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Basturma

Name: Basturma
Cuisine: Armenian cuisine
Ingredients: Beef tenderloin; salt; fenugreek; paprika; garlic; chilli

Air-dried beef coated in chaman, a spicy paste of fenugreek, paprika and garlic. Sliced very thin and served as a starter.

Curing meat with spices has long been known in the region.

Wind-drying let people keep meat for months.

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