
🇺🇿 UzbekistanCatalog recipe
Tiny beef dumplings by the bowlful in clear broth with black pepper and herbs — Uzbekistan's answer to pelmeni, folded smaller and prouder.
For 6 servings.
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Firm dough, 30-minute rest; mix beef with onion, salt and a lot of pepper.
Roll thin, cut small squares, dot with filling, fold into triangles and pinch the corners round.
💡 Smaller than feels reasonable — a proper chuchvara is a single bite with broth to spare.
Simmer in stock until they all float plus 2 minutes.
Serve in their broth with dill and sour cream.
Half the size of Russian pelmeni and folded by grandmothers at speeds science can't explain, chuchvara turn a quiet afternoon of family folding into weeks of fast dinners.
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