🇹🇯 Tajik Cuisine

Ugro

Toasted Noodle Soup

Prep Time 45 min

Servings 4

Difficulty Medium

Calories 298 kcal

A light lamb broth soup with tiny hand-cut toasted noodles, chickpeas, and fresh herbs — a classic Tajik home-cooked meal.

Ingredients

1 Make firm dough from flour, egg, salt, and a little water. Roll very thin.
2 Cut into tiny noodle pieces. Toast in a dry skillet until golden, stirring often.
3 Brown lamb in oil, add onion, carrots. Cook 5 min.
4 Add water, chickpeas, tomatoes, cumin. Simmer 40 min.
5 Add toasted noodles, cook 10 min more.
6 Serve garnished with cilantro and dill.

Did You Know?

Toasting the noodles before adding them to soup gives ugro its distinctive nutty flavor — a technique unique to Central Asian cuisine.