kishkeh

Noun

kishkeh (uncountable)

1. A fermented mixture of grain and yogurt, dried and ground to a flour.
   • Kishkeh, as prepared by an UNRWAPRNE formula, is made by adding 3.5 litres of leban to 2.5 kg of burghul. After drying, the final product is reported to keep for at least a year.1951, Derrick Brian Jelliffe, Infant Nutrition in the Subtropics and Tropics, page 30
   • […] served fruits and vegetables, cheese, lebneh, kareesheh, kaourma, kishkeh, thyme and other herbs).1965, Jamal Karam Harfouche, Social Structure of Low-income Families in Lebanon, page 30
2. A dip based on yogurt and bulghur.
   • Kishkeh is a cool summer salad of bulgur (cracked wheat), mint and yogurt, and babaganouj has that lovely, smoky Eastern taste because the aubergines are charred under a hot grill before they are peeled.1995, House & Garden - Volume 50, Issues 7-12, page 122
   • Kishkeh, a Syrian appetiser by Moayyad Hamoud2016 July 9, Marie-Helene Carleton, “Syrian refugee chefs share their recipes”, in Aljazeera