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“Chopped vegetables bound with puréed walnut sauce, sharpened with vinegar and garlic.”

Pkhali

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Pkhali (Georgian: ფხალი) is a traditional Georgian dish of chopped and minced vegetables, made of cabbage, eggplant, spinach, beans, beets and combined with ground walnuts, vinegar, onions, garlic, and herbs. Pkhali is also called mkhali. The common ingredient of all variations of pkhali is puréed walnut sauce. In Georgian restaurants, pkhali is usually served in three types: spinach, beetroot and white beans.

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Pkhali is a Georgian vegetable dish built on a foundation of puréed walnuts—that bitter-rich paste that binds everything together. Chopped vegetables (cabbage, eggplant, spinach, beans, beets) get sharpened with vinegar, garlic, and onions, then finished with herbs. In Georgian restaurants, you'll typically find it three ways: spinach, beetroot, or white beans, each one a different color on the plate.

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  • walnut sauce as unifying element
  • vegetable variety across versions
  • traditionally restaurant-served

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