Kashk
Kashk, kishk, (Persian: کشک kašk, Turkish: keş, Sorani Kurdish: کەشک keşk) qurut, qurt, kurut, kurt (Tuvan and Kyrgyz: курут kurut, Kazakh: құрт qūrt, Turkish: kurut, Turkmen: gurt, Azerbaijani, Tajik and Uzbek: қурут qurut, Persian: قروت), jameed (Arabic: جميد), shilanch (Balochi: شیلانچ), chortan (Armenian: չորթան chort’an), aaruul or khuruud (Mongolian: ааруул or хурууд) is a range of dairy products popular in Iranian cuisine, Caucasian cuisine, and Central Asian cuisine. Kashk is made from strained yogurt, drained buttermilk (in particular, drained qatiq) or drained sour milk by shaping it and letting it dry.