chashushuli
{{Short description|Georgian dish with meat and tomatoes}}
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Chashushuli (Georgian: ჩაშუშული - "stew") is a dish of Georgian cuisine. The meat (veal in the original recipe) is fried and then stewed with tomatoes. One of the main meat dishes of Georgian cuisine,[https://etokavkaz.ru/khoroshii-vkus/in-i-yan-gruzinskoi-kukhni-satcivi-i-chashushuli Yin and yang of Georgian cuisine: satsivi and chashushuli.] etokavkaz.ru. Retrieved on 18 February 2021. it is less known outside Georgia than, for example, Satsivi or Chakhokhbili.
Ingredients
The main ingredients of the dish are meat (veal in the classic recipe, but beef is increasingly used; lamb much less often[https://volshebnaya-eda.ru/kollekcia-receptov/chashushuli/ Chashushuli.] Magic Eda.ru. Retrieved on 18 February 2021.) and tomatoes (or tomato paste[https://www.gastronom.ru/recipe/38559/chashushuli-iz-telyatiny Veal chashushuli, step by step recipe with photos.] www.gastronom.ru/. Retrieved on 18 February 2021.). Sweet pepper is also used in a number of recipes, often a combination of yellow and green peppers.[https://www.foodclub.ru/detail/chashushuli/ Chashushuli. Culinary recipes with step by step photos.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116205006/https://www.foodclub.ru/detail/chashushuli/ |date=2021-01-16 }} Retrieved on 18 February 2021. Among the necessary components are onions and garlic. In addition to traditional salt and black pepper, ajika, suneli hops, parsley, dill, cilantro, ground coriander and ground hot red pepper can be used as seasonings.
Cooking
The meat is cut into small pieces and fried over high heat in a deep frying pan or stew pan (or in a cauldron according to the classic recipe). After the liquid in the meat has evaporated, diced onions are added.[https://2d-recept.com/recipe/chashushuli/ Chashushuli in Georgian beef.] When the onion becomes soft, hot boiled water is added to the container and the dish begins to stew over low heat; water is added as needed.[https://arborio.ru/chashushuli/ Chashushuli in Georgian.] Culinary notes by Alexei Onegin (14 May 2019). Retrieved on 18 February 2021.
When the meat is almost ready, peeled tomatoes (fresh or in their own juice) and tomato paste, seasonings, and, shortly before serving, finely chopped herbs are added to it.[https://eda.ru/recepty/osnovnye-blyuda/chashushuli-25498 Chashushuli. Recipe.] Food.ru Retrieved on 18 February 2021.
Served on ketsi,[https://kolhida-cafe.ru/menu Menu - Restaurants Colchis.] Restaurants "Kolkhida". Retrieved on 18 February 2021. without garnish; with lavash and white wine.