Kuurdak (, Quyrdaq, , ; Говурдак, , , ), transliterated with various spellings, is a traditional meat dish made in
Central Asia
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. The name comes from a
nominalization
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of the word "roast", "fried", referring to how the food is made. It is described as "stewed brown meat".
Kuurdak is known in
Turkish cuisine
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as
kavurma usually made from lamb, mutton, beef, or sheep liver, or sometimes with vegetables.
See also
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List of lamb dishes
This is a list of the popular lamb and mutton dishes and foods worldwide. Lamb and mutton are terms for the meat of domestic sheep (species ''Ovis aries'') at different ages. A sheep in its first year is called a lamb, and its meat is also called ...
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References
Kazakh cuisine
Soviet cuisine
Kyrgyz cuisine
Uzbekistani cuisine
Lamb dishes
National dishes
Turkmen cuisine
Mongolian cuisine
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