kishkeh

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noun

A fermented mixture of grain and yogurt, dried and ground to a flour.

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kishkeh1

nounkishkeh (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA fermented mixture of grain and yogurt, dried and ground to a flour.

    […] served fruits and vegetables, cheese, lebneh, kareesheh, kaourma, kishkeh, thyme and other herbs).

    1965, Jamal Karam Harfouche, Social Structure of Low-income Families in Lebanon, page 30
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    Kishkeh, as prepared by an UNRWAPRNE formula, is made by adding 3.5 litres of leban to 2.5 kg of burghul. After drying, the final product is reported to keep for at least a year.

    1951, Derrick Brian Jelliffe, Infant Nutrition in the Subtropics and Tropics, page 30

    Another food, kishkeh, is made “by adding 3.5 litres of leban (soured milk) to 2.5 kilograms of burghul.

    1999, Sharon Yntema, Christine Beard, New Vegetarian Baby, page 50
  2. uncountableA dip based on yogurt and bulghur.

    Kishkeh, a Syrian appetiser by Moayyad Hamoud

    2016 July 9, Marie-Helene Carleton, “Syrian refugee chefs share their recipes”, in Aljazeera
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    Kishkeh is a cool summer salad of bulgur (cracked wheat), mint and yogurt, and babaganouj has that lovely, smoky Eastern taste because the aubergines are charred under a hot grill before they are peeled.

    1995, House & Garden - Volume 50, Issues 7-12, page 122

kishkeh2

nounkishkeh (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of kishke.

    I mean, Seymour will push Valium down his throat every minute you're at our table eating our motzahs or kishkeh.

    2012, John S. Elmo, Room for Enjoyment: Memoir of a Design Merchant, page 27
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    There were small pieces of gefuellte fish and kishkeh on separate plates, intended evidently for Saturday's and Sunday's dinner. I sliced off a thin piece of the kishkeh with my knife.

    1952, Harry Goldberg, The Hoods, page 31

    They came very highly recommended and offered everything: old-time Jewish food like kishkeh and k'nishes, as well as the more modern stuff-little hot dogs, chicken wings, things of that nature.

    2017, Judith Katz, Running Fiercely Toward a High Thin Sound
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