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Buuz (; , Buuza) are a type of Mongolian steamed dumpling
Dumpling

Dumplings, as defined in a standard English dictionary, fall in two main categories: these are either "piece[s] of dough, sometimes filled, that are cooked in liquid such as water or soup" or alternatively "sweetened dough wrapped around fruit, such as an apple, baked and served as a dessert." More generally, dumplings may be any of a wi...
 filled with minced mutton
Lamb (food)

Lamb, hogget, and mutton are the meat of domestic sheep. The meat of an animal in its first year is lamb; that of an older sheep is hogget and later mutton....
, or yak
Yak

The yak is a long-haired bovine found throughout the Himalayan region of south Central Asia, the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and as far north as Mongolia....
 meat. The meat is flavoured with onion or garlic and salted. Occasionally, they are flavoured with malted fennel seeds and other seasonal herbs. Some households add mashed potato, cabbage or rice depending on their preferences.

The meat ball is then placed inside a small pocket of dough which is folded around the ball with a small opening at the top and in the chef's own personal style.






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Buuz (; , Buuza) are a type of Mongolian steamed dumpling
Dumpling

Dumplings, as defined in a standard English dictionary, fall in two main categories: these are either "piece[s] of dough, sometimes filled, that are cooked in liquid such as water or soup" or alternatively "sweetened dough wrapped around fruit, such as an apple, baked and served as a dessert." More generally, dumplings may be any of a wi...
 filled with minced mutton
Lamb (food)

Lamb, hogget, and mutton are the meat of domestic sheep. The meat of an animal in its first year is lamb; that of an older sheep is hogget and later mutton....
, or yak
Yak

The yak is a long-haired bovine found throughout the Himalayan region of south Central Asia, the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and as far north as Mongolia....
 meat. The meat is flavoured with onion or garlic and salted. Occasionally, they are flavoured with malted fennel seeds and other seasonal herbs. Some households add mashed potato, cabbage or rice depending on their preferences.

The meat ball is then placed inside a small pocket of dough which is folded around the ball with a small opening at the top and in the chef's own personal style. The buuz is then steamed and eaten by hand, with the dough pocket catching the juices of the meat.

Buuz is an example of authentic Mongolian cuisine
Mongolian cuisine

The traditional Mongolian Cuisine primarily consists of dairy products and meat. The nomads of Mongolia sustain their lives directly from the products of their animals ....
. The dish is traditionally eaten at home on Tsagaan Sar
Tsagaan Sar

Tsagaan Sar is the Mongolian lunisolar New Year festival. It is often celebrated around the same time as the China New Year . However, the Mongolian Tsagaan Sar is culturally more related to the Tibetan New Year or Losar than to the Chinese New Year....
, the Mongolian New Year. It is also offered at restaurants and small cafes throughout the capital of Ulaanbaatar
Ulaanbaatar

Ulan Bator, or Ulaanbaatar , is the Capital and largest city of Mongolia. The city is an independent municipality not part of any aimags of Mongolia, and its population as of 2008 is just over 1 million....
. It is similar to another Mongolian dumpling, khuushuur
Khuushuur

Khuushuur is a kind of meat pastry or dumpling popular in Mongolia, similar to Russian cuisine and other cuisines' Burek#Crimea. The meat, either beef or mutton, is ground up and mixed with onion salt and other spices....
, except that the latter is not steamed but fried.

See also

  • Baozi
    Baozi

    A baozi or simply known as bao, bau, nunu, pow is a type of steaming, filled bun or bread-like item in various Chinese cuisines, as there is much variation as to the fillings and the preparations....
    , the Chinese equivalent
  • Momo (food)
    Momo (food)

    Momo , also momo-cha, is a type of Tibetan, Ladakh and Nepali dumpling, similar to Mongolian buuz, Chinese jiaozi, or Central Asian manti, closely related to Russian pelmeni or Italian ravioli....
    , the Tibetan and Nepalese equivalent
  • Manti
    Manti

    Manti, also manty, mantu, mantou, or manties , are a type of dumpling in Turkish cuisine and various Central Asian and Caucasus cuisines, closely related to the east Asian baozi and Mandu ....
    , the Turkish/Afghan version
  • Pirogi
    Pirogi

    Pirogi may refer to:*Pierogi, English name for East-European dumplings*Pyrih, Russian word for "pie" *Pyrih, Ukrainian for "pie"...
    , the Ukrainian/Polish/Lithuanian equivelent


External links

  • recipe from mongolfood.info
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