Homemade wheat noodles simmered in milk into a gentle, comforting soup: served hot with pastries.
Tkhechups (Milk Noodle Soup)
Ingredients
Method
- Make a firm dough from the flour, egg and a little water; rest 15 minutes.
- Roll it thin, dust with flour, and cut into fine noodles.
- Bring the milk gently to a simmer with a pinch of salt.
- Drop in the noodles and cook 8โ10 minutes until tender.
- Stir in the butter.
- Serve hot, sweetened or plain, with pastries.
Dry the cut noodles a few minutes before cooking so they hold their shape in the milk.
This is the recipe from the Recipes section of the Circassian app, where you can also scale it and save it to your favourites.
Kitchen words in Circassian
The words for what is in this dish, in Kabardian (East Circassian) and Adyghe (West Circassian), with audio from the Circassian appโs lessons and audio course.
| English | Kabardian | Adyghe |
|---|---|---|
| milk | ััshe | ััshche |
| butter | ัั
ััััะฝัtkhwutsyne | ัั
ััtkhu |
| salt | ััะณััshyghu | ััะณััshchษghu |
| food | ัั
ัะฝshkhyn | ัั
ัะฝัshkhษnษ |
| delicious | IััI'ef' | IััIั'eshIu |
| This is delicious! | ะัั IััIั!Myr 'ef'shch! | ะัั IััIั!Myr 'esh'u! |
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Tkhechups: questions
How long does it take to make Tkhechups?
About 40 minutes, according to the recipe in the Circassian app.
How many people does this Tkhechups recipe serve?
It serves 4. The servings control above the ingredients recalculates every quantity for 1 to 40 people.
What is Tkhechups made of?
The ingredients are: 1.5 L milk; 1 cup flour + 1 egg (for the noodles); pinch of salt; 1 tbsp butter; sugar or salt to taste.
Is Tkhechups an everyday or a festive dish?
The Circassian app files it as an everyday dish (Soups & Beans).
Where does this Tkhechups recipe come from?
From the Recipes section of the Circassian app. The appโs recipes draw on Amjad Jaimoukhaโs book Circassian Cuisine and were cross-checked against Russian and Adyghe food sources.
Sources
- Circassian app, Recipes section, recipe โTkhechups (Milk Noodle Soup)โ (recipe data last changed July 2026). The appโs recipes draw on Amjad Jaimoukhaโs book Circassian Cuisine and were cross-checked against Russian and Adyghe food sources.
- Circassian app: audio course, Kabardian and Adyghe (the kitchen words: cheese, meat, milk, bread, tea, water, food, delicious), and the lessonsโ vocabulary (chicken, salt, butter, honey).
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