Uzbek Cuisine

May 7, 2007

Ishlekli

Filed under: Turkmenistan — Amber @ 3:47 pm


This is ishleki, the Turkmen version of “pizza”. I was unable to find a good recipe that was clear. Just a bad Russian translation of one. It is similar to lahmajoon. Looking at this picture makes me wish I had a tandoori oven. Whenever I get my own home, I would like to get one so as to get the perfect flavor.

I think you mix some milk, eggs, salt, oil and some flour for the dough. The filling consists of a pound of beef or lamb, tomatoes, and onions. You layer the dough like lahmajoon.

Here is the recipe in Russian.
I got the picture from the website as well. Doesn’t it look delicious? Looks sort of like Chorek, Turkmenistan’s bread.

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