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Ayran, Kazan: Make Traditional Tatar Yogurt Drink at Home
Ayran is a dairy drink made by mixing sour milk with cold water. It's part of Tatar culinary tradition alongside kumis, dried…
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Tea with Milk, Kazan: Recipe, Tradition and How to Serve It
A traditional Tatar and Kazakh drink made with strong black tea diluted with warm milk, sweetened with sugar or honey. This centuries-old…
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Kazylyk: Tatar Cured Horse Sausage and How to Eat It
Kazylyk is a salt-cured and air-dried horse meat sausage that is a signature delicacy of Tatar and Bashkir cuisine. Sliced thin and…
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Gubadia: How to Make Tatar Layered Wedding Pie
Gubadia is a traditional dish from Tatar and Bashkir cuisine, one of the main dishes prepared for large celebrations. This round pie…
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Chak-chak: How to Make the Tatar Honey Dessert at Home
Chak-chak is a dessert made from deep-fried dough drenched in hot honey syrup and formed into a mound or pyramid. In Russia,…
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Echpochmak, Kazan: How to Make Tatar Triangular Meat Pies
A triangle-shaped pastry filled with minced meat (beef, chicken, sometimes duck or goose), diced potato and onion, all baked together raw inside…
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Shan’gi, Irkutsk: Traditional Buryat Pastry Recipe and Eating Guide
A Buryat open pastry from Irkutsk made with yeast dough and topped with mashed potatoes, sour cream, or other fillings. Often served…
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Salamat, Irkutsk: How to Cook Buryat Sour Cream Porridge
A traditional Siberian milk and flour porridge from Irkutsk and Buryatia, served hot as an appetizer during celebrations. Learn the centuries-old preparation…
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Sagudai, Irkutsk: Make Raw Lake Baikal Fish at Home
A Buryat marinated raw fish appetizer from Lake Baikal, made by curing fresh omul or whitefish in onions, vinegar and oil. Ready…
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Tarasun: How to Make and Taste Irkutsk’s Traditional Buryat Spirit
Tarasun is a traditional Buryat spirit distilled from fermented mare's milk, with a distinctive white appearance and complex sour-milk flavour. Highly alcoholic…
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