TASTE OF MONGOLIAN CUISINE

PEPPERY YET YUMMY

Mongolia is a land of vast, unspoiled wilderness, for the long term known as the ‘end of the earth’. A country where 30% of the population lives in nomadic tribes, from the mountains of the north to the Gobi Desert’s “Singing Sands” in the south. Mongolian foods are simple and full of a variety of meat that includes mutton, beef, camel, horse, sheep even marmot. There is some Mongolian cuisine accompanied including meat with vegetables, noodles, rice and pasta. People mainly eat sheep and goat meat but not much beef, camel, pork and horse meat.

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The people of Mongolia consume a lot of milk tea, wild fruit juice and homemade alcoholic drinks. A variety of dairy products are bread and butter for breakfast and snacks throughout the day. For breakfast and lunch, locals always have pastry and fried bread. Mongolian cuisine predominantly consists of dairy products, meat, and animal fats. The most common rural dish is cooked mutton. In the city, steamed dumplings filled with meat—”buuz”— are popular.

Mongolian cuisine can be found in China’s Mongol Autonomous Region of Inner Mongolia and in other northern Chinese provinces, as far east as Beijing. Mongolian cuisine is mainly derived from the traditions of ethnic Mongols. It is a blend of their nomadic diet and influences from northern China and Russia. Mongolian cuisine is characterized by a variety of meat, including beef, mutton, deer, ostrich almost all kinds of meat on the grasslands, mixing with Mongolian characteristics of seasoning spices, the unique cooking method makes beef more unique in flavour. Shamanistic Mongols worship the good 55 heavens once a year by worshipping a sacred mountain or an Ovoo. During the ceremony of Ovoo worship, shamans offer fire and food to the spirits of the mountains and of the waters. Once a year shamans perform a special ritual to abuse the bad heavens.

Here are a few popular recipes from the cuisine of Mongolia for us to relish:

RECIPE 1] Mongolian Bansh – Dumplings

RECIPE 2] Mongolian Style Tsuvian – Stir-Fried Noodles

RECIPE 3] Mongolian Style Lamb Stir Fry

RECIPE 4] Gambir – Mongolian Style Fried Pancakes

RECIPE 5] Fish Curry Mongolian Style

RECIPE 6] Mongolian Fried Rice

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