How to pronounce Posikunchiki

Posikunchiki is written посикунчики where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /pəsʲɪˈkunt͡ɕɪkʲɪ/. In plain English letters that is pa-see-KOON-chee-kee, 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 Posikunchiki?

Posikunchiki is a street food of Russia. Where it comes from: Perm Krai (Urals). People usually eat it as a snack. Its main ingredients are pork and wheat & flour. It tastes savory and rich.

Where Posikunchiki comes from

Posikunchiki is one of 27 signature dishes of Russia on this map.

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• Blini блины · Bread & pastry · Russia

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• Beef Stroganoff бефстроганов · Main dish · Saint Petersburg

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• Pozharsky cutlet пожарская котлета · Main dish · Torzhok (Tver Oblast)

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• Tula pryanik тульский пряник · Dessert · Tula (Central Russia)

  The Tula pryanik is the best-known Russian imprinted gingerbread, made in the city of Tula south of Moscow.

• Olivier salad салат оливье · Main dish · Moscow

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Food of Russia

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