- 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 Ul boov
Ul boov is written ул боов where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /ʊɮ pɔːw/. In plain English letters that is ool BOHV, 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 Ul boov?
Ul boov is a dessert of Mongolia. People usually eat it on festive days. Its main ingredients are wheat & flour. It tastes sweet.
Where Ul boov comes from
Ul boov 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.
- Aaruul ааруул
Aaruul is the dried curd of Mongolia, one of the traditional tsagaan idee, the "white foods" made from milk.
- 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 Ul boov in other countries
Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Ul boov:
- Wenxi zhubing 闻喜煮饼
Wenxi zhubing are round sweets from Wenxi County in southern Shanxi and are counted among the eight famous pastries of the province.
- Hodu-gwaja 호두과자
Hodu-gwaja, walnut cookies, are small walnut-shaped cakes baked in a mould, with a sweet red bean filling and an outer dough of wheat flour and skinned, pounded walnuts.
- Castella カステラ
Castella is a sponge cake based on cakes brought to Japan by Portuguese merchants in the 16th century, and it was made popular in Nagasaki, where it is still considered a speciality.
- Zhent жент
Zhent is a Kazakh sweet served at the tea table.