Lagman soup is a meat and vegetable noodle dish. It is one of the signature dishes of the Uzbeks.

Ingredients:
– 500g beef
– 3 tbsp oil
– 1 medium onion
– 1 large carrot
– 2 potatoes
– 1/2 large red pepper
– 2 large tomatoes
– 3 garlic cloves
– 2 1/2 tsp salt
– 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
– 1 1/4 tsp ground coriander
– 1 1/4 tsp ground cumin
– 1 small star anise
– 2 bay leaves
– 6 cups water
– 300g linguine pasta
– green onion, optional

Cooking Instructions:
1. Cook the pasta according to the instructions. Drain and rinse with cold water. Keep covered until ready to use.
2. Cook cubed meat for about 5 minutes in a dutch oven.
3. Finely chop the onions, dice tomatoes, cube carrots, potatoes and peppers.
4. Add onions to the meat and cook until onions are tender.
5. Add tomatoes and garlic and cook 2 minutes.
6. Add potatoes, carrots, peppers and stir well.
7. Pour in water, add seasonings and bay leaves, star anise and cook about 20-25 minutes.
8. Once the soup is cooked, remove star anise.
9. Serve the soup over pasta.