There’s
a common misunderstanding that Mongolians have a very unhealthy
diet and live only on meats and dairy products. However
nowadays this misunderstanding is slowly fading as more
and more tourists visiting Mongolia is getting introduced
to it’s modern- balanced diet. Even if you’re
a vegetarian there’s no problem about that, modern
Mongolia has so much to offer when it comes to food, from
non-vegetarian to vegetarian.
Specially with Selena Travel you don’t have to be
concerned about your diet restrictions, because, we pay
a good attention to our client’s diet and eating habits.
Whether you’re a vegetarien or not, our duty is to
keep you satisfied throughout the tour and that’s
why we work with the best restaurants in Mongolia and try
to keep the meals flexible to our clients’ diet restrictions
rather than offering what they’re not used to. We
offer cuisines of the following countries: Chinese, Japanese,
Italian, Russian, Mexican, Korean, Indian, France, Ukrainian
and Pakistanian and such.
All you have to do is to inform
us of your diet restrictions and order what you wish to
eat while travelling with us. However if you wish to experience
the real Mongolian Traditional food you can consider yourself
lucky for travelling with us, we will not only give you
the opportunity to experience the cuisine but with us you
will also learn the Mongolian Traditional cooking style
right on the spot, from the real nomads themselves. Not
only that but you will learn the unique method of producing
dairy products and Mongolian milk vodka.
Mongolian Traditional Food
Due to the continental cold weather, dry and windy
atmosphere Mongolian dishes must contain foods that are high
in calories and vitamins and that’s why they use a lot
of meat in winter and pretty much dairy products in the summer.
The most common and famous dishes in Mongolia are: Boodog
(whole carcass of a goat roasted from the inside - the entrails
and bones are taken out through the throat, the carcass is
filled with burning hot stones and the neck tied tightly,
and thus the goat is cooked from the inside to the outside), Khorkhog (meat cooked with hot stones) and last but not
least Buuz (steamed filled pockets with meat) which is cooked
on every special occasions.
During your travel with Selena Travel Mongolia, you'll enjoy Mongolian meals at Mongolian restuarants as welcome or farewell dinner.
As for the drinks most famous ones are Airag (fermented
mare’s milk), Shimiin Arkhi (further distilled yoghurt)
and Suutei Tsai (wild herbal tea with milk and salt) .
There are over 40 kinds of dairy products or so called
Tsagaan Idee by locals which is produced by 3 basic procedures:
1. Boiling with foam
2. Curdling
3. Souring (fermentation)
Sample Recipes: Khorkhog
Ingredients:
- Sheep/goat meat
- Vegetables (potatos, carrots, white cabbage, onion, garlic
etc according to your taste)
- Round Shaped smooth stones from the river
- Water
- Salt
- Pepper
Mongolian Meals Cooking Method: Cut the
meat and the vegetables ( should be washed thoroughly with
clean water ) into big pieces. After that put them all together
with the stones in the container, season them well with
pepper and salt and close the container lid very well and
then cook it on open fire till the meat is well done. In
the end make sure to put enough water which should fill
in the container with steam through out the whole cooking.
Carefully place the hot stones, vegetables and meats when
it’s done and when the stones get warmer hold them
tightly in your hands passing from one hand to another.
This is considered the best remedy for stress and exhaust.
