What is the main "business" of the grandmother in Kyrgyzstan?
For a long time, I have been paying close attention to the best-selling products of Kyrgyz pensioners. Some sell bread, some sell eggs, and some sell vegetables.
But the main "business" is, of course, dairy products.
In addition, there is a major product that is the basis for everything else. I'm talking about Kurut now.
I hardly see pure milk on the market, but there are a lot of derivatives of it – suzma, chalap, kymyz.
So, all of these products are made of (or with kurut added).
Let me remind you that kurut is a milk residue that is rolled into balls and dried. It looks like candy in powdered sugar, but in reality, kurut is very sour.
Kurut can be eaten as a stand-alone dish or used to cook other dishes.
For example, if you add a little water, you get suzma (which is a similar to sour cream). If you add more water, it will be chalap (which is a kefir analogue).
Yes, yes, it's a very interesting production technique – first, the milk is completely dehydrated to make what the locals call "dry milk", and then water is added.
Local grandmothers in Kyrgyzstan make money from this – they make kurut, chalap and other dairy products and sell them.
Their prices are low, but the volume is very impressive. So, for example, a liter of Alan bottle is worth 60 som (about 40 rubles), and a grandmother can sell 20-30 bottles a day.
A good addition to pensions, agree!
