Boortsog facts for kids
Homemade boortsog
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| Alternative names | Boorsoq, bauyrsaq, baursak |
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| Type | Fried dough |
| Course | Dessert |
| Main ingredients | Butter, salt water, milk, yeast, flour |
Boortsog (also spelled bawïrsaq) is a delicious fried dough snack. It's a popular treat in many countries, especially in Central Asia, Mongolia, and parts of the Middle East. People often shape boortsog into triangles or sometimes round balls.
The dough for boortsog is usually made from simple ingredients like flour, yeast, milk, eggs, butter, salt, and sugar. After it's cooked, boortsog is often eaten as a dessert. You can enjoy it with sweet toppings like syrup, jam, or honey. Some people think of boortsog as a type of cookie or biscuit. Since it's fried, it's also sometimes compared to a doughnut. In places like Mongolia, people often dip their boortsog in tea.
How to Make Boortsog
Making boortsog starts with preparing the dough. The ingredients can be simple or a bit richer. For example, a traditional recipe from Kyrgyzstan uses butter, salty water, milk, yeast, and flour. Other recipes might add eggs and sugar to make it sweeter. Sometimes, people even use a creamy dairy product called Kaymak in the dough.
Once the dough is ready, it's flattened out and cut into pieces. These pieces are then deep-fried until they turn a beautiful golden brown color. In Mongolia, people sometimes twist or knot the dough pieces into fun shapes before frying them. Traditionally, mutton fat is used for frying in Mongolia, which gives the boortsog a special flavor. However, vegetable oil works just as well!
Boortsog World Records
Did you know that boortsog has set some amazing world records?
On April 20, 2014, the biggest boortsog ever was cooked in Ufa, Russia. It weighed a massive 179 kilograms (about 395 pounds)! To make this giant treat, they used 1,006 eggs, 25 kilograms of sugar, 70 kilograms of flour, and 50 kilograms of special Bashkir honey.
Another incredible record was set in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on September 7, 2014. This happened during a Mother's Day celebration. A total of 856 kilograms (about 1,887 pounds) of boortsog were cooked in one place on that single day! This huge cooking event was a fun competition between teams of mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law. Seven teams took part in this delicious culinary battle.
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See also
In Spanish: Boortsog para niños
