Five dishes to try beyond beshbarmak

Beshbarmak, boiled meat on noodles, is the national dish, but Kyrgyz tables hold more than that.

Plov

Rice cooked with carrots and meat, served at weddings and in every home.

Manti

Large steamed dumplings filled with lamb and onion.

Lagman

Hand-pulled noodles in a rich vegetable and meat sauce, of Dungan and Uyghur origin.

Boorsok

Small pieces of fried dough served with tea and jam.

Ashlyan-fu

A cold spicy noodle soup, popular in Karakol on hot days.

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