kasha

¹

[ kah-shuh ]

noun

1. a soft food prepared from hulled and crushed grain, especially buckwheat.
2. such grain before cooking.

Kasha

²

[ kash-uh ]

Trademark.

1. a brand name for a soft fabric of wool and goat's hair, having a napped surface and a slight crosswise streak.

kasha

/ ˈkɑːʃə /

noun

1. a dish originating in Eastern Europe, consisting of boiled or baked buckwheat

Word History and Origins

Origin of kasha¹

First recorded in 1800–10, kasha is from the Russian word kásha

Word History and Origins

Origin of kasha¹

from Russian

Example Sentences

“You’re going through a lot of food. I see the kasha sack going down every time I come here. You can’t be eating that much. What are you doing with it all?”

From Literature

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

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

Eastern European Jews mix buckwheat with bow-tie pasta and caramelized onions in kasha varnishkes.

From Washington Post

It appears that kasha varnishkes traded the old country for its new adopted home.

From Washington Post