Baursak

Baursak (or boortsog) are puffy, fried chunks of Kazakh bread. They're basically Central Asian doughnuts prepared from wheat, yeast, eggs, margarine, milk, water, sugar, salt, and vegetable oil. They're frequently served with tea and eaten as a dessert with sugar, honey, or butter, and are shaped into triangles or spheres.

As appetizing as they appear, baursak is not a common Kazakh meal. It is usually used for special occasions like as weddings and memorials. The perfume of the oil and frying baursak, according to mythology, travels into the skies so that your deceased loved ones might enjoy them with you.

On September 7, 2014, Almaty achieved a Guinness World Record for the most baursak ever created. To commemorate Mother's Day, 7 mother-in-law / daughter-in-law teams competed to cook 856 kilograms (1,887 lbs) of baursak.