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Mastava

Name: Mastava
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Uzbekistan
Ingredients: 300g Beef; 80g Rice; 1 Onion; 1 Carrot; 2 Potato; 2 Tomato; 1 Green Bell Pepper; 2 cloves Garlic; 1 tsp Cumin Seeds; 2 tbsp Vegetable Oil; 1.2L Water; 100g Plain yogurt; A pinch Dill; 1 1/2 tsp Salt

Soup

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

An Uzbek home soup of beef, vegetables, and rice, served with yogurt and herbs.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Mastava is an everyday Uzbek soup of rice and vegetables simmered in a broth reddened with tomato. Like plov, it starts by frying the meat and vegetables in oil, and the rice soaks up the soup to give it a gentle body. Yogurt and dill or cilantro are added at the table.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a family dinner in Samarkand, big bowls of mastava and non flatbread sit on a low table on the carpet as the family tears the bread by hand.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Beef 300g
Rice 80g
Onion 1
Carrot 1
Potato 2
Tomato 2
Green Bell Pepper 1
Garlic 2 cloves
Cumin Seeds 1 tsp
Vegetable Oil 2 tbsp
Water 1.2L
Plain yogurt 100g
Dill A pinch
Salt 1 1/2 tsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Heat the oil in a pot and brown the diced beef.
Add the onion and carrot and fry, then add the diced tomatoes, green pepper, and cumin.
Add the water and simmer 20 minutes.
Add the rinsed rice, diced potatoes, and crushed garlic and simmer 20 minutes.
Season with salt.
Ladle into bowls and serve with yogurt and chopped dill.

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