Laghman, also spelled lagman, is a dish of meat, vegetables and pulled noodles from Uyghur cuisine, likely a loanword from the Chinese lamian and an adaptation of Northern Chinese noodle dishes, though distinctly Uyghur in taste and preparation. It is well known in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, where it is considered a national dish of the local Uyghur and Dungan, or Hui, ethnic minorities, and it is also common in Russia, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, northeastern Afghanistan, where chickpeas are added, and parts of northern Pakistan, with Crimean Tatar cuisine having adopted its own version from Uzbek culture.
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Origin RegionSourced to the subject's own accountXinjiang region of northwestern China (Uyghur cuisine), adapted from Chinese lamian noodle dishes 2 Classification
Dietary SuitabilityContains Meat or Poultry 1 Connections
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Laghman, also spelled lagman, is a dish of meat, vegetables and pulled noodles from Uyghur cuisine.
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Laghman is likely a loanword from the Chinese lamian and appears to be an adaptation of Northern Chinese noodle dishes, although its taste and preparation are distinctly Uyghur.
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When and in what period did laghman take shape as a distinct Uyghur dish, apart from its Chinese lamian source?
The source names laghman as a likely loanword from Chinese lamian and an adaptation of Northern Chinese noodle dishes, but gives no century, dynasty or decade for when the Uyghur dish diverged from its Chinese source.
What would resolve this A dated food-history source on Uyghur or Central Asian cuisine naming an approximate period for laghman's emergence as a distinct dish.
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