Бууз- dumplings filled with meat (I'm not sure what kind of meat these had as we just kind of guessed and picked up a bag of them at the supermarket). We ate them with rice.
хуушууp- fried dough filled with meat (beef or mutton) and onions. Holli and I added tomatoes to ours in order to get some veggies, but they aren't normally served with them.
They are a fan of mutton (and meat in general) here in Mongolia. As several Mongolians have jokingly said, it's because you need the meat to keep from freezing during the winter. The thing is, they laugh while saying this, but there is a certain truth to the statement.
Today, as part of language class, we went to a market near our apartment with one of our teachers. The meat market was a sight to see- whoa dead animals laying out on counters, hanging as full carcasses and being chopped up for sale.
We stuck to practicing our fruit and vegetable buying skills, as I think it will be quite a lot longer before either Holli or I feel brave enough to buy meat from the meat market.
It's been a blessing to have a kitchen in which to cook and bake. Today we foraged three stores for cake and biscuit making supplies.
The cake turned out pretty well- we only have one pan and its not really a baking pan, so the bottom/edges of the cake burned and stuck to it, but once we managed to get it out of the pan, it tasted fairly good. I'm just happy that cake baking is an option.
And then Holli made us biscuits for dinner (we ate them with soup). We were a little nervous about how they'd turn out because she had to make her own buttermilk (and substitute regular flour for self-rising flour).
But they turned out delicious:
A successful day in our Mongolian kitchen!
I'm also hoping to learn how to make хуушууp. The wife of one of the Mongolian staff members said she'd teach us, so I'm excited to get some cooking lessons:-)
1 comments:
i love that you added tomatoes to the dish :)
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