Food of village Kaz.

I wanted to write a small entry about the food of rural Kazakhstan. My area of Kazakhstan is a bit like the slaughter capital of the area. Everyday I will often see camels, horses, goats, and cows hauled off to wherever they slit their throats. For example a neighbor of mine has been raising 3 camels. Camels catch a hefty amount of money on the market or at least their meat does. But anyway because of that I eat lots of meat and different kinds too.

But anyway here are the top 5 foods for me that I've had in Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan due to soviet times has many different kinds of foods with many foods originating from other countries that were brought to this country during inter soviet migrations and due to military service which many men served in during soviet times.

5. Pelau/Plough - the national food of Uzbekistan. It is an oily rice that within it has many different kinds of vegetables and spices. It is quite tasty and can be quite good if the right mixture of oil to rice is maintained. It is served on a communal plate and sculpted into a mini mountain and then a huge mound of cow meat is placed right on top of it. All meat in this country is boiled and cut up and this meat is now different. In all honesty I'm not a huge fan of this dish but this due to the fact that I have to eat it at almost every wedding, birthday, and celebration that I attend and it can be quite trying at times to shove down another spoonful of this stuff.

4. Borsch- A Ukrainian soup. Usually made from beef broth containing pieces of meat, cabbage, and if your really lucky beats. When combined with mayonnaise its a very tasty dish. Probably my favorite soup in country its filling and scrumptious and hardy. Though I usually have to dump salt and pepper into it since my family doesn't flavor their meat nor their soup stock.

3. Bec Parmak- the national food of Kazakhstan it is translated to 5 fingers due to the fact all you eat it with is your 5 fingers. It is a collection of hand made noodles which are boiled in a onion stock then placed upon a plate. The noodles are thicker than dumpling noodles but very wide and usually folded. After they are placed on a plate boiled meat is put right on top of it. What you do is you wrap the noodles around the meat and hand make beef dumplings till you are full, its a very hardy dish. Then afterward each person is full they are given to drink the skimmed fat broth of the boiled meat. Quite tasty!!!!!!!!!

2. Pilmeni- Is a Russian dish of beef wrapped in dumpling dough then boiled in onion stock quite tasty and very good. Though it takes lots of time to make and prepare when eaten with mayonnaise for me its to die for.

1. Chick Pee Sorpa- A new invention to the world of Kazakhstan making it a bit rare since new kinds of food do not evolve here much. As evidenced by me and the 10 dishes that I eat regularly. Anyway this is a bit of a combination of besparmak and pilmeni. Consisting of ground beef wrapped in a pasta noodle boiled in a onion base then topped with a carmelized onion sauce. Its heavenly and rare. I don't have it much but if you do have it remember it because its awesome.