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Grilled Whole Lamb

Grilled Whole Lamb is the most famous food found in Urumqi. Migrants from Xinjiang have made the food well-known throughout China but the most authentic grilled whole lamb still remains in Xinjiang, mostly in Urumqi. The food is prepared with selected ingredients and a special cooking technique.

The skillful chef first select a 2-year-old fat lamb. A mixture of flour and water with yelk, salt, ginger, pepper powder will be applied to shroud the whole carcass. Put the lamb into a specially-made oven and baked for around 1 hour.

It is trimmed with red silk around its neck and served with it mouth stuffed with fresh caraway.