Kharcho
Kharcho, from above
Non vegSamegrelo

Kharcho

Beef and rice soup with walnuts and sour plums. Hearty enough for dinner, bold enough for therapy.

160 minTime
35 gProtein each
mediumSpice
Sour plums and beef2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayBeef, rice, walnuts and tkemali sour plum sauce.
The original
448kcalsame
35 gproteinsame
3 gfibresame
160minutessame

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

6 servings
Beef700 g brisket or shin, chunks
Water2 litres
Rice½ cup
Onion2 medium, chopped
Cooking oil (vegetable oil)1 tbsp
Tomato puree⅔ cup
Aloo bukhara (dried sour plums or prunes)8, soaked (or 3 tbsp tkemali)
Walnuts1 cup
Garlic4 cloves
Khmeli suneli2 tsp
Dried red chilli1 to 2
Coriander leaves (cilantro)big handful
Saltto taste

Method

5 steps
  1. 1Simmer the beef in the water, skimming the foam, until tender.
  2. 2Lift out the beef. Add the rice to the broth and simmer.
  3. 3Fry the onion in oil until soft, add tomato puree and cook 3 minutes. Add to the pot with the soaked plums, mashed.
  4. 4Pound walnuts, garlic, khmeli suneli, chilli and salt. Stir into the soup with the beef and simmer 10 minutes.
  5. 5Stir in coriander, rest 10 minutes and serve.
Serve it like this

Ladle into deep bowls, scatter coriander and a little chilli. Bread or cornbread on the side.

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What goes with Kharcho: a bread or rice, a side, something to drink and something sweet.

Bread or rice Mchadi30 min
Bread or rice Imeruli khachapuri50 min
Bread or rice Lavash60 min
On the side Pkhali35 min
On the side Badrijani nigvzit50 min
To drink Sol kadhi40 min
Something sweet Churchkhela80 min
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