Zhingyalov hats

Zhingyalov hats (Armenian: Ժենգյալով հաց, also zhengyalav hatz, zhangyalov hats, or jingalov hats[1]) is a type of flatbread stuffed with finely diced herbs and green vegetables. It is a traditional dish of Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh[2][3][4][5] and Syunik. In 2015, at the end of April, the Republic of Artsakh held a Zhingyalov hats festival.[6]

Zhingyalov hats

Preparation

Unleavened dough is rolled out until it becomes paper-thin, then it is filled with a stuffing that consists of 10 to 20 types of diced and oiled wild and cultivated herbs.[7] One of the most important steps in preparing a good zhingyalov hats is the greens' composition. Tasteless leaf vegetables and herbs with less pronounced taste make up the base of the stuffing: examples include lettuce, spinach, atriplex, beet greens, chickweed, shepherd's-purse,[8] viola leaves[8] and suchlike plants. Herbs with distinctive tastes (chervil, urtica, allium), sour (rumex) or spicy (laserpitium) ones are needed in smaller quantities; bitter-tasting greens as taraxacum should be sparse. Additionally the stuffing might contain bryndza and fried onions.

After stuffing, zhingyalov hats are fried for around 10 minutes on a special griddle called "saj" or "sajin" (Armenian: սաջին),[9] or in a tonir for a couple of minutes.[7]

The finished dish is consumed with beer, doogh, or wine. Zhingyalov hats is especially popular during the Great Lent.

Diced herbs
Preparing zhingyalov hats
Ready meal
Zhingyalov hats ready to be consumed

See also

References
  1. Rao 2020.
  2. Restoran.ru 2010.
  3. Petrov 1940, p. 14.
  4. Ter-Sarkisiants 2015, p. 637.
  5. Timeout 2011.
  6. panorama.am 2015.
  7. Balayan 2014.
  8. Petrov 1940, p. 49.
  9. PanARMENIAN.Net 2011.

Sources
  • Balayan, Susanna (2014-11-20). "Как приготовить Женгялов хац. Рецепт и способ приготовления" (in Russian). PanARMENIAN.Net. Retrieved 2014-12-11.
  • Bratusheva, А. (2013). "Купаты с зеленью". Блюда азербайджанской кухни. Litres. ISBN 978-5457357198.
  • Petrov, V. A. (1940). Этноботаника Нагорного-Карабаха [Ethnobotany of Nagorno-Karabakh] (in Russian). USSR Academy of Sciences.
  • "Москвичи отведают знаменитый карабахский "Жингалов Хац"" [Muscovites will taste the famous Karabakh "Zhingalov Hats"] (in Russian). PanARMENIAN.Net. 2011-04-14. Retrieved 2014-12-10.
  • Ter-Sarkisiants, Alla (2015). Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh. Moscow: Russkaya panorama.
  • "В кафе "На лестнице" готовят блюда карабахской кухни" [Karabakh cuisine dishes are prepared in the cafe "On the Ladder"] (in Russian). Timeout.tu. 2011-04-27. Retrieved 2014-12-10.
  • "Karabakh President attends Zhengyalov Hats Festival in Tsaghkashat village". panorama.am. 2015-04-29. Retrieved 2015-08-04.
  • Rao, Tejal (2020-01-01). "These Armenian flatbreads stuffed with greens are the perfect snack". The New York Times Magazine. Retrieved 2020-11-29.
  • "Жингалов хац в ресторане "Караван"" [Yingalov Khatz in The Caravan restaurant]. Restoran.ru (in Russian). 2010-06-18.
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