Nauryz Kozhe and the Festive Table

Nauryz Kozhe is the main dish of the Navruz holiday. It usually consists of seven main ingredients that symbolize good fortune. Among them are milk, meat, butter, millet, rice and corn. The composition of kozhe depends on the region. In the south it contains dried meat, corn, rice, pearl barley, millet and katyk; in the north, ayran or milk, millet, wheat, smoked horse meat and kurt. Kozhe is not made without meat: it is a mandatory component. Other dishes are also served on the festive table: • Baursak: small, puffy fried doughnuts made from yeast dough kneaded with milk. • Shelpek: thin flatbreads deep-fried, made with kefir or milk. • Zhent: a sweet made of roasted millet, sugar, ghee and raisins. • Bal Kaymak: a thick sweet made of kaymak (cream), flour and honey; it is eaten with flatbread or baursak. Tip: rinse the grains for kozhe. Cook the tougher ones (wheat, pearl barley) first, and add millet and rice later. Sources: Википедия — «Наурыз-коже»: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Наурыз-коже Sxodim — «Как готовить наурыз коже»: https://sxodim.com/astana/article/kak-gotovit-nauryz-kozhe-istoriya-prazdnichnogo-dastarhana zakon.kz — «Наурыз-коже: особенности»: https://www.zakon.kz/sovety/6009851-nauryz-kozhe-osobennost-bliuda.html nur.kz — «Жент: рецепт вкусных сладостей»: https://www.nur.kz/food/recipes/1596950-zent-recept-vkusnyh-sladostej/ nur.kz — «Казахский десерт балкаймак»: https://www.nur.kz/food/recipes/1910454-lyubimoe-blyudo-meyrambeka-bespaeva-kazahskiy-desert-balkaymak/