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!

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.