Alternative names | lagman, lag'mon, latiaozi |
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Type | Noodle soup |
Place of origin | Xinjiang |
Region or state | Central Asia |
Serving temperature | Hot |
Main ingredients | noodles, meat broth, beef or lamb |
Laghman (Uyghur: لەغمەن, leghmen, ләғмән; Kazakh: лағман, lağman; Uzbek: lagʻmon; Tajik: лағмон, lağmon; Kyrgyz: лагман, lagman) is a dish of meat, vegetables and pulled noodles from Uyghur cuisine and Central Asian cuisine.[1][2][3][4] In Chinese, the noodle is known as latiaozi (Chinese: 拉条子)[5] or bànmiàn (Chinese: 拌面).[6]
As native Turkic words do not begin with the letter 'L', läghmän is a loanword from the Chinese lamian and appears to be an adaptation of Northern Chinese noodle dishes,[5] although its taste and preparation are distinctly Uyghur.[5][7][8][9] It is also a traditional dish of the Hui or Dungan people who call the dish bànmiàn.
It is especially popular in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan,[10] where it is considered a national dish of the local Uyghur and Dungan (Hui)[11] ethnic minorities. It is also popular in Russia, Uzbekistan,[12][13] Tajikistan,[14] Turkmenistan and Northeastern Afghanistan, where chickpeas are added to it and parts of Northern Pakistan. The Crimean Tatar cuisine also adopted lagman from the Uzbek culture.[15]