Mutton buglama in Azerbaijani

Caucasian cuisine dish - meat with vegetables in its own juice! This name translates as "steamed". The dish is prepared in a cauldron, in which layers of lamb and a variety of vegetables are stacked. As a result of a long languor on a small fire, a delicious, fragrant and satisfying dish is obtained.
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Composition / ingredients

servings:
Translation table of volumetric measures
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 35 % 7 g
Fats 20 % 4 g
Carbohydrates 45 % 9 g
97 kcal
GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 2 h
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    How to make buglama from mutton in Azerbaijani? Prepare the products for cooking buglama. I specially left the meat with a bone, it gives a special flavor when stewing. Adjust the amount of vegetables depending on their size.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Wash the meat, dry it and cut it into small pieces. It is better to remove excess fat. Although in some recipes it is specially left and put in the cauldron with the first layer. It's up to you.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Peel the onion and cut it into half rings.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Wash and chop tomatoes. In general, the method of slicing vegetables is not critical. It can be cut into absolutely any pieces. But, since vegetables languish for a very long time, they become very soft, and when finely chopped they turn into porridge. Therefore, it tastes better to me if the vegetables are cut larger.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Cut the pepper into strips.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Wash the potatoes, peel and cut into pieces equal in size to the meat. If you take young small potatoes, then leave them in the peel and do not cut them.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Take the cauldron. Lay a layer of meat on the bottom. Season it with salt and pepper.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8.

    Put a layer of onion on top.

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9.

    Then comes a layer of tomato and pepper.

  10. Step 10:

    Step 10.

    Next, lay a layer of potatoes. Now you need to add salt and pepper again. Place the well-washed greens on top. It does not need to be cut, put whole twigs straight. Add 50 ml of water.

  11. Step 11:

    Step 11.

    Put the cauldron on a small fire. Bring the contents to a boil, cover with a lid. Make the fire minimal.

  12. Step 12:

    Step 12.

    Simmer the buglama for 1.5-2 hours, depending on the amount of meat and vegetables. Serve the dish hot, sprinkled with fresh herbs.

We really love this dish! I've been cooking it for a long time, under a different name. There are many varieties of this recipe in Caucasian cuisine.
In some, the meat is pre-fried before stewing, adding chicken fat. Vegetables are put absolutely any - and eggplant, and zucchini, and cabbage. Cabbage is usually put in whole sheets, covering all the products on top.
It is very tasty to cook this dish in the season of young vegetables. I like to add cilantro more from greens.

Important! An incorrectly selected frying pan can ruin even the best recipe. All the details on how to choose the perfect frying pan for different dishes read here .

Any oils are useful only until a certain temperature is reached - the point of smoking, at which the oil begins to burn and toxic substances, including carcinogens, are formed in it. How to determine the roasting temperature and choose the best oil for frying, and which one is better not to use at all, read here .

Since the degree of salinity, sweetness, bitterness, sharpness, acid, burning is individual for everyone, always add spices, spices and seasonings, focusing on your taste! If you put some of the seasonings for the first time, then keep in mind that there are spices that it is especially important not to shift (for example, chili pepper). 

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Onion - 41   kcal/100g
  • Ripe potatoes - 80   kcal/100g
  • Baked potatoes - 70   kcal/100g
  • Mashed potatoes - 380   kcal/100g
  • Boiled potatoes - 82   kcal/100g
  • Potatoes in uniform - 74   kcal/100g
  • Fried potatoes - 192   kcal/100g
  • Tomatoes - 23   kcal/100g
  • Lean mutton - 169   kcal/100g
  • Fat mutton - 225   kcal/100g
  • Lamb - brisket - 533   kcal/100g
  • Mutton - ham - 232   kcal/100g
  • Lamb chop on a bone - 380   kcal/100g
  • Lamb shoulder - 284   kcal/100g
  • Mutton - dorsal part - 459   kcal/100g
  • Sweet pepper - 27   kcal/100g
  • Parsley greens - 45   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Ground red pepper - 318   kcal/100g
  • Ground hot pepper - 21   kcal/100g

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