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Dried sour-milk curds

Curd from soured milk, pressed and dried rock-hard, like qurut and chhurpi.

17 entries listed here.

How these cheeses are made

The shared make of dried sour-milk curd family (qurut, aaruul, kashk, chhurpi). Each cheese below says what it does differently.

  1. Ferment milk to yogurt or sour milk; often churn out butter12 h – 2 days · up to 40 °C
  2. Boil sour milk to separate curd100 °C
  3. Press in cloth2–3 days · 2–3 % salt
  4. Shape and sun-dry10–15 days

Compare them

CheeseRegionMilkRipeningRind
Chura kampo / chura loenpaTibetan PlateauButtermilk or skimmed milk of yak or dri, sometimes whole milk5–7 days
JameedJordan, Palestine and neighbouring Bedouin areasRaw sheep or goat milk, soured and churned in a goatskin16 days
Gurt (Turkmen)Turkmenistansheep/cow/ milk, Ca
Iqt / Oggt (Arabia)Saudi Arabia/Gulfgoat/sheep/ milk, Cadried
Kalti (Tusheti)Tushetisheep milk
KhuruudMongolia/Buryatiacow/ milk, Ydried
KlilaAlgeriacow/goat milk, (buttermilk lben)dried
Kurut (Kyrgyz)Kyrgyzstancow/sheep/ milk, Y
Naizha / Nailao (Inner Mongolia)Inner Mongoliacow milkdried or fresh
Qara qurut / kashk-e siyahIran/Central Asiawhey
Qula / chura (Tibetan in China)Tibet/QinghaiYdried
Qurt (Kazakh)Kazakhstancow/sheep/goat/ milk, Ca10–15 d sun
Sakkar / Kurut (Afghanistan, Pakistan Pashtun)Afghanistan/Pakistansheep/goat milkdried
SürkHataycow/sheep milkweeks
TakammartTuareg, Niger/Algeriacow/goat milkdried
TchoukouNigercow/goat milkdried
Xinjiang Kazakh 'kurut' (奶疙瘩)Xinjiangcow/sheep milkdried

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Short entries

What the sources record about each of these so far.

Gurt (Turkmen)Turkmenistan
Milk
sheep/cow/ milk, Ca

Made like Dried sour-milk curd family (qurut, aaruul, kashk, chhurpi).

Iqt / Oggt (Arabia)Saudi Arabia/Gulf

dried buttermilk curd

Milk
goat/sheep/ milk, Ca
Ripening
dried

Made like Dried sour-milk curd family (qurut, aaruul, kashk, chhurpi).

Kalti (Tusheti)Tusheti

dried curd

Milk
sheep milk

Made like Dried sour-milk curd family (qurut, aaruul, kashk, chhurpi).

KhuruudMongolia/Buryatia
Milk
cow/ milk, Y
Ripening
dried

Made like Dried sour-milk curd family (qurut, aaruul, kashk, chhurpi).

KlilaAlgeria

heated buttermilk curd, sun-dried

Milk
cow/goat milk, (buttermilk lben)
Ripening
dried

Made like Dried sour-milk curd family (qurut, aaruul, kashk, chhurpi).

Kurut (Kyrgyz)Kyrgyzstan
Milk
cow/sheep/ milk, Y

Made like Dried sour-milk curd family (qurut, aaruul, kashk, chhurpi).

Naizha / Nailao (Inner Mongolia)Inner Mongolia

Chinese names for Mongol curds (奶渣, 奶酪)

Milk
cow milk
Ripening
dried or fresh

Made like Dried sour-milk curd family (qurut, aaruul, kashk, chhurpi).

Qara qurut / kashk-e siyahIran/Central Asia

whey boiled to dark paste

Milk
whey

Made like Dried sour-milk curd family (qurut, aaruul, kashk, chhurpi).

Qula / chura (Tibetan in China)Tibet/Qinghai

dried yak curd

Milk
Y
Ripening
dried

Made like Dried sour-milk curd family (qurut, aaruul, kashk, chhurpi).

Qurt (Kazakh)Kazakhstan

salted balls

Milk
cow/sheep/goat/ milk, Ca
Ripening
10–15 d sun

Made like Dried sour-milk curd family (qurut, aaruul, kashk, chhurpi).

Sakkar / Kurut (Afghanistan, Pakistan Pashtun)Afghanistan/Pakistan

qurut balls

Milk
sheep/goat milk
Ripening
dried

Made like Dried sour-milk curd family (qurut, aaruul, kashk, chhurpi).

SürkHatay

spiced çökelek, jar aged

Milk
cow/sheep milk
Ripening
weeks

Made like Dried sour-milk curd family (qurut, aaruul, kashk, chhurpi).

TakammartTuareg, Niger/Algeria

rennet curd pressed and sun-dried on mats

Milk
cow/goat milk
Ripening
dried

Made like Dried sour-milk curd family (qurut, aaruul, kashk, chhurpi).

TchoukouNiger

flat dried cheese

Milk
cow/goat milk
Ripening
dried

Made like Dried sour-milk curd family (qurut, aaruul, kashk, chhurpi).

Xinjiang Kazakh 'kurut' (奶疙瘩)Xinjiang
Milk
cow/sheep milk
Ripening
dried

Made like Dried sour-milk curd family (qurut, aaruul, kashk, chhurpi).

Numbers come from cited sources and carry a label that says how each is known. How this atlas is made