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Central Asia's Vegan Dishes

Posted 10 January 2013 8:00 GMT

Qurutob, a traditional Tajik vegetarian dish. Image from Caravanistan, used with permission.

Central Asia has been described ‘the nightmare of a vegetarian‘. Yet, every country in the region has some ‘finger-licking’ vegan dishes to offer to meat avoiders, suggests Caravanistan.

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Written byAlexander Sodiqov

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3 comments

  • Steven

    Small error here: vegetarian dishes, not vegan dishes. For vegans, living in Central Asia still does come quite close to a hunger strike :-) BTW, Alex, have you had Qurtob? Is it good? I have just read about, I haven’t had it myself yet.

    10 January 2013, 11:54 am
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  • Thalia Rahme

    I dont know what the dish ingredients are but from the photo it looks quite similar to our Lebanese Tabboule :)

    15 January 2013, 13:09 pm
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