Mongolian Fried Peanuts Ingredients 1/2 pound (1 1/2 cups) raw, red-skinned peanuts 1 heaping tbsp Szechwan brown peppercorns 1 heaping tbsp star anise 1 heaping tbsp coarse salt 1/2 tsp water 2 1/2 cups water 3 to 4 cups fresh corn or peanut oil Directions Seasoning The Nuts: Combine … [Read more...]
Mongolia Recipes
Mongolia Cuisine, Food & Recipes

Mongolian cuisine is less complex than that of most Asian countries. The most common rural dish is cooked mutton, often bereft of other ingredients. In the cities, a popular snack is buuz - dumplings filled with meat, cooked in steam. Bansh are dumplings boiled in water, whilst Khuushuur are deep fried in mutton fat. Regional dishes combine meat with rice or fresh noodles into stews; tsuivan, budaatai huurga or noodle soups; guriltai shol.
An unusual cooking method used on special occasions is meat & vegetables) cooked with stones preheated in a fire. This may be either chunks of mutton in a sealed milk can (known locally as Khorkhog), or within the abdominal cavity of a deboned goat or marmot, called Boodog.
Mongolian Sauces

Mongolian Hot Pot Dipping Sauce 2 tb Sesame paste-=OR=- peanut butter 1 tb Light soy sauce 1 tb Rice wine or dry sherry 2 ts Chili bean sauce 1 tb Sugar 1 tb Hot water Directions Combine all the ingredients for the dipping sauce in a small bowl and mix them well. Each guest should have … [Read more...]
Mongolian Vegerarian Dishes
Mongolian Fried Peanuts Ingredients 1/2 pound (1 1/2 cups) raw, red-skinned peanuts 1 heaping tbsp Szechwan brown peppercorns 1 heaping tbsp star anise 1 heaping tbsp coarse salt 1/2 tsp water 2 1/2 cups water 3 to 4 cups fresh corn or peanut oil Directions Seasoning The Nuts: Combine … [Read more...]
Mongolian Meat Dishes
Mongolian Lamb Mongolian Beef Pooz/Khoorshoor (old) Khorkhog Shulla Bansh Bantan Mongolian Barbecue Mongolian Hot Pot Huushuur (fried meat pasties) Steamed Booz Fried Booz Ul Boov Guriltai Shol Pyartan Mongolian Lamb Yield: 4 servings Ingredients 1 lb … [Read more...]
Mongolian Food Culture
Mongolian Food Culture A stroll down any Mongolian residential street is usually the first introduction to a visitor of the savoury odours of the traditional meals of this country. If you are invited into somebody's ger (or traditional tent dwelling) or apartment, you will probably have an … [Read more...]
