Alena Lidzhieva, Kalmyk Cuisine

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Alena talks about traditional cuisine and what people ate during different seasons in the past. She also gives short recipes for traditional dishes and drinks. Bulmg: Put butter and milk in a pan and boil on a low heat. Add flour. The flour separates from the butter and turns into small balls. The dish is called bulmg.Khal’msh: Put butter in a pan and heat it up. Then add flour and mix until it becomes half-liquid.Khursn tsya: Put butter and flour in a pan and heat until the flour becomes brown. Then add tea. Makhta tsya: Boil meat and add it to tea.Chidmg: Prepare chigyan (kumis) and leave it for a while. When the water separates, it is called chidmg.Kimr: A beverage made of boiled water diluted with milk. When a person is ill or has a temperature, he/she should not be given Kalmyk tea but kimr.Edmg: When milk goes off, boil it. This beverage is called edmg.Milk vodka: It is distilled using two pots, big and small. In the big pot put chigyan (kumis). Then connect both pots wit