Black Kashk

Black Kashk or Qara or Black Dried Cheese or even Qarehqurutis a milky product that is produced in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and some central Asian countries. it’s usually in color black, white, brown, or yellow and tastes sour.

Black kashk is fabricated from liquid yogurt. After removing the fat from the yogurt, the remaining liquid is boiled to be concentrated. In the next step, the produced liquid will elutriate.

The concentrated solid material is called Kashk, which can be used in several Iranian dishes such as āsh. The liquid left from the concentrating process will be boiled and dried to produce black Kashk.