Boortsog

Baursak

Homemade boortsog
Alternative names	Boorsoq, bauyrsaq, baursak
Type	Fried dough
Course	Dessert
Main ingredients	Butter, salt water, milk, yeast, flour

Boortsog, boorsoq, bauyrsaq, or baursak (Bashkir: , Kazakh: бауырсақ [bɑwərˈsɑq], Kyrgyz: боорсок [boːrˈsoq], Mongolian: боорцог [ˈpɔːrtsʰəq], Russian: баурсак, Tatar: Cyrillic бавырсак, Latin bawırsaq, Uzbek: bog'irsoq [bɒʁɨrˈsɒq], Tajik: бусроқ [buˈsrɒq], Turkish: pişi, bişi, tuzlu lokma, halka, Turkmen: pişme) is a type of fried dough food found in the cuisines of Central Asia, Idel-Ural, Mongolia and the Middle East. It is shaped into either triangles or sometimes spheres. The dough consists of flour, yeast, milk, eggs, margarine, salt, sugar, and fat. Tajik boortsog are often decorated with a criss-cross pattern by pressing the bottom of a small strainer on the dough before it is fried.