Bashkir cuisine originates from the Bashkortostan region of Russia. Some traditional dishes include chak-chak, kazylyk, and various meat and vegetable pies. Kumys, a fermented mare's milk, and tukmasly ash, a meat and vegetable stew, are also part of the Bashkir diet. Modern Bashkir cuisine has been influenced by other cultures and now features dishes like apple pie and eremsektan ashtar, a meat and rice pilaf.