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Guriltai shul
Mutton noodle soup
Mongolian mutton and hand-cut noodle soup
Guriltai shul is the soup Mongolians eat almost daily in winter, from Ulaanbaatar canteens to herders' gers: strips of mutton simmered with onion, carrot and potato, and thick hand-cut noodles cooked in the broth. It is simple, warming and filling in temperatures that drop far below freezing. The mistake is cooking the noodles too long, so they swell and turn the soup stodgy; they need only 6–8 minutes. Chef's tip: rest the noodle dough well so it rolls thin without springing back.
- Total time
- 100 min
- Difficulty
- medium
- Serves
- 6
Ingredients
For the noodles
- 10 ½ oz plain flour
- ½ cup water
- ½ tsp salt
For the soup
- 1 ⅛ lb mutton or lamb shoulderin thin strips
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 onionsliced
- 2 carrotsin thin sticks
- 2 potatoesin thin sticks
- 8 ¼ cups water
- 1 ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp black pepper
- 2 spring onionssliced
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Method
0/6 doneStep 1: Knead 10 ½ oz plain flour, ½ tsp salt and ½ cup water into a firm dough. Cover and rest 30 minutes.
35 minStep 2: Heat 1 tbsp vegetable oil in a soup pot and brown 1 ⅛ lb mutton or lamb shoulder for 5 minutes. Add 1 onion and cook 3 minutes.
8 minStep 3: Add 8 ¼ cups water and 1 ½ tsp salt, bring to the boil, skim and simmer for 35 minutes until the mutton is tender.
35 minStep 4: Roll the dough to 2 mm thick, dust with flour, roll up loosely and cut into 5 mm noodles. Shake them out.
Step 6: The soup must be piping hot and the mutton tender, well past 160°F. Season with ½ tsp black pepper and scatter with 2 spring onions.
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 450 kcal
- Protein
- 28 g
- Carbs
- 42 g
- Fat
- 18 g
- Fibre
- 3 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does guriltai shul take?
- About 100 minutes in total: 40 minutes to prepare and 60 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 6 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- What can I use instead of plain flour?
- Self-raising flour, same amount (then leave out the baking powder).
- What can I use instead of onion?
- 2 shallots per onion.
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