How to pronounce Knysh

Knysh is written кныш where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /knɨʂ/. In plain English letters that is KNISH, 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 Knysh?

Knysh is a bread or pastry of Belarus. Where it comes from: All Belarus. People usually eat it at teatime. Its main ingredients are wheat & flour and dairy & cheese. It tastes savory.

Where Knysh comes from

Knysh 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.

• Khaladnik халаднік · Soup & stew · All Belarus

  Khaladnik is a cold summer soup of beets, sorrel or both, a traditional dish of Belarusian cooking with roots in the time of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth; it is also known in Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish and Ukrainian cooking.

• Zatsirka зацірка · Soup & stew · All Belarus

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

Food of Belarus

Dishes like Knysh in other countries

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• Tutmanik тутманик · Bread & pastry · All Bulgaria, Bulgaria

  Tutmanik, also called mesenitsa, is a traditional Bulgarian bake of thick dough with crumbled white brine cheese, yogurt and eggs.

• Gibanica гибаница · Bread & pastry · All Serbia, Serbia

  Gibanica is a Serbian layered pie, usually filled with white cow's cheese, eggs and oil, or more rarely with meat, potatoes or spinach.