Known as the traditional delicacy of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, the five-finger dish takes its name from the fact that it is eaten with your hands rather than a fork. The cooking time of this dish, which is also made with horse meat, is a bit long. Because the meat needs to be soft served and that takes a long time. It has become a tradition to serve this dish to guests, but the serving time becomes longer when there are guests at home. Because according to tradition, it is necessary to host guests for a long time.
In the ritual of the meal, you sit at the table, bowls and water are brought to wash your hands, after everyone washes their hands, the food comes, everyone puts their food on their plate and starts eating with five fingers.
If you want to bring this delicious and traditional dish to your table and have a different experience, we would like to point out that you will not be able to get enough of its taste. We leave the video below, enjoy your meal.
- 1 kilogram of lamb meat with bones
- 3 potatoes (peeled, chopped medium size )
- 1 tablespoon of salt
- 2 onions (chopped )
- 1 teaspoon black pepper (optional)
For dough
- 2 cups flour
- 1 egg _
- 1 glass of water (as much water as needed)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
How to Make Besparmak Recipe?
- Place the meat in a pot or pressure cooker and add enough water to fill the entire pot with water.
- After 1.5 hours, when the water boils and the meat is almost cooked, add the potatoes and cook until the potatoes become soft.
- After the meat and potatoes are cooked, remove them from the pot with the help of a colander, add the onions to boiling water and cook for 5 minutes until they soften.
- After draining the onions and removing them from the pot, throw the dough pieces into the same water and cook for 5 minutes. If the amount of water is reduced, you can add some more water and throw the dough after it boils.
- Place the cooked dough at the bottom of the plate on which you will serve it.
- You can serve it by placing meat and potatoes on top, onions on top, and adding black pepper if you wish.