Karakalpak júweri gúrtik

SAArchaeological or primary source Family B · Steppe / Silk Road manti

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Region: Volga-Ural and Siberia (plus Karakalpakstan)
Recorded by: 1958
Fold: Heap of small pieces
Cooked: Boiled in the meat stock, drained, and heaped on a platter under lamb, beef or turkey, with potato, onion and carrot. National dish

Karakalpak júweri gúrtik with poultry, potato and carrot — As served. Photo Елена Щипкова (Elena Shchipkova), CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Dough: Wheat doughUnfilled; hand-pressed sorghum-flour coins
Made with: Sorghum flour with a little wheat, salt and boiling water; no filling. Pieces pressed in the palm keep the finger marks
Cooked: Boiled in the meat stock, drained, and heaped on a platter under lamb, beef or turkey, with potato, onion and carrot. National dish
Served: "Júweri gúrtik Day" has been held since 25 Feb 2023
Size: About 9 cm across

Not known yet We don’t yet have a written story, a recipe or a precise place of origin for Karakalpak júweri gúrtik. What we do have is below, with its sources.

Field notes

History

Recorded as klëtski of sorghum flour in soup among Karakalpaks in 1958 ethnography (Khorezm Expedition, Trudy vol. III). 2023 Nukus record dish: 20 turkeys, 35 kg sorghum flour, 15 kg wheat flour, served on a 3.5 × 2.5 m platter.

Where

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From Karakalpakstan (Uzbekistan).

OriginNukus · Khwarazm · Karakalpaks

Evidence

Well established. An archaeological find or a primary source backs it.

We list 4 sources: 1 primary or archaeological, 1 dated text, 1 secondary, 1 unverified. How grading works.

First record Volume III of the Khorezm Expedition's Trudy, "Materialy i issledovaniya po etnografii karakalpakov" (Moscow, 1958; signed to print 19 Aug 1958), in U. Shalekenov's study of the Chimbay district peasantry, c. p. 347, lists "«гешир гуртик» - морковный суп с клецками из джугаровой муки" (A).

Its family Recorded from 1250, with Shish barak.

Sources

A
Быт каракалпакского крестьянства Чимбайского района [running head; full title not captured], in: Материалы и исследования по этнографии каракалпаков (Труды Хорезмской археолого-этнографической экспедиции, III), ed. T. A. Zhdanko (Moscow: Izd-vo AN SSSR, 1958), c. p. 347
Archaeological or primary source · U. Shalekenov; PDF at NYU Faculty Digital Archive (ISAW Ancient World Digital Library) · 1958
c. p. 347 (the page after running head 346): "Из зерновых продуктов готовят еще другие кушанья: «машаба» - суп из маша; «катыбламык» - заваруху из джугаровой муки ...; «кеспас» - лапшу; «гешир гуртик» - морковный суп с…
c. p. 347 (the page after running head 346): "Из зерновых продуктов готовят еще другие кушанья: «машаба» - суп из маша; «катыбламык» - заваруху из джугаровой муки ...; «кеспас» - лапшу; «гешир гуртик» - морковный суп с клецками из джугаровой муки; ... «шаж гуртик», или «кайыс гуртик», - тесто из пшеничной муки, сваренное в масле; «сыкпан» - суп с клецками из джугаровой муки"; further on, fish "қарма" is "уха с клецками из джугаровой муки". Colophon: "Подпис. к печати 19/VIII 1958 г." Text extracted from the PDF (OCR); spellings of the Karakalpak words as OCR'd.
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“Karakalpak Jughara Gurtik” Dish Registered as a Geographical Indication
Dated text · Jokargy Kenes of the Republic of Karakalpakstan (joqargikenes.uz) · 2026-05-15 (date of post)
"Karakalpak Jughara Gurtik" has been registered with the Ministry of Justice as a geographical indication (post dated 15.05.2026; registration number and date not given). The only historical statement is generic:…
"Karakalpak Jughara Gurtik" has been registered with the Ministry of Justice as a geographical indication (post dated 15.05.2026; registration number and date not given). The only historical statement is generic: sorghum "has long been one of the most important agricultural crops".
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Juweri gurtik
Secondary consensus · English Wikipedia · 2023-02-25
On 25 February 2023 the authorities of Karakalpakstan launched an annual Juweri gurtik day; the first event used 20 turkeys, 35 kg of sorghum flour and 15 kg of wheat flour on a 3.5 x 2.5 m "plate". References are news…
On 25 February 2023 the authorities of Karakalpakstan launched an annual Juweri gurtik day; the first event used 20 turkeys, 35 kg of sorghum flour and 15 kg of wheat flour on a 3.5 x 2.5 m "plate". References are news and travel sites (Gazeta.uz, Yuz.uz, Advantour); no historical source.
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Unverified
Negative result: searches for гуртик / гүртик in Soviet Karakalpak ethnography (Zhdanko, Zadykhina; Zhdanko & Kamalov 1980) returned bibliographies only, no text mentioning the dish.

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