Azerbaijan Cuisine
- Appetizers
- Baking
- Barbecue
- Chicken
- Dairy
- Dolma
- Drinks
- Fish
- Flour-based recipes
- Jams & preserves
- Meat
- Pilaf
- Salad
- Soups & Stews
- Sweets & desserts
- Vegetarian
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Gəncə paxlavası - Ganja baklava
The city of Ganja is renowned in Azerbaijan for its baklava, a sweet of pastry, nuts and honey.
Gülablı qovut - Rose and walnut biscuits
These biscuits (cookies) of roasted wheat with walnuts are served on special occasions, especially at the Novruz spring holiday.
Guba tikhmasi - Guba-style sweet pastries
Tikhma are a sweet version of the popular shor gogal savoury pastries.
Shakarchorayi - Sugar bread biscuits
These popular Azerbaijani biscuits are a relative of shortbread, but thicker than the Scottish variety.
Baki qorabiyyasi - Buttery Baku biscuits
These light, tasty biscuits are an Azerbaijani version of shortbread or the biscuits known in Britain as Viennese whirls.
Shekerbura (şəkərbura) are a popular Azerbaijani sweet pastry, filled with ground almonds, hazelnuts or walnuts.
Shor gogal is a popular savoury pastry, made from layers of pastry flavoured with turmeric and fennel seeds.
Chudu are an Azerbaijani pasty, made with a rich pastry. They are another of the Azerbaijani cuisine's combinations of sweet and savoury.
Lankaran kulchasi - Sweet Lankaran pastries
Kulcha are a sweet pastry, traditionally baked in a clay oven.
Baklava, or pakhlava, is a sweet of pastry, nuts and honey popular across the Caucasus, Middle East and eastern Mediterranean.