To Damira Inatullaeva and her Uzbek roots, cooking is not simply cooking, it is a way of socializing and sharing knowledge. So, we were excited when we were recently invited into her home to learn to make a very special dish. Damira is a retired cardiologist and her husband Sahib Aminov was a professor of Central Asian history at the University of Samarkand; they came to the U.S. from Uzbekistan seven years ago. Damira now teaches Uzbek cooking classes in her Brooklyn home as part of the League of Kitchens, and Sahib is her occasional assistant. One of the dishes her students love to learn is barak, a kind of dumpling that the couple makes together. Listen to our interview and cooking lesson, then gather your family and friends to make their barak recipe at your home.
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