No, this isn't a personal ad for a Russian girl-- there are other sites for that.
Grechka (гречка) is Russian for roasted buckwheat groats and kasha (каша) is porridge, so grechnevaya kasha (гречневая каша) is buckwheat porridge.
I had grechnevaya kasha twice when I was in Dushanbe-- once in my colleague's house (pictured) and the other time on board Tajikistan Airlines. The kasha is the brown-rice-looking stuff on the left side of the plate; beside it are mutton rissoles (kotleta in Russian), some mashed potatoes, and pasta.
Grechnevaya kasha is simply prepared by boiling the groats like one does to rice; in special preparations it is cooked in broth and some onions. It is quite similar in taste and texture to brown or red rice, albeit much nuttier and coarser. It is often topped with some butter and served as a side dish-- bread is the omnipresent staple-- but of course, I took to it like rice and treated the rissoles like my ulam. On the plane, I was served kasha with roasted chicken.
Anyway, I recently found myself craving for grechnevaya kasha and can't find it anywhere. So if you know where to find it, do tell me.
3 comments:
Privyet!
Just type the name grechnevaya kasha on google.
It's there!
Dasvidanya!
From what I understand, you found it a mere few blocks away from home...my home. :)
If you live anywhere by Brooklyn than you can go to the russian bazaar on brighton beach ave and coney island ave right next to brighton 11th st and there you will find some wonderful kasha available by the pound already cooked or you can get it dry in a box and make it yourself
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