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Boortsog boorsoq or baursak (Bashkir: бауырһаҡ Kazakh: бауырсақ [bɑwərsɑ́q] Kyrgyz: боорсок [boːrsóq] Mongolian: боорцог [ˈpɔːrtsʰəq] Tatar Cyrillic: бавырсак Latin: bawırsaq Uzbek: bog’irsoq [bɒʁɨrsɒ́q] Tajik: бусроқ [busrɒ́q] Turkish: pişibişituzlu lokmahalka) is a type of fried dough found in the cuisines of Central Asia Idel-Ural and Mongolia being an authentic example of Mongolian cuisine.[citation needed] They may be thought of as cookies or biscuits and since they are fried they are sometimes compared to doughnuts.
