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sweets
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BAT
A kind of halva which is cooked with flour, butter and dry mulberry powder. Bat is a special sweetness of Navruz celebration in Badakhshan.
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QANNODI, qandpazi
Confectionery. A traditional craft of preparing candy, sweets, halva. Now alongside with imported sweetness Tajik confectioners prepare nabot, parvarda, qandalot, some kinds of halva.
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Confectionery
Sweets are an integral part of the national cuisine. Uzbek cuisine is famous for its confectionery products based on natural ingredients: nuts, honey, fruits, berries and sugar. As a rule, it is customary to prepare national sweets without fail before the holidays for family events. A meal will not be complete without sweets such as: - Zangza - rather fatty brushwood - Kush-tili - deep-fried butter dough - Nishalda - thickly whipped protein with sugar - Parvarda - homemade caramel sweets, rolled in flour - Halvaitar - halva, the consistency of which is slightly thinner than usual - Pashmak - a kind of cotton candy (denser than traditional) - Behi-dulma - resembles stuffed apples. Quince is stuffed with nuts, honey, sugar and baked - Sumalak - a sacred sweetness made from sprouted wheat, which is mainly prepared before Navruz - Baursak - buns of sweet yeast dough fried in a large amount of oil - Urama - reminds brushwood. sweet dough, wrapped in tubes, fried in boiling oil - Chak-chak is a sweet dish, which is made of dough in the form of "vermicelli", cubes or balls, filled with honey syrup.
Uzbekistan
ICH Materials 11
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parvarda
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Sumalak sayli (Sumalak festival)
Sumalak sayli is an essential part of Navruz festivity. It is an event, which embodies national as well as universal human values, a bright example of intangible cultural heritage. Sumalak, being the main food that is offered during Navruz festivity, is considered to be delicious and tasty. According to some sources, sumalak, which has always been prepared in spring (i.e. at the beginning of Navruz festivity), has more than 3000 years of history. Notably, in historical and literary sources of Amir Temur’s epoch,it was mentioned that the traditions associated with sumalak festival represented an integral part of Navruz. Sumalak festivals were organized in steppes, gardens,small towns squares, registans, markets, holy sites and mahallas, and lasted from one week to one month.
Uzbekistan