How to pronounce Verashchaka

Verashchaka is written верашчака where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /vʲɛraʂˈt͡ʂaka/. In plain English letters that is veh-rash-CHAH-ka, 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 Verashchaka?

Verashchaka is a main dish of Belarus. Where it comes from: All Belarus. People usually eat it at lunch or dinner. Its main ingredients are pork. It tastes rich and savory.

Where Verashchaka comes from

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

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  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

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• 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.

• Zhur жур · Soup & stew · All Belarus

  Zhur is an old Belarusian dish made from oat flour.

Food of Belarus

Dishes like Verashchaka in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Verashchaka:

• Cepelinai · Main dish · All Lithuania, Lithuania

  Cepelinai are large oval dumplings of grated raw and boiled potato, filled with minced pork or with dry curd cheese, and served with a sauce of sour cream, fried onions and bacon bits.

• Babka ziemniaczana · Main dish · Podlasie, Poland

  Babka ziemniaczana, potato babka, is a savoury bake of grated raw potatoes mixed with eggs, onion and pieces of bacon or pork fat, often with sausage in the Polish version, seasoned well and baked in a dish until the top is golden brown.

• Kruchenyky крученики · Main dish · Ukraine

  Kruchenyky, also called zavyvantsi, are a Ukrainian dish of thin slices of pounded meat rolled tightly around a filling, tied with thread or held with a wooden skewer, browned in lard or butter and then stewed in a sauce.

• Tochitură · Main dish · Moldavia, Romania

  Tochitură is a traditional Romanian and Moldovan dish of small pieces of meat, usually pork, fried slowly in their own fat and juices, often in a cast-iron pot; the name comes from the verb a topi, "to melt".