Kazakh eating habits

The Kazakh people have complex origins and a long history. During his long nomadic career, a unique food culture was born. The Kazakh diet is closely related to its animal husbandry production. Horses, cattle, sheep and camels have been the basis for Kazakh herdsmen's survival and development for thousands of years. The Kazakh people's eating habits are largely related to livestock and grazing. They are good at making various foods with ethnic flavors from livestock meat and milk.

Daily diet The daily food of the Kazakh people mainly includes flour food, cow, sheep, horse meat, butter, milk bumps, milk tofu, crispy cheese, etc. I usually like to make flour into Borshack oil sweets), scones, oil cakes, dough sheets, noodle soup, nalin, etc., or make meat, butter, milk, rice, and flour into various foods. Sometimes you also eat some rice; but stew the rice with mutton, oil, carrots, onions, etc. to make a unique style of pilaf, or rice cooked with sheep and milk. Drinks mainly include milk, goat's milk, and horse milk. I especially like horse milk. Horse milk is a high-end beverage made from horse milk after fermentation.

In order to adapt to the grassland livelihood where they often change pastures and relocate their homes, Kazakh herdsmen often make convenient food that is easy to carry. There is a kind of "rice star tea" made from stir-fried millet and drunk with water. It is this kind of convenient food. It is called tea, but it is actually a thin soup. Drinking meat will feel surprisingly comfortable after eating it. Moreover, because millet contains more carbon hydrates, calcium, phosphorus, iron, carotene, thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, etc., regular drinking can make up for the long-term lack of vegetables on the grassland. The nutritional deficiency caused by it. There is also "keke"(Kazakh), which is also a food made from stir-fried millet or wheat grains. It is crispy and fragrant. It is often eaten with meat, which is very satisfying. It is brought along when grazing and is convenient to eat.

Festivals Food The main festivals of the Kazakh people are the Gurbang Festival, the Rouzi Festival and the Nawrezi Festival. During the Nawrezi Festival, every household uses meat, rice, wheat, barley, milk lumps, etc. to mix it into "Kuji" porridge). The Kazakh people are hospitable and treat others sincerely. It is a traditional Kazakh etiquette to throw "Borshak" and sugar to welcome happy events. For those who come to stay in, the host must provide the best food to entertain them.

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Featured diet Most of the Kazakh people's specialty foods come from animal husbandry production and are suitable for animal husbandry life. For example, winter meat, called "Sogum" in Kazakh language, is made from horses and mutton slaughtered after winter; Wheat rice, the peeled wheat is pewed into half pieces, put into a pot with water to cook, and then add diluted sour milk bumps or some sour milk and meat. Herdsmen like to eat this food in autumn and cold winter; Horse milk, also known as sour horse milk among people, is a precious drink consumed by Kazakhs every day. It is an indispensable drink during festivals and wedding banquets; milk pimples are daily snacks eaten by Kazakh people. In addition, there are many other foods, such as "Jinet" made from millet, sugar, sheep oil, etc.; wheat and milk juice are also used to make sour porridge to make drinks in summer and autumn...

In addition, tea is a necessity for Kazakh herdsmen. Generally speaking, eating is called "Kayiisu", which means drinking tea. The traditional habit of the Kazakh people is to have three meals a day, and the two meals during the day are mainly tea, accompanied by naan or fried noodles, and fried wheat. They only eat one meal of food with meat, noodles, naan, etc. at night. This is because tea contains aromatic oil, which can dissolve fat, promote digestion, refresh, and clear the brain. Therefore, there is a saying among Kazakhs that "it is better to have no food for a day than to have no tea for a day."

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taboos According to Kazakh traditional customs, women should not eat camel meat and camel milk after pregnancy; rabbit meat should not be eaten because rabbits have three-pronged mouths. It is believed that pregnant women who eat rabbit meat will give birth to children with open lips. Avoid eating meat from livestock bitten by wolves, because wolves drool a lot, and children born to it will also drool a lot.

Through understanding, we can see that the material and spiritual life of the Kazakh people are permeated with the rich color of animal husbandry and grassland nomadic life. The Kazakh people have also created a unique and strong national food culture in their long history, and continue to carry it forward.