Georgian & Armenian recipes
17 Georgian & Armenian recipes for a home kitchen, from 20 minutes. Have some of the ingredients already? Match them to what you have.
Dinner
40 min
Georgian & Armenian · dinner
Armenian beef shish kabob with lavash
Chunks of flap meat in a coarse black pepper and onion marinade, threaded five to a skewer, tenderized with a few taps and grilled hot, served wrapped in lavash.
40 min
Georgian & Armenian · dinner
Chicken chakhokhbili with fresh herbs
A Georgian-inspired chicken stew braised in tomato and onion, with fresh cilantro and tarragon stirred in at the end for a bright finish.
45 min
Georgian & Armenian · dinner
Mtsvadi
Georgian skewered meat grilled over grapevine embers, served with raw onion, pomegranate and tkemali.
60 min
Georgian & Armenian · dinner
Khorovats (Armenian barbecue)
Armenian pork or lamb skewers marinated simply with onion and spices, grilled over coals with vegetables.
90 min
Georgian & Armenian · dinner
Lobio (Georgian bean stew)
Kidney beans stewed with onion, walnuts, coriander, blue fenugreek and lots of herbs.
120 min
Georgian & Armenian · dinner
Dushbara
Tiny Azerbaijani lamb dumplings in clear broth with dried mint and vinegar-garlic.
120 min
Georgian & Armenian · dinner
Khinkali
Georgian pleated soup dumplings with a peppery beef-pork filling, eaten by the topknot.
120 min
Georgian & Armenian · dinner
Kharcho
Georgian beef and rice soup soured with tkemali plum sauce, thickened with walnuts and fragrant with khmeli suneli.
150 min
Georgian & Armenian · dinner
Shah plov
Azerbaijan's crown pilaf: saffron rice with lamb, chestnuts and dried fruit, baked inside a golden lavash dome.
Lunch & snacks
20 min
Georgian & Armenian · lunch
Adjika
Georgian red chili paste of peppers, garlic, walnuts and blue fenugreek—spicy, herbal and salty.
30 min
Georgian & Armenian · lunch
Pkhali
Georgian spinach-walnut balls with garlic, herbs and blue fenugreek, topped with pomegranate seeds.
45 min
Georgian & Armenian · lunch
Badrijani nigvzit (eggplant walnut rolls)
Fried eggplant slices rolled around garlicky walnut paste and topped with pomegranate seeds.
60 min
Georgian & Armenian · lunch
Qutab (herb-stuffed flatbreads)
Azerbaijani paper-thin half-moon flatbreads filled with fresh herbs or meat, cooked on a dry griddle and brushed with butter.
60 min
Georgian & Armenian · lunch
Tkemali (sour plum sauce)
Georgian tart plum sauce with garlic, dill, cilantro, coriander and pennyroyal—for grilled meats and potatoes.
Baking & sweets
40 min
Georgian & Armenian · baking
Adjaruli khachapuri (Georgian cheese boat)
Boat-shaped yeasted bread filled with a molten blend of salty, stretchy cheeses, baked until bubbling, then finished with an egg yolk and butter to stir in at the table.
120 min
Georgian & Armenian · baking
Armenian gata
Sweet, buttery Armenian pastry with a crumbly sugar-butter khoriz filling.
180 min
Georgian & Armenian · baking
Shoti (Georgian bread)
Canoe-shaped Georgian bread with crisp crust and chewy crumb, traditionally slapped onto a tone oven wall.
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