
Kurt
Tangy, salted Kazakh dried yogurt balls — an ancient nomadic snack and appetiser made from strained yogurt, shaped by hand and air-dried to a firm, long-lasting cheese.
Beshbarmak, kurt, baursak — nomadic traditions and warming steppe-inspired cuisine.

Tangy, salted Kazakh dried yogurt balls — an ancient nomadic snack and appetiser made from strained yogurt, shaped by hand and air-dried to a firm, long-lasting cheese.

A robust Kazakh fry-up of liver, kidney, heart and lung with onion, peppers and potatoes — the nomadic hunter's feast traditionally made immediately after slaughter.

Pillowy, golden deep-fried leavened dough squares — the universal Kazakh celebration bread served with every meal, ceremony and gathering.

Kazakhstan's national dish — tender boiled lamb on wide flat noodles with caramelised onion broth, eaten with the hands.
A hearty Kazakh variation of beet and lamb soup — warm, earthy, and nourishing, with a rich broth built from slow-simmered lamb bones and root vegetables.

A traditional Kazakh dried yogurt cheese — salty, dense balls made from fermented sheep's or cow's milk, dried in the sun and carried as provisions across the steppe.

Kazakhstan's traditional fried meat and offal dish — crispy bits of lamb, onion, and potato pan-fried in animal fat, hearty and satisfying nomadic campfire food.

Kazakhstani baked lamb pastries — flaky puff pastry triangles stuffed with spiced minced lamb and onion, baked in a clay oven (tandoor) until golden and sizzling.

A ceremonial Kazakh drink-soup for Nauryz (Persian New Year) — a unique preparation of seven ingredients including millet, meat, wheat, dried fruit, and fermented mare's milk.
Kazakhstan's ceremonial dish — tender lamb over wide homemade noodles with rich onion broth, eaten with your hands.
Soft, golden Kazakh fried dough balls — the essential bread of Central Asian celebrations.
Kazakh ritual broth served with dried sheep milk balls (qurt) — the essential first course of beshbarmak.
Kazakhstan's prized fermented and smoked horse meat sausage — the most traditional Kazakh cured meat.

Kazakhstan's celebration rice pilaf with lamb, yellow carrots, and chickpeas — slow-cooked in the Fergana Valley tradition.

Kazakhstan's national dish — tender horse, lamb or beef cooked in a rich broth, served over wide hand-cut noodles with onions glazed in the same broth. Eaten by hand at celebrations.

Kazakhstan's beloved fried dough puffs — pillowy, yeast-leavened squares of wheat dough deep-fried in oil until golden and airy inside. Served at every Kazakh celebration with honey, jam or sour cream.

Dried salty cheese balls made from fermented milk — Kazakhstan's essential travel snack and nutritional staple.

Clear Kazakh broth from slow-simmered bone-in mutton — the fundamental soup of the steppe.

Kazakh fried offal — heart, liver and kidneys with onion and spices — a traditional nomadic celebration dish.

Stamped tandoor flatbread with a decorative pattern — the daily bread of Kazakhstan, baked in a clay oven.

Kazakhstan's national dish — sheets of hand-rolled noodles bathed in lamb-and-horse-meat broth, eaten with the fingers.

Large hand-rolled steamed dumplings filled with chopped lamb, onion and sweet pumpkin, glistening with melted tail fat and served with sour cream and chilli — the Sunday celebration of the Kazakh steppe.