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Kazy or kazi (Kazakh: қазы, qazı, قازى [qɑzə́]; Kyrgyz: казы [qɑzɯ]; Tatar: казылык, qazılıq, قازئلئق, Bashkir: ҡаҙылыҡ, qaźılıq) is a traditional sausage-like food of Kazakhs, Tatars, Kyrgyz, and other ethnic groups mainly of Central Asia, particularly those of Turkic origin. Kazy is a common element on a dastarkhan, a table set for a festive meal.
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Preparation
Horse flesh ribs are cut out with the meat and hung for 5-7 hours to drain the remaining blood. The intestines of the horse are thoroughly washed and kept in saline water for 1–2 hours. The meat from the ribs is salted, seasoned with pepper and garlic and left roped in cloth for 2–3 hours. Then the intestines are filled with the rib meat and the two ends of the filled intestine are tied. After this preparation, the kazy can be smoked or hung to dry for a week at a sun-lit placed exposed to wind. Smoking is performed in a thick smoke of 50-60° for 12–18 hours.
Before serving, the kazy is cooked in boiling water for 2 hours. The cooked kazy is sliced into 1 cm thick pieces and served with onion and seasonal crops.
Serving
This dish is often served to Pilaf, or simply sliced as an appetizer to the table. In mountain regions sometimes kazy made from deer
Kazi often eaten cold