Traditional georgia country food. Food is an important part of cultural heritage and national identity. How to eat khinkali. The trick with khinkali is to eat them without making a mess or spilling the hot broth inside all over yourself.
Sometimes food is even the reason we travel. We always love to try the traditional food of a country. Sprinkle with black pepper grab the dumpling by the handle and turn upside down.
Unlike most recipes these biscuits are formed entirely by hand not rolled and cut. Here are 10 dishes to know and try. Todays georgian food and cuisine is a rich interplay between mediterranean and middle eastern tastes.
Youve got flavours from the mediterranean as well as turkey and the middle east. Wine culture in georgia dates back thousands of years and many georgian wines are made from traditional georgian grape varieties that are little known in the west such as saperavi and rkatsiteli. Since not many people know much about georgia were planning on changing that i decided to write a yummy post about georgian food and the local cuisine.
Georgian wine is well known throughout eastern europe and is a significant national export with exports of over 10 million bottles of wine per year. These are traditional hand formed south georgia biscuits as made by my family for generations. Beautifully twisted knobs of dough khinkali are typically stuffed with meat and spices then served boiled or steamed.
They hand you a bottle of wine. When you arrive in tbilisi border agents dont just stamp your passport. The most common ingredients are walnuts pomegranate kidney beans cheese honey coriander and garlic.
Once you master the technique you can make them very quickly and will find the texture and appearance to be much better than rolled biscuits. Traditional georgian food khinkali georgian dumplings.