Discover Turkmen cuisine — dograma, palaw, ichlekli, gutap, and the nomadic Central-Asian desert-and-steppe table.
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Turkmen cuisine is Central Asian fare shaped by a nomadic desert heritage, built on mutton, wheat, rice, and dairy. Dograma (a torn-bread, meat and onion dish for festivals) is distinctive; palaw (the Turkmen plov), ichlekli (a baked meat-filled pastry), gutap (fried turnovers), and chorba soups anchor the canon. Camel milk (chal) and the central role of bread (çörek) distinguish it from neighbouring Uzbek/Tajik cooking.
mediumTurkmen · Soups
Kavurma chorba builds its rich broth by frying lamb and onions before adding water and vegetables, a characteristic Turkmen approach to meat soup. Serve it with corek, Turkmen bread, and offer gatyk, cultured yogurt, separately.

Turkmen · Soups
Turkmen dograma is a hearty bowl of tender mutton, hot broth, onion, tomato, and hand-torn çörek. The name reflects the dograma technique of cutting or tearing ingredients into small pieces before serving.