The diet of Tajik herdsmen is mainly based on meat and dairy products; Tajik farmers in other counties in southern Xinjiang mainly eat pasta, with milk and meat as secondary foods.

Specialty foods include: milk noodle slices, milk batter, fried cakes, pilaf, milk porridge, etc.

Butter highland barley naan is a pancake made from highland barley flour and ghee, which is a specialty of alpine mountainous areas.

Butter milk paste is a cold food that tastes like ice cream.