Name: Meat-filled khinkali dumplings (Khinkali ხინკალი ხორციო)
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: Makes about 24
Cuisine: Georgia
Ingredients: ½ cup water or meat broth; ¼ tsp caraway seeds, finely chopped; 260 g / 9 oz / 2 cups plain/all-purpose flour; ⅛ tsp ground cumin; ¼ tsp coriander seeds, crushed; ¼ tsp minced fresh medium-hot chilli, or to taste; 2 tbsp minced coriander / cilantro; 40 g / 1½ oz / ⅓ cup minced onion; 100 g / 3½ oz ground beef; 100 g / 3½ oz ground pork; 120 ml / 4 fl oz / ½ cup water; 1 tsp salt; 1 egg, at room temperature; ¼ tsp dried kondari (summer savory) or mild thyme; 4 g / ⅛ oz / 1 garlic clove, minced; 30 g / 1 oz / 2 tbsp butter, melted; freshly ground black pepper

Preparation info

Makes about
24

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 10

Appears in

Tasting Georgia

By Carla Capalbo

Published 2017

About

Khinkali are Georgian soup dumplings. In the high Caucasus mountains of Kazbegi, the khinkali are usually stuffed with lightly spiced meat. For the Master Recipe on how to form the dumplings.

This filling can be made of beef, pork or a mixture of both. Make sure there is some fat in the meat. If your meat is very lean, add an extra 30 g /