Dishes · A classic of Georgian

Pkhali

Also Mkhali

Cooked vegetables — spinach, beetroot, leek or cabbage — chopped fine with walnut paste and herbs, shaped into balls.

What makes it pkhali

  • One vegetable, cooked and squeezed dry.
  • Walnut paste with garlic, vinegar and spices.
  • Pomegranate seeds on top.

Where it comes from

Part of every supra table, and a mainstay on fasting days when meat is off. They're usually made in several colours at once — green spinach, red beetroot — and pressed with pomegranate seeds on top.

How it varies

Badrijani nigvzit
Fried aubergine slices rolled round a similar walnut paste.

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