Buryat cuisine facts for kids

Buryat cuisine is the traditional food of the Buryats. They are a group of Mongolic people who mostly live in the Buryat Republic and near Lake Baikal in Russia. Buryat food shares many dishes with Mongolian cuisine. It has also been influenced by Soviet and Russian cuisine. It's known for being simple, hearty, and full of flavor!

Double buuz ready to be steamed in Buryatia.

What Do Buryats Eat?

Most Buryat dishes are made with lamb or beef. However, fish dishes are also very popular, especially around Lake Baikal. The Buryats also make many different dairy products. Buryat food is simple and filling, and they don't use a lot of spices. Just like the Mongols, Buryats are famous for their Buuz, which are a type of steamed dumpling.

Main Dishes You'll Love

• Buuzy (Бузы) are also called Pozy. In Mongolia, they are known as Buuz. These are dumplings filled with meat, usually a mix of lamb or beef with onions. They are cooked by steaming.

• Buchler (Бучлер) is a tasty lamb soup. It comes with hand-cut noodles and potatoes.

• Shulep (Шулэн) is a mutton soup. It has egg noodles and sometimes even dumplings in it.

• Bukhelor (Бухел) is a hearty stew. It's made with spiced meat and vegetables, and special Siberian herbs.

• Sagudai (Сагудаи) is a local version of Sashimi. It's made from fresh fish caught right from Lake Baikal.

• Khuushuur (Хушуур) are fried meat pies. They are usually made with mutton and fried in mutton fat.

• Sharbin (Шарбин) are similar to Khuushuur. The main difference is that Sharbin are round in shape.

• Shanki (Шанки) is a type of flatbread. It's topped with melted local cheese and can be compared to pizza.

• Salamata (Саламата) is a local dessert. It's made from rye and sour cream.

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  Beef Buuzy

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  Shulep

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  Salamata

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  Buryat style fish soup

Yummy Dairy Treats!

• Airkhan (Аирхан) is a type of local dried cottage cheese.

• Khuruud (Хурууд) is a traditional Buryat hard cheese.

• Urme (Урме) is a special dairy product. It's made from milk fat and milk foam that is boiled and then skimmed. The final product is similar to kaymak or clotted cream, which are rich, thick creams.