Tarkhana is soup made from chicken broth with special noodles “tarkhana”.

Ingredients for preparing Tarkhana:

From which came the name of the dish

Noodles:

  • 450 g starch.
  • 450 g wheat flour.
  • 1 l sour milk “matzun”.
  • 1/2 l milk.
  • 3 ea eggs.
  • 3 ts salt.

Broth:

  • 1 c tarkhana
  • 2 l water
  • 1 ea chicken
  • 1 ea carrot
  • 3 ea onion
  • 50 g butter
  • 4 tb mint
  • 1 tb savory green
  • salt

Method:

  • Combine two kinds of flour and pour over it boiling milk and stir thoroughly.
  • Beat eggs with sour milk “matzun” and pour in flour slowly.
  • Knead dough and leave it over a night.
  • Pinch small pieces and run them through the sieve.
  • Cook a chicken with a carrot and an onion until done.
  • Take it out and use as needed.
  • Discard vegetables.
  • Add tarkhana to the broth.
  • 5 minutes before finishing add fried finely chopped onions.