Piti

Piti is cooked in an individual clay pot for each person. Lamb, tail fat, chickpeas, chestnuts, onion and dried sour plums go in and simmer for hours on a low flame; saffron is added at the end.

It is eaten in a special way: first the broth is poured over pieces of bread in a bowl and eaten, then the meat, chickpeas and chestnuts are mashed and eaten with sumac as a second course.

Piti is the symbol of Shaki — no visitor leaves without tasting it and Shaki halva.