Kazy
Kazakhstan's festive horse-meat sausage
Think of it as: Like a rich salami made from horse rib and its fat
Horse rib, stuffed in horse. Very efficient.
What does it taste like?
Deep, beefy-sweet meat with rich fat and plenty of salt.
SweetSpicySourSaltyFunkSmellTextureDense meat with soft fat
What is it?
A Kazakh sausage of horse rib meat and fat packed into horse intestine, then dried or smoked. It's boiled, sliced into rings and served at celebrations.Source: Wikipedia
How locals eat it
Boiled and sliced, served with beshbarmak at weddings and Nauryz (spring new year).
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🇰🇿Kazakhstan
CapitalAstana
Populationabout 21.1 millionestimate (unverified)
IndustriesOil and natural gas, Uranium, Mining, Wheat
The largest city is Almaty.
Famous peopleGennady GolovkinBoxer who became middleweight world champion
HelloSalemetsiz be (Kazakh)
CurrencyTenge
Fun factAbout 7 times the size of Japan, and the world's largest landlocked country.
The flag🇰🇿 Sky blue is the sky and peace, the sun is prosperity, the eagle is freedom, and the pattern on the left is traditional culture.
From Tokyoabout 5,560 kmstraight line, Tokyo to Astana
Getting thereabout 10 hours from Tokyo (with transfers)rough guide
✈ Check cheap flights Best timeMay to September, when it's pleasant, is best. Also tryBaursakKumis (fermented mare's milk)Lagman More from here🍜 Beshbarmak
✈ Check cheap flights Best timeMay to September, when it's pleasant, is best. Also tryBaursakKumis (fermented mare's milk)Lagman More from here🍜 Beshbarmak
🇰🇿 Sounds & life in Kazakhstan
Сәлеметсіз беHello（Salemetsiz be (Kazakh)）
Cyrillic
Cyrillic
Right now…
Anthem"My Kazakhstan" (Menıñ Qazaqstanym)
MusicKüy (dombra pieces) Tunes that paint the steppe on the two-string dombra
SportSoccer
Gennady Golovkin (boxing; former middleweight world champion) World HeritageMausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi and more National animalSteppe eagle (shown on the flag) FestivalNauryz (around March 22, spring New Year festival)
MusicKüy (dombra pieces) Tunes that paint the steppe on the two-string dombra
SportSoccer
Gennady Golovkin (boxing; former middleweight world champion) World HeritageMausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi and more National animalSteppe eagle (shown on the flag) FestivalNauryz (around March 22, spring New Year festival)
Ingredients
- 2kg horse rib meat with fat
- 1 horse intestine
- 2 tbsp salt
- 2 tsp black pepper
- 3 garlic cloves
How to make it (one way)
- Cut ribs into long strips and rub with salt, pepper and garlic
- Rest overnight
- Debone and stuff the meat into the cleaned intestine
- Tie the ends and air-dry or smoke
- Boil about 2 hours and slice before serving
⚠️ Curing horse meat and intestine safely is tricky; best left to experts.