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Kyrgyz Cuisine

↳ from Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Nomadic food: lamb, dairy and noodles. National dish beshbarmak is boiled meat on noodles, eaten with the hands. Fermented mare's milk (kymyz) is the traditional drink.

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Specialties

History

Kyrgyz herders moved their animals between summer pastures and winter valleys, so food was portable: dried dairy, meat and bread.

Ingredients

  • Lamb or horse meat
  • Flat noodles
  • Onion
  • Dairy
  • Bread
  • Mare's milk

How it's made

  1. Boil meat for hours
  2. Cook noodles in the broth
  3. Layer noodles and sliced meat
  4. Top with onions
  5. Serve broth in bowls (shorpo)
to drink

What Kyrgyzstan drinks

Kymyz, maksym, tea with milk

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