Lagman

Kazakh and Kyrgyz dish.

Ingredients

 * ½ kg meat (beef, or mutton)
 * noodles
 * ½ cup of vegetable oil
 * 1 marinated pepper
 * 2 big onions
 * 2 medium carrots
 * 2 cloves of garlic
 * 3 big green radishes
 * ½ teaspoon red pepper
 * 2 – 3 tomatoes (or 3 tablespoons of tomato paste)

Directions

 * 1) Chop the meat into very small pieces and saute with butter and the red pepper in a kazan or heavy-bottomed pot.
 * 2) After about 5–7 minutes add ⅓ cup of cold water.
 * 3) Bring it to a boil and then add the onions, carrots, garlic, green radishes, and tomatoes.
 * 4) Steam in low heat for 30 minutes.
 * 5) Turn up the heat and stir for about 5 minutes.
 * 6) Add cold water (depending on the number of people you are cooking for, approximately 1.5 to 2 cups per person) and bring to a boil again.
 * 7) Lower the heat and keep for 30 minutes more.
 * 8) In a separate pot prepare spaghetti or linguine noodles.
 * 9) Put the pasta in bowls and cover with the sauce (to make the dish more interesting feel free to add other vegetables such as eggplant. You can also use home-made noodles or egg noodles).