Mongolian cuisine
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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.
Khuushuur meat pies, buuz dumplings and boiled mutton
From smallest to largest: boortsog cookies, aaruul (dried curds), and ul boov cakes
Khorkhog
Boiled meat and innards; the most common meal in a herder's household
Buuz
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Buuz are a type of Mongolian steamed dumpling filled with meat. An example of authentic Mongolian and Buryatian cuisine, the dish is traditionally eaten at home during Tsagaan Sar, the Lunar New Year.
Mongolian cuisine
…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. The extreme continental climate of Mongolia and the lowest population density in the world of just 2.2 inhabitants/km2 has influenced…
Buuz
Uncooked and cooked buuz
Buuz served in Buryatia
Double buuz, Buryatia