The Aral Sea table: balyk karma and turama

In the Aral Sea region and the Amu Darya delta, fish dishes hold an important place on the Karakalpak table. Balyk karma is a well-known dish of Karakalpak cuisine. According to descriptions, it is made from boiled fish, shurpa, dried pieces of dough measuring 1×1 or 2×2 cm, and vegetables. The fat from the surface of the shurpa is poured over chopped onion. In ru.wikipedia, “karma” is interpreted as sorghum with fish, so the sources differ on what the base is. The dish received geographical indication status. Turama is a meat dish: boiled meat is finely chopped, mixed with chopped gurtiks or pieces of dough, and served with broth. Sometimes tuzlyk is added: chopped onion with rendered fat. A festival of fish dishes was held in Karakalpakstan: “99 kinds” were presented there, and turama is mentioned among them. Sources: podrobno.uz — Baliq qarma: https://podrobno.uz/cat/calche/natsionalnoe-blyudo-karakalpakstana-baliq-qarma-poluchilo-ofitsialnyy-status-geograficheskogo-ukazan/ Zamin.uz — Balik Karma: https://zamin.uz/en/world/164163-balik-karma-officially-becomes-the-national-brand-of-karakalpakstan.html Yuz.uz — festival «99 видов блюд»: https://yuz.uz/index.php/en/news/v-karakalpakstane-proshel-festival-99-vidov-blyud-iz-ostrovnoy-rb Википедия — Каракалпакская кухня: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Каракалпакская_кухня