Ryia making chuchuvara For Navruz (March
21 celebrating the advent of spring), Guli taught us how to make a national Uzbek
dish called chuchuvara. It's basically little dumplings or tortilini. Usually
it's made with meat and spices, but in spring when everyone is a bit anemic from
the long winter without many greens, they use a vegetable filling. We sauteed
spinich, mint, and clover with cumin and caraway seeds and the wrapped it in
the dough that I we made from scratch. Finally we boiled it and it was so delicious!
However the 3 hours of prep work make me think I won't be making it again until
next navruz! Here Ryia is filling the chuchuvara as she sits on our enclosed
veranda.
