- Any taste
- Savory7
- Spicy0
- Sweet1
- Sour2
- Smoky2
- Rich3
- Fresh1
- Any ingredient
- Beef3
- Lamb5
- Dairy & cheese4
- Wheat & flour4
- Potato1
- Vegetables1
- Any type
- Main dish3
- Noodles & pasta1
- Street food1
- Dessert1
- Snack3
- Drink2
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How to pronounce Aaruul
Aaruul is written ааруул where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /ɑːˈrʊːɮ/. In plain English letters that is ah-ROOL, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.
What is Aaruul?
Aaruul is a snack of Mongolia. People usually eat it as a snack. Its main ingredients are dairy & cheese. It tastes sour.
Where Aaruul comes from
Aaruul is one of 11 signature dishes of Mongolia on this map.
- Boodog боодог
Boodog is a Mongolian dish of goat, mutton or tarbagan marmot cooked from the inside with hot stones.
- Bansh банш
Bansh are small Mongolian dumplings filled with meat, eaten all over the country.
- Suutei tsai сүүтэй цай
Suutei tsai is Mongolian milk tea, made with tea, milk, salt and often millet, and also known as salty tea.
- Borts борц
Borts is Mongolian air-dried meat.
- Ul boov ул боов
Ul boov are traditional Mongolian biscuits made from a simple flour-and-water dough, rolled flat and pressed with a carved wooden block that stamps a family design on each one; the designs are passed down through the generations.
- Öröm өрөм
Öröm is Mongolian clotted cream, the thick layer that forms on top of milk that has been boiled and slowly cooled; making it is called setting the öröm.
Dishes like Aaruul in other countries
Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Aaruul:
- Sulguni სულგუნი
Sulguni is a brined Georgian cheese from Samegrelo, called selegini in Mingrelian, and it is also made in Svaneti.
- Kastinys
Kastinys is an old Samogitian spread made from dairy: sour cream, soured milk and butter are worked together with garlic, salt and spices.
- Pultost
Pultost is a soft, ripened Norwegian sour-milk cheese flavoured with caraway.
- Užice kajmak ужички кајмак
Užički kajmak is a traditional dairy product of the Zlatibor district around Užice in western Serbia.