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Lagman

Hand-pulled wheat noodles under a fragrant stir-fried sauce of lamb, peppers, and vegetables — the Silk Road's springy noodle dish, equally at home as a soup or a saucy plate across Central Asia and Xinjiang.

2 hr · Serves 4 · Takes some skill

Recipe by Halal Gourmet Editorial Team

Serves
4

Ingredients

Noodles

Sauce

Spice

Time
Prep 90 min · Cook 30 min · 120 min total
Difficulty
hard
  1. 1

    Make and rest an oiled dough; pull by hand into long springy noodles; boil and drain.

    90 min
  2. 2

    Stir-fry the meat and vegetables hot with cumin and chili into a saucy topping.

    25 min
  3. 3

    Serve the sauce over the noodles (or in broth as soup lagman).

    5 min

Notes and swaps

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