Kazakhstan
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Beshbarmak
Kazakhstan's national plate: boiled meat served over wide flat noodles with onion broth — eaten with the hands, its name means 'five fingers'. Ingredients: lamb, beef or horse meat (kazy sausage prized), wide noodles (fl…
Baursak
Golden pillows of the dastarkhan: small yeasted dough squares or diamonds, deep-fried until puffed and hollow — eaten with tea, honey or sugar at every gathering. Ingredients: flour, yeast, milk, eggs, butter, sugar, sal…
Kazy
The steppe's prized horsemeat sausage: a rib section of horse meat, salted with garlic and pepper, stuffed into casing and smoked or dried — sliced and served with honour. Ingredients: horse rib meat and fat, natural cas…
Laghman
Hand-pulled noodle glory from the Silk Road: springy wheat noodles stir-fried or souped with beef, peppers, cabbage and tomatoes, via Uyghur and Dungan kitchens. Ingredients: wheat flour, water, salt (noodles); beef, swe…
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