Orama ( kk, орама, ) is a traditional-steamed pie made in

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, especially among the Kazakh and the

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. The name comes from a

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of the word "to roll"/"to wrap", referring to how the food is made. The

dough Dough is a thick, malleable, sometimes elastic paste made from grains or from leguminous or chestnut crops. Dough is typically made by mixing flour with a small amount of water or other liquid and sometimes includes yeast or other leavening ag ...

for orama is made from

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water Water (chemical formula ) is an inorganic, transparent, tasteless, odorless, and nearly colorless chemical substance, which is the main constituent of Earth's hydrosphere and the fluids of all known living organisms (in which it acts as a ...

, and

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. It is

knead In cooking (and more specifically baking), kneading is a process in the making of bread or dough, used to mix the ingredients and add strength to the final product. Its importance lies in the mixing of flour with water; when these two ingred ...

ed and rolled thin, and a filling is spread over it. The filling may contain

minced Mincing is a food preparation technique in which food ingredients are finely divided into uniform pieces. Minced food is in smaller pieces than diced or chopped foods, and is often prepared with a chef's knife or food processor, or in the case of ...

potato The potato is a starchy food, a tuber of the plant ''Solanum tuberosum'' and is a root vegetable native to the Americas. The plant is a perennial in the nightshade family Solanaceae. Wild potato species can be found from the southern Unit ...

es, minced

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, and sometimes minced

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or some other vegetable. The dough is then rolled around the filling in sections to create a long, thin

wrap Wrap, WRAP or Wrapped may refer to: Storage and preservation * Gift wrap or wrap paper, used to enclose a present * Overwrap, a wrapping of items in a package or a wrapping over packages * Plastic wrap, a thin, clear, flexible plastic used to co ...

. The wraps are laid in a circle in steamer pots and steamed.Қазақ тілі терминдерінің салалық ғылыми түсіндірме сөздігі: К54 Қоғамдық тамақтандыру.— Алматы: "Мектеп" баспасы, 2007. — 232 бет.

References

Kazakhstani cuisine Kyrgyz cuisine {{Kyrgyzstan-cuisine-stub