Kyrgyzstan
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Kuurdak
The nomad's skillet: lamb or beef fried hard with onions in a kazan until the edges crisp and the fat turns to sauce — kuurdak is Kyrgyzstan's first dish, cooked from the fresh slaughter. Ingredients: lamb or beef (with…
Ashlyan-fu
Karakol's cold noodle wonder: hand-pulled wheat noodles and starch noodles in a chilled, tangy sauce with vegetables, herbs and (often) a little meat and egg — the Dungan gift to Kyrgyzstan. Ingredients: wheat noodles, p…
Boorsok
The fried clouds of the Kyrgyz table: small pillows of yeasted dough, deep-fried until puffed and golden — boorsok go with everything, from tea to weddings to memorial feasts. Ingredients: flour, yeast, milk or water, eg…
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