Kasha

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkɑʃə/
• Hyphenation: ka + sha

Origin

From Russian каша (kaša, "porridge, gruel") or Yiddish קאַשע.

Full definition of kasha

Noun

1. A porridge made from boiled buckwheat groats, or sometimes from other cereal groats.
• 2000, Faye Levy, 1,000 Jewish Recipes, page 218:Some cooks add nuts as well, and I like the way their flavor complements that of the kasha and the browned onions.
• 2005, James Meek, The People's Act of Love, Canongate 2006, page 171:Kristina Pankofska, a Polish exile whom Anna Petrovna paid a gold rouble a month to clean and help, arrived with a pail of hot kasha and two new eggs.

Anagrams

• Sakha
• shaka