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Traditions of Mongolian Food |
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Traditions of Mongolian Food
Many recipes and methods of cooking in Mongolia came from the Middle Ages during when hunger was more common than today and food was meant to feed and not please. Still, from those times we have several diverse soups that constitute a large part of the menu.
Khar-khoh — Traditional Mongolian Dish
Khar-khoh is a dish cooked from mutton according to the ancient recipe. Fresh meat, vegetables and potatoes are cut and put into a flask standing over an open fire. They are boiled in fresh water with smooth stones, which are thrown inside the flask for meat and trimming to get slightly fried. In half an hour the dish is ready.
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Milk Beverages 
Raw mare's milk is rarely consumed, because it usually leads to diarrhea in humans (on the other hand, that effect can be applied for medical treatment). Therefore almost all of it is turned into ayrag, the national beverage of the mongols.
All other milk beverages are based on milk of cattle, yaks, or camels (sometimes sheep or goats). In most cases, the "white butter" urum is taken away first and only the remaining smimmed milk gets processed further. Ayrag -Fermented mare's milk
Tarag -Yoghurt
Isgelen Tarag -Kefir
Mongol Arkhi -Light liquor made from Isgelen Tarag (or Ayrag).
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Urum is a type of Mongolian White butter or clotted cream. It is best to use milk of yaks (or in the Gobi, camels) because the milk has more fat.  
The production of Urum from yak milk.
Heat the milk on the stove, just below boiling. In regular intervals, lift a ladle full into the air, and let it splash back into the pot, to create foam. |
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Making Buzz the traditional Mongolian way |
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About Mongolian Food and Mongolian Recipes
There are some false rumors concerning Mongolian food. Some have made alligations that Mongolians ate everything they could chew. In the 13th century, the Pope's ambassador Plano Carpini visited Mongolia and wrote that Mongolians ate dogs, wolves, foxes, horses and even humans. If any of this were true, it is a thing of the past when times were difficult and as such, not isolated to Mongolians. Today, why should one try and catch steppe mice if he has enough beef and mutton?
MONGOLIA HAS A FANTASTIC CULTURE AND FOOD TO GO WITH IT! |
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