Piti is a soup of the South Caucasus and the nations bordering it, baked in the oven in individual glazed crocks that are themselves called piti in Turkic languages. The classic filling is mutton with vegetables such as tomatoes, potatoes and chickpeas, flavoured and coloured with saffron water, with a lump of tail fat laid on top before the crock is sealed and cooked. It is served in the crock, usually with a second plate so the diner can separate the meat from the broth and vegetables, which are eaten as a first course of soup and a second course of meat. Piti is a variety of abgoosht, a dish especially popular in Iran, and in Armenia it goes by the name putuk, the Armenian word for crock. In Azerbaijan the broth is poured over crumbled bread before the meat and vegetables follow, and the Shaki version adds boiled chestnuts.
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Piti is a soup in the cuisines of the South Caucasus
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It is made with mutton and vegetables (tomatoes, potatoes, chickpeas)
In Group: Middle Eastern and North African Soups, Lead
Piti is a soup in the cuisines of the South Caucasus and its bordering nations
In Cuisine: Armenian Cuisine, Lead [in-cuisine]
In Armenia, it is called putuk
Uses Ingredient: Mutton, Ingredients
The main ingredients of piti are mutton, tail fat, chickpeas, potato, onions, dried alycha or other kinds of cherry plum and saffron.
Uses Ingredient: Chickpea, Ingredients
The main ingredients of piti are mutton, tail fat, chickpeas, potato, onions, dried alycha or other kinds of cherry plum and saffron.
Uses Ingredient: Potato, Ingredients
The main ingredients of piti are mutton, tail fat, chickpeas, potato, onions, dried alycha or other kinds of cherry plum and saffron.
Uses Ingredient: Onion, Ingredients
The main ingredients of piti are mutton, tail fat, chickpeas, potato, onions, dried alycha or other kinds of cherry plum and saffron.
Uses Ingredient: Saffron, Ingredients
The main ingredients of piti are mutton, tail fat, chickpeas, potato, onions, dried alycha or other kinds of cherry plum and saffron.
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