 120 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Turkmenistan
Ingredients: 600g (bone-in) Lamb; 1 Baguette; 3 Tomato; 2 Onion; 1/2 tsp Black Pepper; 2 tsp Salt; 2L Water

Main Dish

⏱ 120 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐

Torn bread mixed with lamb, tomato, and onion with broth poured over — a Turkmen celebration dish.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Dograma means 'finely chopped': chorek bread baked in a tandoor is torn into small pieces, mixed by hand with boiled lamb, tomato, and onion, and eaten with hot meat broth poured over. Served to crowds at celebrations and memorial gatherings, it's one of Turkmenistan's signature traditional dishes.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a celebration day in a Turkmen village, torn bread and meat are heaped in a big bowl, hot broth is poured over, and people sit around it on the carpet.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

Lamb 600g (bone-in)
Baguette 1
Tomato 3
Onion 2
Black Pepper 1/2 tsp
Salt 2 tsp
Water 2L

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Put the lamb and water in a pot and boil 1 1/2 hours, skimming.
Add 1 tomato and 1 onion, season with salt and pepper, and simmer another 20 minutes.
Remove the meat and chop finely; tear the bread into small pieces.
Mix the bread, meat, and chopped raw tomato and onion together by hand.
Pile into bowls and pour over plenty of hot broth.

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