Naryn, neryn or norin ( ky, наaрын, ''naaryn''; kz, нарын, ''naryn''; Uighur: нерин; Uzbek: ''norin''; russian: нaрын, ''naryn'') is a

Central Asian Central Asia, also known as Middle Asia, is a region of Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to western China and Mongolia in the east, and from Afghanistan and Iran in the south to Russia in the north. It includes the former S ...

dish with horse meat and different kinds of noodles. In Kyrgyz cuisine, naryn is made of finely chopped lamb meat (or

horse meat Horse meat forms a significant part of the culinary traditions of many countries, particularly in Eurasia. The eight countries that consume the most horse meat consume about 4.3 million horses a year. For the majority of humanity's early existe ...

) with onion sauce. Naryn with the addition of noodles is now called

beshbarmak Beshbarmak ( Kazakh – бесбармак, ky, бешбармак, 'five finger') is a dish from Central Asian cuisine. It is also known as naryn in Xinjiang, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, as ''turama'' or ''dograma'' in Karakalpaksta ...

. In Uzbek cuisine, naryn is a pasta dish made with fresh hand-rolled noodles and

. Naryn can be served as a cold pasta dish (''kuruk norin'', or "dry" norin) or as a hot noodle soup (''khul norin'', or "wet" norin). Homemade

pasta Pasta (, ; ) is a type of food typically made from an unleavened dough of wheat flour mixed with water or eggs, and formed into sheets or other shapes, then cooked by boiling or baking. Rice flour, or legumes such as beans or lentils, are som ...

is rolled very thinly and cut into strips 2–4 mm wide and 50-70mm long. The noodles are cooked in plain boiling water or often in a broth of horse meat. Horse meat is then shredded into the pasta. Naryn might be served on a ''lagan'' (plate) decorated with slices of horse meat sausage ('' kazy''). The dish is served as a part of any extended meal after the

samosa A samosa () or singara is a fried Indian pastry with a savory filling, including ingredients such as spiced potatoes, onions, and peas. It may take different forms, including triangular, cone, or half-moon shapes, depending on the region. Samo ...

and before the

plov Pilaf ( US spelling) or pilau ( UK spelling) is a rice dish, or in some regions, a wheat dish, whose recipe usually involves cooking in stock or broth, adding spices, and other ingredients such as vegetables or meat, and employing some techniq ...

(''osh'').

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{{reflist Kazakhstani cuisine Kyrgyz cuisine Uzbekistani cuisine Meat dishes

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