How to pronounce Khaladnik

Khaladnik is written халаднік where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /xaladˈnʲik/. In plain English letters that is kha-lad-NEEK, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Khaladnik?

Khaladnik is a soup or stew of Belarus. Where it comes from: All Belarus. People usually eat it at lunch or dinner. Its main ingredients are vegetables, egg and dairy & cheese. It tastes fresh and sour.

Where Khaladnik comes from

Khaladnik is one of 11 signature dishes of Belarus on this map.

• Draniki дранікі · Main dish · All Belarus

  Draniki are thick pancakes of grated raw potato, sometimes mixed with onion, fried in oil or lard until crisp and brown, and eaten hot with sour cream.

• Kalduny калдуны · Main dish · All Belarus

  Kalduny are dumplings of wheat dough, or in some versions of grated potato, stuffed with minced meat, mushrooms or curd cheese, boiled and served with butter, sour cream or fried onions.

• Verashchaka верашчака · Main dish · All Belarus

  Verashchaka, more often called machanka, is a thick stew of fried pieces of salo, sausage and pork ribs with sharp seasonings, thickened with flour and stewed in the oven; dishes of this kind, with local differences, are known all over Belarus.

• Krambambula крамбамбуля · Drink · All Belarus

  Krambambula is a Belarusian alcoholic drink of vodka with honey and spices, drunk either cold or hot; many recipes exist, and commercial versions are made as well.

• Zatsirka зацірка · Soup & stew · All Belarus

  Zatsirka is a traditional thin soup of the Belarusians made from flour.

• Zhur жур · Soup & stew · All Belarus

  Zhur is an old Belarusian dish made from oat flour.

Food of Belarus

Dishes like Khaladnik in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Khaladnik:

• Šaltibarščiai · Soup & stew · Vilnius, Lithuania

  Šaltibarščiai is a cold soup of kefir or sour milk coloured bright pink by grated cooked or pickled beetroot, with cucumber, dill, green onions and chopped hard-boiled egg.

• Okroshka окрошка · Soup & stew · Volga region, Russia

  Okroshka is a cold Russian soup for spring and summer, which probably originated in the Volga region.

• Ciorbă rădăuțeană · Soup & stew · Bucovina (Rădăuți), Romania

  Ciorbă rădăuțeană is a Romanian sour soup thickened with sour cream, eggs and vinegar, which comes from Rădăuți in Suceava county, in Bucovina, and later became popular all over Romania.

• Kyselo krkonošské kyselo · Soup & stew · Giant Mountains (Krkonoše), Czechia

  Kyselo, or Krkonoše kyselo, is a sour soup made from bread sourdough, found above all in the foothills of the Giant Mountains and the Eagle Mountains of north-eastern Bohemia; the first reliable record of it dates from 1803.