While traveling around Kyrgyzstan under the tour with cars rent service, do not forget to enjoy the local cuisine made with a nomadic taste. Traveling around the country with car rent Kyrgyzstan service, tourists have the opportunity to taste cuisine based on the customs of such peoples as Turks, Persians, Arabs, Indians, Chinese, Russians and Europeans. On the tour with car for rent Kyrgyzstan service, travelers can choose to visit restaurants, where they can find any cuisine. With this article, our team wants to share information about the most significant dishes and traditional drinks in Kyrgyzstan for residents, and here they are:
Bread
Bread is the most important product that should always be present on the table during a meal of the Kyrgyz people. People here have a very respectful attitude to bread and appreciate it. During the tour with car rent Kyrgyzstan service, you will notice how respectful the locals are for bread and always welcome guests to treat them with bread. The nomadic way of life involves not cutting bread with a knife but tearing it with your hands, and also not putting bread upside down but putting it exactly as it should, that is, with the top side up. The most common type of bread here in Kyrgyzstan is lepeshka, a round bread baked in a tandyr. Also, boorsok are pieces of bread that are cooked, that is, fried in oil.
Beshbarmak
This is the most ancient type of dish popular among nomadic peoples. Before you start eating beshbarmak, it is customary to wash your hands, since this dish is eaten with your hands without cutlery. Then pronounce the words of blessing and begin the meal. While eating beshbarmak, the Kyrgyz sit side by side and discuss various topics. Beshbarmak is made from lamb with onions and dough.
Chuchuk
This dish is considered a delicacy. In most cases, chuchuk is served at the table during holidays or toi (celebration). The main ingredients of chuchuk include kazy kabyrga (ribs), ulcers, salt, pepper, black pepper, onion, garlic, caraway seeds, and bay leaves. Different spices are used for marinade meat.
Kuurdak
Another popular nomadic dish is kuurdak. Usually kuurdak is cooked, that is, it is fried with beef or lamb with potatoes and onions. Nomadic tribes prepared this now kind of national cuisine on metal. Because of the bones, this fried dish acquires a unique taste that is recommended for travelers to taste during the tours with cars rent service.
Shorpo
This is a dish of the East. This national cuisine is a soup made from meat with herbs and vegetables. When traveling around the country with car for rent Kyrgyzstan service, tourists add more red pepper by tasting this soup so that the taste becomes unique.
Plov
This is a very popular dish, which is prepared in different countries, in Asia and even in some places in other countries. Pilaf is a versatile dish that is prepared for all occasions of weddings, funerals, childbirths. Moreover, for especially important guests, the hosts love to put this particular dish on the table. Just travel with car rent Kyrgyzstan service around the country and taste the delicious pilaf served for guests and in your cases for foreign guests of Kyrgyzstan.
Samsa
Traveling through the unique Kyrgyzstan with the cars rent service, tourists can taste many types of delicious national cuisine, including samsa. Samsa is a meat pie with onions and various spices. The way of cooking is very interesting because it is done in a tandoor (traditional oven), and sometimes even on special stones, which then gives them a special taste. By the way, samsa can also be made from chicken.
Manty
It is the most popular type of dish preferred by every Kyrgyz family. It is customary to eat them with your hands. Manty is prepared from dough and meat in a special dish, that is, in a double boiler. It is customary to put this dish in a large dish and put it in the middle of the table, so that everyone can determine the portion themselves.
Lagman
This is a very famous and delicious traditional dish in the cuisine of the peoples of Central Asia. Lagman is made from lamb and vegetables, noodles. By the way, dough for lagman can be bought and cooked at home. Lagman dough is prepared in noodle rolls. The dish is prepared with plenty of water to make a soup. Also, add various spices like pepper, eggplant, beans, radishes, onions, carrots, etc.
Ashlyam - Fu
This is a dish for which travelers take car rent Kyrgyzstan service and go to the city of Karakol to taste the most delicious Ashlyam-Fu there. This dish is served cold, which is ideal on hot summer days. This traditional dish is prepared from noodles, starch and sauce, vegetables. It is said to be the dish of Dungan, Chinese, Muslim origin.
Shashlyk
This dish that you can taste during the tour is similar to a kebab that is also cooked over a fire. Now every interested traveler can order the Shashlyk in any restaurant or cafe, that is, this is a fairly common dish. The name of the dish is rooted in the Turkic culture. The main ingredients for the preparation of this dish are marinated meat, with various spices and sauces, as well as some vegetables.
Dymlyama
This is a lazy (easy way to prepare) but delicious dish. All ingredients are put in Dymlyama, such as lamb, onions, potatoes, tomatoes, bell peppers, and so on.
Ganfan
It is another dish of oriental origin, somewhat similar to lagman, which tourists can also taste during the tour with cars rent service. The difference with lagman is that this dish is prepared with less water. Ganfan is mainly made with a lot of vegetables, spices, noodles. This dish is a table decoration of any family in Kyrgyzstan, which is made from noodles with rice.
Borsch
A dish of Slavic origin, which you can also taste when traveling around Kyrgyzstan. Borsch is cooked both at home and can be found in restaurants. This dish requires ingredients such as beef, vegetables, especially beets as the soup should be red in color.
Cutlets
As is already known, different nationalities live on the territory of Kyrgyzstan and therefore there are different exquisite cuisine. For example, this famous dish, like côtelette (cutlets), came to us from French cuisine, which is made mainly from meat ribs. For the preparation of this dish, meat can be any, chicken, turkey and beef. Potatoes and onions are also added to the cutlets.
Kurut
This is a very popular national Kyrgyz snack made from milk and its preservatives. Kuruts are in the shape of balls; they taste salty, creamy, sometimes sweet and sour, even spicy. Almost all residents of Kyrgyzstan love kurut and even tourists like it. Therefore, come take the tour with car for rent Kyrgyzstan service and while traveling around the country taste such a national snack.
Mampar
This is one of the types of soup from the cuisine of the peoples of Central Asia, which is prepared from boiled dough with onions and potatoes. Add onions and herbs if desired. Despite the fact that it is easy to prepare, this dish will decorate any table.
Pelmeni
Traveling around this amazing country with a car rent Kyrgyzstan service and tasting local dishes, one can understand that the Slavic peoples also influenced the local cuisine. Because the Kyrgyz people, thanks to the Russians, love pelmeni (dumplings). Pelmeni are a boiled dish when the meat is dipped in the dough and then boiled in salted water. When serving pelmeni to the table, it is customary to serve with sour cream and ketchup, mayonnaise.