kasha

plural kashas

1. countableuncountableA porridge made from boiled buckwheat groats, or sometimes from other cereal groats.

   Some cooks add nuts as well, and I like the way their flavor complements that of the kasha and the browned onions.

   2000, Faye Levy, 1,000 Jewish Recipes, page 218

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   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.

   2005, James Meek, The People's Act of Love, Canongate, published 2006, page 171

1. uncountableA kind of dry curry from Bengal.

   I love her chicken curry, chicken bharta, chicken kasha.

   2021, Arindam Sen, Money for Nothing, page 50

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   She made some authentic Bengali recipes like Sukto, Mochar Ghonto, Doi Bagun, Doi Catla Maach and Chicken Kasha.

   2019, Ruchira Banerjee, Some 14 Odd Years: Fragile Love or Intense Friendship, page 45

1. artsA yokai that steals the corpses of those who have died as a result of accumulating evil deeds.

plural Kashas

1. A female given name.