Shima dish
Description
The recipe won't take much time. It's taken from an old book "Tajik Cuisine". Following the instructions precisely, I ended up with a very tasty and filling dish! Try it yourself! The ingredients are affordable and familiar to us, check out the recipe. Serve hot.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare the ingredients. Let's get started!
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Step 2
Start with the dough: sift flour with salt into a bowl, add water, and knead a stiff dough.
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Step 3
Knead the dough thoroughly (for at least 10 minutes) until it becomes elastic, firm, and smooth. Let the finished dough rest, covered with a cloth or placed in a bag, for 30–40 minutes.
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Step 4
While the dough is resting, I prepared the meat. To do this, cut it into pieces weighing 20 g each.
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Step 5
Finely chop the onion.
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Step 6
Heat the oil well, add the meat, then the onion and tomato paste (or 2-3 tomatoes). Fry for 15 minutes. Then pour in a tablespoon of apple vinegar and a glass of water. Simmer until the liquid has evaporated.
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Step 7
Add chopped garlic and cilantro two minutes before the end. Stir and remove from heat. Kaila is ready!
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Step 8
Divide the rested dough into portions; I got 4 small balls. Roll each one out as thinly as possible, about 1 mm thick. Dust with flour during the process.
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Step 9
Dust the dough with flour, roll it into a tube, and cut it.
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Step 10
Bring water to a boil, add salt, and cook the noodles for literally a couple of minutes—they cook very quickly.
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Step 11
Finely chop boiled eggs with a knife, fry in 2-3 tablespoons of vegetable oil, salt, and add ground red pepper.
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Step 12
When all the ingredients are ready, assemble the shimu. Place the noodles in deep plates (you can additionally coat them with butter).
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Step 13
Pour the kailo noodles (meat with sauce).
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Step 14
Next, fried eggs with pepper.
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Step 15
Garnish the dish with chopped cilantro and serve immediately! Enjoy!