Indulgences

1. ساڭزا

   Sangza

   Sangza (bundles of thin dough deep-fried into a crisp coil)

   Usage

   Dough kneaded with onion-and-cumin water, twisted and fried, often for festivals. One method stretches it to chopstick thickness, coils it to 25 cm and lowers it into oil on two thin sticks.

2. ھالۋا

   Halwa

   Halwa (flour fried in fat and worked with sugar syrup)

   Usage

   A sweet of flour fried in mutton fat and cooked with sugar water. One method rests it in residual heat for five minutes after thickening, then serves it in small dishes with nan, to spoon onto the bread.

3. ناۋات

   Nawat

   Nawat (rock sugar)

   Usage

   Sugar boiled with water into syrup and set into hard crystals. Guests’ tea may contain qent or nawat. A standard dried-goods stall product. Written forms: قەنت / ناۋات؛ باققاللىق

4. مۇراببا

   Murabba

   Murabba (fruit preserved in sugar syrup or honey)

   Usage

   A liquid conserve of fruit or some vegetables boiled with sugar syrup or honey. Versions include apple, fig, carrot, sea buckthorn and walnut. Written forms: ئالما مۇرابباسى / ئەنجۈر مۇرابباسى / سەۋزە مۇرابباسى / ئالقات مۇرابباسى / ياڭاق مۇرابباسى

5. قاق

   Qaq

   Qaq (sun-dried fruit)

   Usage

   Sun-dried fruit such as apricot, peach, apple and melon. A dried-goods staple alongside raisins, oleaster, walnut, pistachio and almond. Alone also means exactly or sheer, or a rain pool in hills; normally put a fruit name first, as in örük qéqi. Written forms: ئۆرۈك قېقى / شاپتۇل قېقى / ئالما قېقى / قوغۇن قېقى؛ قاق

6. قۇرۇت

   Qurut

   Qurut (dried curd made from soured milk)

   Usage

   Curdled, dried sheep, goat or cow milk. Salty and very hard; nibble it or dissolve in hot water. Worm or insect is the different word قۇرت (qurt), with one u; spelling distinguishes them.

7. پوشكال

   Poshkal

   Poshkal (thinly rolled dough fried in hot oil)

   Usage

   Thinly rolled dough cooked in hot oil, among fried foods such as sangza, quymaq and sambusa. Written forms: ساڭزا / قۇيماق / سامبۇسا

8. پىرەنىك

   Pirenik

   Pirenik (a baked honey biscuit)

   Usage

   Cookies or biscuits made from flour worked with fat, milk, egg, honey and sugar, shaped variously and baked. A Russian loan.

9. ماروژنى

   Marozhni

   Marozhni (ice cream)

   Usage

   A sweet frozen mixture of water, cream, milk, egg, sugar and fruit syrup. Derived marozhnixana means ice-cream shop. A Russian loan. Written forms: ماروژنىخانا

10. كىشمىش

    Kishmish

    Kishmish (a small seedless grape, and the raisin made from it)

    Usage

    A small seedless grape with translucent skin that dries green or yellow. Kishmish grapes also sweeten polu. Written forms: كىشمىش ئۈزۈم

11. تاماكا

    Tamaka

    Tobacco, cigarettes

    Usage

    Means the annual nightshade-family plant and smoking products made from its leaves and stalk; also used for a cigarette. Written forms: چېكىملىك

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