Steamed dumplings filled with meat, usually mutton.
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Smaller dumplings, boiled or steamed, can be eaten on their own or served in soup.
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Fried pancakes filled with meat, usually mutton.
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Lo mein like noodle dish that includes small pieces of meat and vegetables.
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Noodle soup prepared with mutton or beef, potatoes, onions, carrots, turnips, stock, oil, and flat noodles.
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Traditional Mongolian barbecue, made with lamb or goat meat and vegetables cooked in milk churns using heated stones.
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Fried dough snack popular in Mongolia and other Central Asian countries like Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan.
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Or "white foods" are a dietary staple in rural Mongolia in the summer. Pictured: Mongolian milk tea with fried millet and yogurt/cheese candies as served in grassland at North of Khökhkhot.
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In the countryside milk is generally pasteurized over a stove and consumed hot. Straight milk (as opposed to milky tea) is more commonly given to children than adults. Cow, goat, sheep, and camel milk is all consumed. Milk is sometimes treated by Mongolians as a sacred substance, to be used as a religious offering, and never to be wasted.
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Fermented mares’ milk is a tangy beverage that contains some alcohol, though generally much less than beer. Other milk (cow, goat, camel) is also sometimes fermented, but mares’ milk is the most famous for this purpose.
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Yogurt can be consumed with or without sugar.
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Cheese! Can be fresh or dried.
Photo: Cheese Republic Mongolia brand Cheddar Cheese.
Dried curds, with a sour flavor; this is a popular product to make in the summer and save to eat throughout the winter, since it doesn’t require refrigeration.
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Clotted cream, which is often spread on bread or Mongolian fried bread (gambar) or fried dough-balls (boortsog).
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