Circassian food · 53 recipes

Circassian recipes

Every recipe in the Circassian app, sorted the way the app sorts them. Each one has its own page with the ingredients, the steps, a servings scaler and the kitchen words in Kabardian and Adyghe.

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Circassian food · 53 recipes

Circassian recipes

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From the Recipes section of the Circassian app.

Updated October 5, 2026 · 4 min read

These are the 53 recipes in the Recipes section of the Circassian app, in English, Russian and Turkish. The app’s recipes draw on Amjad Jaimoukha’s book Circassian Cuisine and were cross-checked against Russian and Adyghe food sources. For the dishes themselves, their history and their place at the table, see Circassian food: the dishes.

A Circassian meal in Kfar Kama, Israel.
A Circassian meal in Kfar Kama, Israel.Photo: Chenspec, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.

🍲 Mains & Sauces

Shchips (Garlic Sauce)20 min · Everyday · Serves 6Jedlibzhe (Chicken in Cream & Garlic)45 min · Everyday · Serves 4Lyghurlybzhe (Circassian Meat Stew)60 min · Everyday · Serves 4Gwegwsh Gheva (Festive Boiled Turkey)120 min · Festive · Serves 8Circassian Chicken (in Walnut Sauce)60 min · Festive · Serves 6Melil Gheva (Boiled Lamb with Garlic Sauce)90 min · Festive · Serves 6Shate Gheva (Lamb Boiled in Cream)50 min · Festive · Serves 4Jedla (Circassian Crusted Fried Chicken)60 min · Festive · Serves 4Litsyk'ulyshchips (Shredded Braised Meat)90 min · Everyday · Serves 4Lyubyge (Adyghe Lamb Cutlets)40 min · Festive · Serves 4Tsegazh (Roasted Lamb Ribs)40 min · Festive · Serves 4

🥣 Soups & Beans

Hantkhups (Millet Soup)40 min · Everyday · Serves 4Jeshlybzhe (Circassian Bean Stew)90 min · Everyday · Serves 4Ashryk (Ceremonial Corn & Bean Soup)120 min · Ceremonial · Serves 8Tkhechups (Milk Noodle Soup)40 min · Everyday · Serves 4

🥩 Meat & Cured

Zherume (Circassian Offal Sausage)120 min · Festive · Serves 6Themshigunibe (Circassian Liver Sausage)120 min · Festive · Serves 6Lygur Gezha (Dried & Smoked Meat)60 min · Everyday · Serves 8Gwaschwelybzhe (Braised Offal)50 min · Everyday · Serves 4Nek'wlh (Homemade Sausage)90 min · Festive · Serves 6

🧀 Cheese & Dairy

Adyghe Cheese60 min · Everyday · Serves 6Koyazh (Fried Adyghe Cheese)20 min · Everyday · Serves 4Zhamuko (Cheese & Cornmeal Porridge)30 min · Everyday · Serves 4Kurt (Dried Whey Cheese)90 min · Everyday · Serves 8Smoked Adyghe Cheese (Red Cheese)120 min · Everyday · Serves 6Fried Adyghe Cheese with Egg20 min · Everyday · Serves 3

🍞 Breads & Grains

Paste (Millet & Corn Grits)30 min · Everyday · Serves 4Haliva (Fried Cheese Pies)60 min · Everyday · Serves 6Mataz (Circassian Dumplings)60 min · Everyday · Serves 4Guubat (Baked Cheese Pastry)50 min · Everyday · Serves 6Delen (Griddled Cheese Bread)40 min · Everyday · Serves 4Mezhaje (Baked Cornbread)90 min · Everyday · Serves 6Chirzhin (Griddled Cornbread)50 min · Everyday · Serves 6Lakum (Fried Dough Puffs)60 min · Festive · Serves 6Zetech (Layered Flaky Flatbread)50 min · Everyday · Serves 4Shelame (Fried Dough Puffs)60 min · Festive · Serves 6

🎃 Vegetables & Sides

Kebshchips (Pumpkin Sauce)40 min · Everyday · Serves 4Kabshou (Fermented Pumpkin)20 min · Everyday · Serves 6Qeb Ghezcha (Baked Pumpkin)45 min · Everyday · Serves 4

🍯 Sweets & Drinks

Heliwe (Circassian Halva)30 min · Festive · Serves 8Walnuts in Honey20 min · Everyday · Serves 6Merezey (Fruit Leather)60 min · Everyday · Serves 8Makhsyma (Fermented Millet Drink)30 min · Ceremonial · Serves 10Zecheris (Fried Honey Sweet)40 min · Festive · Serves 8Shxw (Circassian Soured Milk)15 min · Everyday · Serves 4Meremezhey (Circassian Honey Mead)40 min · Ceremonial · Serves 10Quzh Gheghwa (Honeyed Dried Pears)40 min · Everyday · Serves 6Kurambiy (Butter Shortbread)40 min · Festive · Serves 8Palkao (Fried Dough in Syrup)50 min · Festive · Serves 8Qalmyq Shey (Salted Milk Tea)25 min · Everyday · Serves 4Kharbyz Fo (Watermelon Honey)90 min · Everyday · Serves 8Qeb Heliwe (Pumpkin Halva)40 min · Festive · Serves 8Chenchekhalyu (Honey Sponge)50 min · Festive · Serves 8

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Circassian recipes: questions

How many Circassian recipes are there in the app?

The Recipes section of the Circassian app has 53 recipes in seven groups: mains and sauces, soups and beans, meat and cured, cheese and dairy, breads and grains, vegetables and sides, sweets and drinks.

Which Circassian recipes are quickest?

By the time given in the app: Shxw (15 min), Fried Adyghe Cheese with Egg (20 min), Kabshou (20 min), Koyazh (20 min), Shchips (20 min).

Which Circassian dishes are festive?

The app marks these as festive: Gwegwsh Gheva, Circassian Chicken, Melil Gheva, Shate Gheva, Jedla, Lyubyge, Tsegazh, Zherume, Themshigunibe, Nek'wlh, Lakum, Shelame, Heliwe, Zecheris, Kurambiy, Palkao, Qeb Heliwe, Chenchekhalyu.

Are the recipes in Russian and Turkish too?

Yes. Every recipe page exists in English, Russian and Turkish, and the app shows the recipes in all three languages.

Sources

  1. Circassian app, Recipes section (53 recipes; recipe data last changed July 2026). The app’s recipes draw on Amjad Jaimoukha’s book Circassian Cuisine and were cross-checked against Russian and Adyghe food sources.
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