Kazan (cookware)
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A kazan or qazan
Kazans may be suspended over a fire in a variety of ways. Sometimes metal frames (a tripod called sajayaq)[1] are made, or alternatively (especially for large kazan), a hole may be dug in the ground which will hold the kazan and provide enough space underneath to keep a fire under it—in this case, an access hole is built in the side to allow the fire to be tended, and to let in air. Smaller kazans may be used on [usually gas] stoves with the help of a specially designed piece of metal that lets the heat [of the flame] transfer to the kazan while at the same time holding it upright and steady.
Etymology
The origin of the word kazan can be ultimately traced back to
History
Kazans seem to have been invented by the Turkic nomads and were used as their basic cooking utensil.[1] They resemble in shape the Chinese wok or the Indian karahi but differ from them in shape and also lack a handle.[1] The Scythians and other Iranian peoples inhabitants of the western steppes before the Turkic migrations, used different cooking utensils.[1] They used round bottomed clay and bronze pots having a more big-bellied shape than the hemispherical profile of the kazan.[1] Some peoples neighboring the Turkic peoples adopted the kazan for its usefulness.[1] Especially in making pilaf (rice) for occasions like weddings.[1]
In the Ottoman Empire, the kazan was the common symbol of the janissary regiments and they would overturn it to indicate a quarrel with their superiors. This has led to the Turkish expression of "Kazan devirmek" "to overturn the kazan" as a synonym for mutiny.[1] The kazans of Turkey have adopted the typical flat-bottomed shape of the middle east.[1]
Gallery
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Shorpobeing made in a kazan in Kyrgyzstan.
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Plov (pilaf) being made in a kazan suspended above a fire using a metal frame.
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Kyrgyzboorsoqbeing fried in a stove-top kazan.
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Plov cooking in a kazan.
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Toy-kazan - translates to "wedding kazan", a kazan big enough to prepare food for wedding guests
Name of the cities
See also
Sources
- ^ ISBN 978-0-907325-79-6.
- ^ Modern usage of the word "kazan" in Turkish on Wiktionary
- ^ "Kazan". Nişanyan Sözlük. Retrieved 2020-09-23.