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🇹🇲 Traditional dishes from Turkmenistan

3 dishes people actually cook in Turkmenistan: what they are, how long they take, and what you need to buy.

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Döner kebab

90 min · medium · 12 ingredients

Döner kebab, a traditional dish from Turkmenistan

Savor the delicious flavors of homemade döner kebab!

  • 600 g chicken breast
  • 200 g yogurt
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 3 garlic
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp pepper
  • 4 pita bread
  • 100 g lettuce
  • 2 tomatoes
  • 1 onion

Gurbansak

90 min · medium · 8 ingredients

Gurbansak, a traditional dish from Turkmenistan

Savor the rich flavors of this traditional Turkmen dish.

  • 500 g lamb
  • 2 onions
  • 2 carrots
  • 300 g rice
  • 600 ml water
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 2 tbsp vegetable oil

Plov

90 min · medium · 9 ingredients

Plov, a traditional dish from Turkmenistan

Savor the rich flavors of this traditional Turkmen dish.

  • 400 g rice
  • 500 g lamb
  • 200 g carrots
  • 1 onion
  • 3 garlic
  • 100 ml vegetable oil
  • 1 tbsp cumin
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp black pepper

What do people eat in Turkmenistan?

The three dishes from Turkmenistan documented in Copper are Döner kebab, Gurbansak and Plov. Onion and cumin each appear in more than one recipe. Two of the three are simmered. Not one needs an oven — they cook entirely on the hob. Between them they use 19 different ingredients.

What ingredients do you need for cooking from Turkmenistan?

The three recipes need 19 ingredients between them, of which 5 are shared by more than one dish. Lamb is the hardest to find: of the 588 dishes in Copper's atlas, 16 use lamb. Every ingredient list on this page is complete, with quantities, and free to read.

How long do recipes from Turkmenistan take?

Döner kebab is the quickest at 90 minutes. The median is 90 minutes — a weekend dish rather than a weeknight one.

Which dish from Turkmenistan is easiest to make at home?

None of the dishes from Turkmenistan here is rated easy, but every one has the full method written out step by step, free to read. Döner kebab is the shortest way in.

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