Russian-English Culinary Glossary

butter; less commonly toasted
Grenorovannie napitki - cold drinks similar in consistency to Italian granitas
Grib - mushroom
Gril'yazh - candy made with nuts and caramel and covered with chocolate
Grusha - pear
Gul'bishniki - Belorussian dish made by baking a batter made from mashed potatoes & rye or wheat flour
Gulyash - goulash
Gur'evskaya kasha - porridge-like dish made with cream of wheat, milk or cream, jam, honey & other flavorings
Guruli - Georgian slow cooked stew made with chicken, vegetables & spices
Gus' - goose

H
Hvorost - deep fried crunchy dessert
Holuptsi - stuffed cabbage leaves

I
Ikra - caviar, fish roe (eggs)
Imbir' - ginger

Injir - fig

K
Kakao - cocoa
Kakos - coconut
Kalmari - (Calamary) squid
Kartofel - potato
Kefir - similar to yoghurt almost like thick buttermilk
Keelka - anchovy
Kulich - Special Easter bread
Kapusta - cabbage
Kasha - any dry grains but mostly is buckwheat groats
Klubneeka - strawberry
konfityor - jam
Krap - crab

L
Latuk - lettuce
Losos - salmon

M
Malina - raspberry
Manka - semolina
Markof - carrot
Meyd - honey
Moloko - milk
Mooka - flour
Morozhena - ice cream
Muskatnyi oreh - nutmeg

O
Oogar - eel
Oguryets - cucumber
Omlet - omelette
Ovashi - vegetables

P
Pashtet - pate
Patoka - molasses
Peeva - beer
Perlovka - barley
Pirog/pirozhok - baked big/small stuffed pie
Pomidor - tomato
Ponchik - donut
Pryanik - ginger bread
Psheno - millet
Pshenitsa - corn

R
Riba - fish

S
Salo - pork fat or lard un-rendered
Salat - salad
Sir - cheese generic term for all cheese
Sliva - plum or prune
Smetana - sour cream
Sok - fruit juice
Solod - malt
Sparzha - asparagus
Stol - table
Sul - salt
Svicha - candy

T
Testo - dough
Tmin - cumin
Tort - cake
Tunyets - tuna
Tvorog - farmer's cheese

V
Vagan - round wooden bowl used for chopping
Vaglodka - small yeast dough based cookies made in the shape of animals
Valovan (zhuluchki) - small dough pockets usually stuffed with left over meat or fish; usually served with broth or bullion
Vanil - vanilla usually applies to vanilla beans
Vanilin - vanillin artificial vanilla substitute or extract
Varahivitsa - porridge made from green unripe rye
Varen'e - generic term for fruits & less often vegetables preserved by cooking them in sugar, ie., jams &/or preserves
Varenets - soured toplyonoe moloko
Varenyki - Ukrainian national dish: vegetarian dumplings (similar to Russian pelmeni) stuffed with meats, potatoes or cottage cheese, or fruit
Varevo - old Russian term referring

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