What is Piti (food)?
{{Infobox food | name = Piti | image = Shaki piti.jpg | image_size = 250px | caption = Piti soup | alternate_name = | country = | region = | creator = | course = | type = [[Soup]] | served = Hot | main_ingredient = [[Lamb and mutton|Mutton]], [[vegetable]]s ([[tomato]]es, [[potato]]es, [[chickpea]]s) | variations = | calories = | other = }} '''Piti''' is a soup eaten in the [[South Caucasus]] and nearby and in [[Central Asia]]. It is cooked in the oven in individual [[glaze]]d [[pot]]s. They are called ''piti'' in [[Turkic languages]]. The soup is made with [[Lamb and mutton|mutton]] and [[vegetable]]s ([[tomato]]es, [[potato]]es, [[chickpea]]s) in [[saffron]] water to add flavour and colour. It is covered by a lump of [[fat]], and cooked in a sealed [[pot]]. Piti is served in the pot, usually with another plate for eating the meat apart from the liquid. They may be eaten separately as a first [[Course (food)|course]] (soup with veg.) and second (meat) course. Piti is a kind of ''[[abgoosht]]'', popular in [[Cuisine of Iran|Iran]].<ref>{{cite web |title=غذاعای محلی آذربایجان |url=https://www.buyqoosh.com/ShowNews/29/%D8%BA%D8%B0%D8%A7-%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%84%DB%8C-%D8%A2%D8%B0%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86-(-%D8%A2%D8%A8%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%B4%D8%AA-%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B2) |website=Buyqoosh |access-date=2024-03-22 |archive-date=2023-01-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119024944/https://www.buyqoosh.com/ShowNews/29/%D8%BA%D8%B0%D8%A7-%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%84%DB%8C-%D8%A2%D8%B0%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86-(-%D8%A2%D8%A8%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%B4%D8%AA-%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B2) |url-status=dead }}</ref> In [[Cuisine of Armenia|Armenia]] it is called ''putuk'', the Armenian word for pot. == Ingredients == The main ingredients of piti are [[Lamb and mutton|mutton]], [[tail fat]], [[chickpea]]s, potato, onions, dried [[Prunus vachuschtii|alycha]] or other kinds of [[Prunus cerasifera|cherry plum]] and [[saffron]]. Meat is [[Simmering|sim