Kasha

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Kasha
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Buckwheat kasha
TypePorridge, oatmeal
Region or stateEastern Europe
Main ingredientsCereal (buckwheat, wheat, barley, oats, millet or rye)
Food energy
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In English, kasha (/ˈkɑːʃə/) is a porridge usually[a] made from buckwheat, a pseudocereal. In the Slavic languages, kasha means porridge. In some varieties of Central and Eastern European cuisine, kasha can apply to any kind of cooked grain. It can be baked but most often is boiled, either in water or milk, but the word can also refer to the grain before preparation, which corresponds to the definition of 'groats'.

Etymology

The word kasha was borrowed from Russian kásha and first appears in English-language sources in 1808.[1]

The English-language usage of kasha, which refers primarily to buckwheat, probably originated with Jewish immigrants, as did the form Script error: No such module "Lang". kashi (literally translated as "porridges").[4]

The word kasha is used in Belarus (Script error: No such module "Lang".), the Czech Republic (Script error: No such module "Lang".), Lithuania (Script error: No such module "Lang".), Poland (Script error: No such module "Lang".), Romania and Moldova (Script error: No such module "Lang".), Russia (Script error: No such module "Lang".), Slovakia (Script error: No such module "Lang".), Slovenia (Script error: No such module "Lang".), Kazakhstan, and Ukraine (Script error: No such module "Lang".).

In Ashkenazi Jewish culture

As an Ashkenazi-Jewish comfort food, kasha is often served with onions and brown gravy on top of farfalle, known as kasha varnishkes.[5] Kasha is a popular filling for knishes,[6] and is sometimes included in matzah-ball soup.[7]

In Poland

A woman grinding kasha, an 18th-century drawing by J.-P. Norblin

In Polish, cooked buckwheat groats are referred to as Script error: No such module "Lang".. Script error: No such module "Lang". can apply to many kinds of groats: millet (Script error: No such module "Lang".), barley (Script error: No such module "Lang".), pearl barley (Script error: No such module "Lang".), oats (Script error: No such module "Lang".), as well as porridge made from farina (Script error: No such module "Lang".).[8] Bulgur can also be referred to as a type of kasza in Polish (Script error: No such module "Lang".).

As Polish blood sausage is prepared with buckwheat, barley or rice, it is called kaszanka (kasha sausage).

Annual per capita consumption of groats in Poland was approximately 1.56 kg (3.4 lb) per year in 2013.[9]

In Russia

Buckwheat porridge made in oven

The largest gross buckwheat consumption per capita is in Russia, with 15 kg (33 lb) per year, followed by Ukraine, with 12 kg (26 lb) per year.[10] Buckwheat comprises 20% of all cereal consumption in Russia.[11]

In Russian, buckwheat is referred to formally as Script error: No such module "Lang". (Script error: No such module "lang".), or colloquially as Script error: No such module "Lang". (Script error: No such module "lang".), which gave rise to the Yiddish words gretshkes/greytshkelach and retshkes/reytshkelach.

Kasha is one of the Russian traditional dishes. Together with shchi it used to constitute staple foods for poorer people. This fact is commemorated in the Russian saying, "Script error: No such module "Lang"." (Script error: No such module "lang".), which literally translates as "shchi and kasha are our food".[12]

Butter is often eaten with most kasha recipes, hence another Russian saying: "Script error: No such module "Lang"." (Script error: No such module "lang".), which translates to "you cannot spoil kasha with butter".[13][14]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."kasha". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. OCLC 1032680871. Retrieved 2026-03-07. Quote: "a porridge made usually from buckwheat groats."
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Stevenson, Angus (19 August 2010). "kasha". Oxford Dictionary of English. OUP Oxford. p. 957. ISBN 978-0-19-957112-3. "(in Russia and Poland) porridge made from cooked buckwheat or similar grain.
  3. ^ Template:Cite Collins Dictionary Quote: "a dish originating in Eastern Europe, consisting of boiled or baked buckwheat."
  4. ^ Steinmetz, Sol. Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms. p. 42. Template:ISBN.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Le Cordon Jew". May 22, 2008. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25. Retrieved 2011-01-15.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Marks, Gil (2 September 1999). The: World of Jewish Cooking. Simon and Schuster. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-684-83559-4.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Matzo Ball Soup". Los Angeles Times. 1 March 2019 [Original date 25 November 1999].
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Polish Food 101 ‒ Groats". Culture.pl. 9 April 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  9. ^ Biuletyn Informacyjny ARR 4/2013, Handel Wewnętrzny 4/2013 IBRKK
  10. ^ No 8 [008] 26 жовтня Script error: No such module "webarchive"., 2007; [www.agro-business.com.ua/.../1655-2013-06-25-11]
  11. ^ Russian Market of Buckwheat in 2009 - September 2010 Script error: No such module "webarchive".
  12. ^ ПОЧЕМУ ГОВОРЯТ «ЩИ ДА КАША — ПИЩА НАША»?
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Nourish Your Language: Foodie Words Refashioned". Archived from the original on 2016-11-15. Retrieved 2017-01-31.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Russian love for kasha - Liden & Denz Institute". 14 December 2020. Retrieved 2025-10-21.

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