Zhingyalov hats

Zhingyalov hats (Armenian: Ժենգյալով հաց, also zhengyalav hatz, zhangyalov hats) is a type of flatbread stuffed with finely diced herbs and green vegetables. It is a traditional dish of Armenians from Artsakh[1][2][3][4] and Syunik. Zhingyalov hats is similar to other dishes of peoples of the Caucasus: herb qutab[5] and afar.

In 2015, at the end of April, Artsakh held a festival "Zhingyalov hats".[6]

Preparation

Unleavened dough is rolled out until it becomes paper-thin, then it is filled with the stuffing that consists of 10 to 20 types of diced and oiled wild and cultured herbs.[7] One of the most important steps in preparing a good zhingyalov hats is the greens' composition. Tasteless leaf vegetables and herbs with less pronounced taste make up the base of the stuffing, examples include lettuce, spinach, atriplex, beet greens, chickweed, shepherd's-purse,[8] viola leaves[8] and suchlike plants. Herbs with peculiar taste (chervil, urtica, allium), sour (rumex) or spicy (laserpitium) ones are needed in smaller quantities; bitter-tasting greens as taraxacum should be sparse. Additionally the stuffing might contain bryndza and fried onions.

After stuffing, zhingyalov hats is fried for around 10 minutes on a special griddle called "saj" or "sajin" (Armenian: սաջին),[9] or in a tandoor for a couple of minutes.[7]

The ready dish is consumed with beer, doogh, or wine. Zhingyalov hats is especially popular during the Great Lent.

Diced herbs
Preparing zhingyalov hats
Ready meal
Zhingyalov hats ready to be consumed

References

  1. ↑ Restaurant.ru
  2. ↑ Petrov 1940, p. 14.
  3. ↑ Alla Ter-Sarkisiants. Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh. Published by Russkaya panorama, 2015, Moscow; p.637
  4. ↑ Timeout.
  5. ↑ Bratusheva.
  6. ↑ Панорама.
  7. 1 2 Recipe.
  8. 1 2 Petrov 1940, p. 49.
  9. ↑ PanAm.

Sources

  • Bratusheva, А. (2013). "Купаты с зеленью". Блюда азербайджанской кухни. Litres. ISBN 5457357198.
  • Petrov, V. A. (1940). Этноботаника Нагорного-Карабаха (in Russian). USSR Academy of Sciences.
  • "Москвичи отведают знаменитый карабахский «Жингалов Хац»" (in Russian). PanARMENIAN.Net. 2011-04-14. Retrieved 2014-12-10.
  • Susanna Balayan. "Как приготовить Женгялов хац. Рецепт и способ приготовления" (in Russian). PanARMENIAN.Net. Retrieved 2014-12-11.
  • "В кафе «На лестнице» готовят блюда карабахской кухни" (in Russian). Timeout.tu. 2011-04-27. Retrieved 2014-12-10.
  • "Karabakh President attends Zhengyalov Hats Festival in Tsaghkashat village". 2015-04-29. Retrieved 2015-08-04.
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