a soft food prepared from hulled and crushed grain, especially buckwheat.
such grain before cooking.
First recorded in 1800–10, kasha is from the Russian word kásha
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Inside the compound, volunteers prepared bags of rice, kasha, fruit and cleaning products in an assembly line and handed them out to waiting recipients, some of whom began standing in line at 4 a.m.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2022
Instead, he seemed fully at ease with life in the metro, sitting with a gaggle of friends and eating helpings of chicken, kasha, soup and pickled shredded carrot.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2022
But my mother’s cooking went well beyond the chopped liver, stuffed cabbage, kasha varnishkes and chicken soup of her Eastern European background, both in attention to detail and imagination.
From New York Times ● May 2, 2022
The daily cafe menu might feature kasha porridge, Russian-style syrniki pancakes, labneh parfait with chickpea granola, and malawach, Jewish pancakes from Yemen.
From New York Times ● Jan. 11, 2022
We had a small feast of the broth with kasha, which was more filling than good, the rest of the bread, a pot of marmalade Mrs. Diamant had been saving, and a sack of apples.
From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron
You can pair them with Borscht either hot or cold, Kasha Varnishkas or Beet, Apple & Herring Salad, all parts of the American-Jewish canon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2025
She adding that it was out of character for Kasha to miss a significant milestone in her life.
From BBC ● Mar. 4, 2024
Joshua Partlow and Kasha Patel contributed to this report.
From Washington Post ● May 17, 2022
A state police news release said Trooper Kasha Domingue was indicted Thursday by an East Baton Rouge Parish grand jury.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 1, 2020
The soldier who was in charge of the party said to me in a confidential whisper: "There's plenty of Kasha, your Honour, and the soup will last us, too."
From The Dark Forest by Walpole, Hugh, Sir
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