[Speaking Uyghur Language]
Sure you've probably heard of Central Asian
pilaf or famous kebabs in Xinjiang. But what
about the Uyghur lamb stuffed intestine? Join
me as I give this dish a try for the first
time and let you know what I think.
Alright, so I'm here with my friend Waris,
who's my Uyghur friend. We're here on just
a traditional alleyway back here behind the
Grand Bazaar and you're going to introduce
me to a new Uyghur food.
I mean everybody, everybody's familiar with
kebabs. Everybody's familiar with laghman,
Dapanji. But this is something that not many
people know. Can you explain what is this
food? How do you say it in Uyghur?
Ok. We're going to call it "Opke-hisip". Opke-hisip...ok.
Alright.
So it's mainly made out of sheep's lung and
intestine.
Ok. So we're going to be dealing with a sheep
lung and intestine. I'm going to try this
out for the very first time and we're going
to see. I'll let you know how it is.
Well, we're going to try a plate, I'm going
to let you try to see this. It's a plate of...how
do you say this? Opke-hisip. Opke-hisip. Right?
This is basically sheep lung. I mean, you
told me before but can you explain again what...this
is, sheep intestine, right? Yes. And inside
of it is mainly rice.
And inside of it is mainly rice, so...yea,
I'll go ahead and give it a try.
You like it?
Mmm-hmm.
Ok. Great!
Yea, a little spicy but...yea, it's good!
I mean, the outside has a different texture
because, of course, it's a lung. No, no, this
is an intestine. But I mean everything on
the inside - it's rice. It's kind of like
having polo wrapped up in like a sushi. So
this is...I will rename this "polo sushi"!
Go ahead and have some, let me know what you think.
[Would you say this is good "opke-hisip"?]
[Mmm...it's ok.]
[It's about average?]
[Yea.]
[Ok.]
