Chikafu cheAzerbaijani chinowanzove nemazita echiTurkic, asi nenzira yekubika nokuravira ivo vakaita sekudya kweIrish. Pashure pezvose, muzana remakore rechina BC. Azerbaijan yakawana Sassanids, uyo akatanga nheyo yakasimba yeIran. Kubudirira kwetsika uye hukama hwehuudhi munyika idzi kwakaitika panguva imwe chete. Dai gare gare Azerbaijan yakapukunyuka kukunda kweArabhu muzana remakore rechisere, kugadzwa kweIslam, kurwiswa kweTurks muzana remakore rechi11 ne12 uye maMongol akapinda, asi izvi hazvina kuchinja tsika dzeAzerbaijani dzakachengetedza tsika dzeIranian. Mukuwedzera, muzana remakore rechi16 kusvika ku18 Azerbaijan yaiva chikamu cheIran - ichi chakawedzera zvakare simba rePersia.
Ichokwadi kuti Azerbaijan yakaparadzana kubva muzana remakore rechi18 kusvikira pakati pezana remakore rechi19 kusvika mumatunhu akawanda maduku - khanates - yakabatanidzwa mukugadzirisa dzimwe tsika dzekudenga mukicheni, dzakasara uye dzakadyara zuva racho.
Munharaunda yeLenkoran-Talysh, muArabic Azerbaijan, mutambo une michero yakavezwa mumoto wakazaruka, pamwe nehove ine nut-michero yekuzadza yakabikwa muTyndyr, inoparadzaniswa neAzerbaijan cuisine. MuNorthern Azerbaijan, uko simba reTurkey rinowedzera, ndiro huru iyo hinkal. Mumaguta makuru, akadai saBaku, Shemakha, Ganja, vari kugadzira dushbars, kutabs, shakerburu, baklava, uye rahat-lukum.
Gwayana ndiyo nyama huru muAzerbaijani chikafu, kunyanya nyama yevana makwayana. Asi mutton muAzerbaijan haitore nzvimbo yakadai seyiku Uzbekistan. Mukuwedzera kune mutton, veal, nyuchi nemhuka dzinowanzoshandiswa, iyo inoratidzira yeAzerbaijani chikafu uye kusiyana kwaro kubva kune dzimwe nyika dzeCaucasian. Nyama mutsva inoputirwa pamoto wakazaruka, kazhinji nemichero ye-acidic - garnets, cherry plum uye cornelian. Zvokudya kubva nyama yakakangwa zvakapararira.
Nzvimbo huru muAzerbaijani chikafu ndiko kubika hove, iyo iriwo yakasiyana nayo. Ihove itsva yakagadzirirwa se shish kebab kubva pamuviri pamoto wakazaruka, izere nemichero nemiti.
Zvibereko, miriwo uye, zvinonyanya kukosha, miriwo inonaka uye miriwo inoshandiswa muzvokudya zvinowanzopfuura kupfuura muchiGeorgia uye Armenian cuisines, asi muhuwandu. Kana vachibika namazai kana nyama, ipapo magidhi anowedzera zvakanyanya (kyukyu, ajabsandal).
Kubva pamiriwo muAichel cuisine nhasi unogona kuwanzoona mbatata (piti). Zvisinei, pakutanga kweAzerbaijan chikafu mbatata hazvina kushandiswa. Yakatsiviwa ne chestnuts. Shure kwezvose, ne chestnuts, zvipfeko zvekudya zvenyama zvinonyanyobatanidzwa - gomo, sumac, bun.
Nenzira yakawanda, muAzerbaijani chikafu, miriwo yepamusoro yepamusoro inoshandiswa - mashizha, tomate, tsvumbi pepper. Kamwe kazhinji kushandisa radish, carrots, beet. Asi zvakanyanya kushandisa miriwo nemiriwo miriwo (asparagus, artichoke, chickpeas, peas). Nuts uye michero zvinoshandiswa kakawanda semiriwo.
Green eiii inoshandiswa mune chiAzerbaijani chikafu kupfuura chidimbu, sechishuti chekudya. Usashandisa yakakosha kariki uye wakashanda neeiii. Mishonga yakasiyana siyana inoshandiswa mumutauro weAzerbaijani, asi safironi inonzi inokosha uye inofarira. Mushure mezvose, yaiva safoni yairemekedzwa mukare yeMedia nePersia.
Kubva kune zvinonhuwira zvitsva, wakasimuka mazai anoshandiswa. Izvi, sekushandiswa kweshoko chestnuts, rinosiyanisa chiAzerbaijani nechikafu kubva kune vamwe. Pamaruva, kuputika kwakabikwa, sirasi inomanikidzwa, sherbets inogadzirwa.
Chinhu chinokosha chemuAfrica chikafu ndiko kusanganiswa kwezvitsva (rice, chestnut, sporach) ne acidic uye mazai emishonga - kusiyana kwemutsva uye mvere (dovga) inowanikwa.
Zvokudya zvizhinji zveAzerbaijani zvinokonzera ndiro dzeimwe nyika (shish kebab, pilaf, dolma), asi teknolojia yekugadzirira kwavo yakasiyana.
Azerbaijan national pilaf ine zvinyorwa zvayo. Iyo ndeyomutauro weIranian. Murairi wepilaf wakagadzirirwa uye wakashanda patafura zvakasiyana kune zvimwe zvikamu zvepilaf uye hazvikwanisi kusanganisa pamwe nezvokudya. Unhu hwekubika mupunga hunoenderana nekuravira kwepilaf, nokuti rizi inogadzira hafu yevhu rakazara ndiro. Apo kubika mupunga hakufaniri kuwira, kubatana pamwechete, asi kunofanira kunge kwakadai kuti rizere rimwe nerimwe rave rakakwana.
Kushumira rizi inofanira kunge ichidziya. Zvakasiyana, asi panguva imwe chete mupunga unoshandiswa nyama uye zvakasiyana nemishonga. Nokudaro, zvinosvika kuti rizi rine zvikamu zvitatu zvinoumba imwe ndiro.
Kunyanya kunwa kunwa tiyi muAzerbaijan. Vanonwa bedzi mutsvuku, bay chai uye kushandiswa, sezvakaita kuIran, zvipfeko zvakakosha zvakapetwa zvakafanana.
Kushandiswa kwemiti yakawanda yemichero, michero nemajisi, nyama duku uye michina yemukaka-muto, inoita kuti chiAzerbaijani chive noutano hwakanaka uye hutano.