Food of Kazakhstan
Kazakh cooking comes from the steppe and nomadic herding, with lamb, beef, horse meat, dairy and wheat noodles at the center. Beshbarmak is the dish for guests, and tea with baursak is always served. City tables now also include Central Asian pilaf, dumplings and Russian-influenced salads.
Beshbarmak
Boiled meat served over wide noodles with onion and broth.
How to make Beshbarmak- Main dishes (6)
- Breakfast (2)
- Street food (3)
- Soups (1)
- Salads (1)
- Breads (2)
- Desserts and sweets (2)
- Drinks (3)
- Fruits and produce (4)
Staples
- lamb
- beef
- horse meat
- dairy
- wheat
- potatoes
Signature flavors
- black pepper
- onion
- dill
- cumin
- salt
Main dishes
Boiled meat served over wide noodles with onion and broth.
Key ingredients: lamb or beef, noodles, onion, brothFull guide →
A stir-fry of meat, offal and potato with onion.
Key ingredients: lamb, potato, onion
Large steamed dumplings with lamb and onion.
Key ingredients: dough, lamb, onionFull guide →
Rice with lamb and carrots.
Key ingredients: rice, lamb, carrotsFull guide →
Seasoned horse meat sausage, sliced and served cold or boiled.
Key ingredients: horse meat, garlic, salt
A clear meat broth served with bread.
Key ingredients: lamb, onion, breadBreakfast
Fried dough puffs with butter and jam.
Key ingredients: baursak, butter, jamA sweet mixture of millet, dried fruit and butter.
Key ingredients: millet, butter, raisinsStreet food
Baked pastries with lamb.
Key ingredients: dough, lamb, onionFull guide →
Skewered meat grilled over coals.
Key ingredients: lamb, onion, vinegar
Fried round pastries filled with minced meat.
Key ingredients: dough, ground beef, onionSoups
A noodle and meat stew.
Key ingredients: noodles, beef, peppersFull guide →Salads
Radish and beef salad dressed with mayonnaise or oil.
Key ingredients: radish, beef, onionBreads
Soft fried bread puffs, a must with tea.
Key ingredients: flour, milk, yeastPan-baked round bread.
Key ingredients: flour, yeastDesserts and sweets
Fried dough pieces bound in honey syrup.
Key ingredients: flour, eggs, honeyDried salted yogurt balls, a snack.
Key ingredients: yogurt, saltDrinks
Black tea with milk and butter.
Key ingredients: black tea, milk, butter
A refreshing yogurt drink.
Key ingredients: yogurt, water, saltFull guide →
A sweet cooked-fruit drink.
Key ingredients: fruit, sugarFruits and produce
Famous large fragrant apples from Almaty.
Key ingredients: fresh, jam
Sweet southern melons.
Key ingredients: fresh
Tart orange berry used in tea and jam.
Key ingredients: tea, jam
Chewy dried fruit for snacking.
Key ingredients: snacks, sweetsFull guide →Dish guides from Kazakhstan
More cuisines of Central Asia
Descriptions written by Intercontinental Chef. Dishes are listed as commonly eaten today; many are shared across neighbouring countries.
- Бешбармак из говядины 01: Pannet, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Kazakh quwyrdaq: Rio Murr from Minsk, Belarus, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Kayseride bir restoranda Kayseri mantısı (cropped): Kızılkum, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Afghan Palo: Jost Wagner, CC BY-SA 1.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Kazy 2018-10-26-23 59 Sentinel-2 L2A: ESA, Attribution (Wikimedia Commons)
- Bean soup with tomatoes and red peppers: Gillgaramond, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Boortsog: Vidor, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Ouzbékistan-Samsas: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Shashlik: Игоревич, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Belyashi 2: Йоля @ nyam.ru ; cropped by Off-shell, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Longjing tea steeping in gaiwan: Difference engine, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Fresh ayran: Mavigogun, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Compote: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 95apple: Agricultural Research Service (Research agent of United States Department of Agriculture), Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Cantaloupe and canary melon: Atomicbre at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Hippophae rhamnoides-01 (xndr): No machine-readable author provided. Svdmolen assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Apricot jam: Rita, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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