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Baursak

Name: Baursak
Total time: 120 min
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Kazakhstan
Ingredients: 400g Bread flour; 2 tsp Dry yeast; 250ml Milk; 1 Egg; 2 tbsp Sugar; 1 tsp Salt; 30g Butter; To taste Oil for frying

Snack

⏱ 120 min

👥 Serves 8

Difficulty ⭐

Small pieces of yeast dough deep-fried until puffy — Kazakhstan's fried bread.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Baursak is a fried bread eaten in Kazakhstan and across Central Asia: square or round pieces of dough are fried until they puff up hollow inside. They're essential at tea and celebrations, and because the smell of frying is said to ward off evil spirits, they're made for funerals too. They're classically eaten with milk tea.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a home outside Almaty, a heap of baursak and milk tea fill the table for guests as the host pours cup after cup.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 8)

Bread flour 400g
Dry yeast 2 tsp
Milk 250ml
Egg 1
Sugar 2 tbsp
Salt 1 tsp
Butter 30g
Oil for frying To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Dissolve the yeast and sugar in warm milk.
Add the bread flour, egg, salt, and melted butter, knead, and let rise 1 hour.
Roll the dough 1cm thick and cut into 4cm squares.
Rest 15 minutes.
Fry in 170°C oil until golden on both sides (they'll puff up).
Drain and serve with tea or jam.

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