Nazira from Kyrgyz'What shares her oromo recipe, a dumpling roll that comes in meat, potato, or pumpkin versions, for example. Made with thin pastry and steamed, it's a dish that pleases everyone, especially since you can make a vegetarian version. Like most traditional dishes, you don't need many ingredients to enjoy an oromo. Here's an easy homemade recipe for this Kyrgyz "roll," which you'll surely have the chance to taste during your trip to Kyrgyzstan:

Ingredients

For the dough:

400-500g flour

A little water

For the filling:

For the filling, you can choose pretty much what you want: meat, vegetables... Just cut everything finely. Nazira offers us two recipes:

With squash

300-400g squash

2 onions

2 potatoes

100g mutton fat (you can replace it with butter)

With Chinese chives

Chinese chives

2 onions

2 potatoes

100g mutton fat

The Recipe

Step 1: Prepare the dough

Oromo dough is made with just flour, salt, and water. Add a pinch of salt to the flour in a bowl, then pour in a little water while mixing, until you get a dough. Let it rest.

Step 2: Prepare the filling

Whatever filling you choose, cut all the ingredients very finely, season them (especially with salt), and mix everything together.

Step 3: Roll out the dough

Next, divide the dough into four pieces. Then roll out each piece with a rolling pin to get very thin dough, about 2mm thick.

Step 4: Fill and roll

Spread the filling on the dough, then roll the dough up like a scroll. Next, brush a little oil on the surface to prevent the dough from sticking, and shape the dough into a spiral, like a snail.

Step 5: Steam

Oromo is cooked by steaming. Allow approximately 35-40 minutes for cooking. You'll need to add an extra fifteen minutes if you have a meat filling.

It's ready! Enjoy and happy culinary travels...