Kharcho

Name: Kharcho
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 50 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Georgia
Ingredients: 600g beef short ribs or stewing beef; 100g short grain rice; 4 medium tomatoes, diced; 1 large onion, diced; 100g walnuts, ground; 4 garlic cloves, minced; 2 tbsp tkemali (Georgian plum sauce) or tamarind paste; 1 tsp each ground coriander, fenugreek, paprika, cayenne; large bunch fresh coriander

Georgia

Kharcho is one of Georgia's most ancient dishes, mentioned in texts dating to the 17th century. It is always made from beef — other meats are used in different soups but kharcho must be beef.

Georgia's richly spiced beef and rice soup — dark with tomatoes, walnuts and tkemali plum sauce, fragrant with coriander, fenugreek and garlic. One of the Caucasus's great soups.

Prep

20 mins

Cook

1 hr 30 mins

Difficulty

Medium

Calories

320 kcal

Serves

Calories are an estimate based on ingredients used

Ingredients

600gbeef short ribs or stewing beef

100gshort grain rice

4medium tomatoes, diced

1 largeonion, diced

100gwalnuts, ground

4garlic cloves, minced

2 tbsptkemali (Georgian plum sauce) or tamarind paste

1 tsp eachground coriander, fenugreek, paprika, cayenne

large bunchfresh coriander

Method

Simmer beef in 2L water 1 hour. Skim regularly. Remove meat and shred.

Fry onion until golden. Add tomatoes and cook down 10 minutes.

Add onion-tomato mixture to broth. Add rice. Simmer 15 minutes.

Add shredded beef, ground walnuts, tkemali and all spices.

Simmer 10 more minutes. Add garlic and fresh coriander.

Taste — it should be sour, spiced and deeply savoury.

Chef's Tip

Tkemali (Georgian sour plum sauce) is the key ingredient. Tamarind paste is the best substitute if unavailable.

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