Kulesh

Name: Kulesh
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Ukrainian
Ingredients: 1.5 cups millet; 150g salo (cured pork fat), diced; 2 onions, chopped; 2 potatoes, diced

Куліш/koo-LESH/

Also known as: Ukrainian Millet Porridge

About this dish

A simple, comforting Ukrainian millet porridge cooked with salo and onion.

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Ingredients

🌾1.5 cups millet

🥓150g salo (cured pork fat), diced

🧅2 onions, chopped

🥔2 potatoes, diced

Method

Serves 3

Rinse the millet thoroughly.

Render the diced salo in a pot until crisp, then add chopped onion.

Add water, millet, and diced potato to the pot.

Simmer until the millet and potato are fully cooked and the porridge thickens.

Season with salt and serve hot.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Kulesh is a traditional Ukrainian peasant dish, historically a staple meal of Cossacks, made from millet and rendered pork fat.

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