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A FOOD TRADITION

Kazakh Cuisine

A pastoral Central Asian tradition centered on horse and mutton, dairy, handmade doughs, grains, and preserved foods.

Dishes linked to this cuisine

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Zhal

Zhal is a traditional Kazakh delicacy of the salted fatty tissue taken from beneath a horse’s mane, commonly smoked or otherwise cured before serving.

Zhauburek

Zhauburek is lamb offal seasoned with salt, wrapped in lamb caul fat, and roasted over a fire.

Zhaya

Zhaya is a traditional Kazakh horse-meat delicacy made from a salted section of the horse’s rump or hip, typically served boiled, smoked, or chilled and sliced.

Zhent

Zheŋt is a traditional Kazakh pressed sweet made from roasted millet meal blended with butter and sugar, sometimes enriched with fresh cheese or dried fruit.

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