Baursak is served with tea and eaten with sugar, honey or butter. The snack is usually served for special occasions such as weddings or memorial. According to legends, the smell of flying the dough floats high into the sky and your dead loved ones are able to enjoy Baursak with you.]]> ]]>
The drink has many health benefits due to its significant nutritional value - high in antibiotics and vitamins. It has been known to enhance immunity, increase metabolism and bring about many more positive health effects.

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In the past, nomads would carry frozen kuurdak with them for long walks or hunting trips. Nowadays, they are prepared as one of the main courses to be served before beshparmak.]]>
In the past, Çäkçäk was offered as a treat to visiting travellers and gift when the nomads travel to other places. In the modern days, the sweet has become a mass-produced product commonly found in shops and super markets. However, Çäkçäk can also be served at special occasions when the treat is made in complex shapes like hearts, pyramids or even baskets!]]> Beshbarmak is the national dish of Kazakhstan that holds the most significant cultural value in the Kazakh cuisine. It translates directly to "Five Fingers", as nomads used to eat this dish with their hands. The dish is usually uses lamb, beef or horse meat. The finely chopped meat is put together with previously boiled noodle called Zhayma (жайма) and served in a big round platter. Shorpo - a mutton broth- is typically served as a starter before Bershbarmak.

The serving of Beshbarmak is very specific. Different sections of the meat are given to guests according to their age and social rank. For instance, the head of the lamb is always served to the most respected person in the room while the ears are given to the youngest ones.

Being the most iconic and cultural important dish of the local cuisine, Bershbarmak is never absent from the dinning tables for special occasions and the dish is always the last main course to be served.

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