🇰🇬 Kyrgyz Cuisine

Boorsok

Fried Bread Diamonds

Prep Time 40 min

Servings 8

Difficulty Easy

Calories 256 kcal

Small diamond-shaped pieces of dough deep-fried until golden and puffy. Served at every Kyrgyz celebration as a symbol of hospitality and abundance.

Ingredients

500g flour
200ml warm milk
50g butter, melted
1 egg
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon dry yeast
Oil for deep frying

Instructions

1 Dissolve yeast in warm milk with sugar.
2 Mix flour, salt, egg, and melted butter.
3 Add milk mixture and knead into soft dough.
4 Rest dough 30 minutes until doubled.
5 Roll out to 1cm thickness, cut into diamond shapes.
6 Deep fry in batches until golden brown on both sides.
7 Drain on paper and pile onto a serving platter.

Did You Know?

A Kyrgyz celebration without boorsok is unthinkable. Mountains of these golden puffs are piled high on the dastorkon (tablecloth), and guests are expected to eat them throughout the event.