Dishes guide

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Khinkali

Hand-twisted soup dumplings; pick up by the topknot.

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About the dish

Filled with seasoned beef and pork (or mushroom, or cheese), each khinkali is hand-pleated into a topknot you grip — never with a fork. Bite, sip the broth, eat the rest. Leaving the topknots on your plate is how a Georgian counts how many you've had.

Region of origin
Mtiuleti / Pshavi
Pairs with
Saperavi · Borjomi sparkling water