Khinkali
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One of the most popular and favorite dishes of Georgian cuisine. It is prepared of thinly rolled dough, filled with spicy juicy meat filling. In Georgia, you can also find khinkali with mushrooms or cheese. This is a very satisfying dish, and it is difficult to eat more than 8-10 pieces.
Ajapsandali
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A delicious dish for vegetable lovers and vegetarians. It is similar to Ratatouille, but thanks to its spices it has a true Georgian flavor. The dish is prepared from fresh bright juicy vegetables – eggplant, pepper, carrot, tomato, onion, and garlic. All this is stewed in a cast-iron cauldron with the addition of herbs and Georgian spices to the vegetables. This bright summer dish will please everyone with its rich colors and flavors.
Khachapuri
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Well-known dish of Georgian cuisine, which has already become famous abroad. There are many varieties of the dish in the country, as it is prepared differently in each region. Try Adjara khachapuri in the shape of a boat with an egg, round Imereti with Imereti cheese, Megrelian with cheese sprinkled on top. Khachapuri is usually served hot.
Pkhali
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Pkhali is a light vegetable snack that will especially please vegetarians. The dish is a kind of pate, prepared from vegetables, most often spinach or beetroot. Georgian cooks often prepare several types of pkhali and serve them on a single plate in the form of beautiful balls decorated with pomegranate seeds.
Satsivi
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One of the main dishes on the New Year's table in Georgia. It is prepared from chicken, soaked in a delicate nut sauce. Cinnamon, cloves, and saffron are also added to the sauce. It turns out a very juicy and flavorful dish and is often eaten cold.
Chakhokhbili
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It is a delicious flavorful chicken sauce. For its preparation, the chicken is stewed in its juice with the addition of tomato, adjika, garlic, herbs, and spices. The dish should stand for 15 minutes under the lid, and served later.
Kharcho
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The soup is well known in the CIS countries, but few know about its Georgian origin. Kharcho is a spicy and satisfying soup prepared from beef. Usually, you can add nuts, plums, garlic, and herbs to the broth.
Achma
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Achma is a delicious dish main ingredient of which is cheese. It is similar to lasagna, but it is prepared only with cheese. Several thin plates of dough usually nine are boiled, carefully removed from the boiling water and placed in turn in a mold, interspersed with a thick layer of cheese and impregnated with melted butter, then baked. The achma should be hot and greasy.
Kubdari
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Once these close relatives of khachapuri were prepared only in Svaneti, a mountainous region of Georgia. Now kubdari is served in every restaurant and cafe. Kubdari looks like khachapuri but thicker. It is prepared from yeast dough with meat inside and chopped with a knife. Traditional kubdari has three types of meat in the filling — beef, pork, lamb, flavored with salt and spices.
