Strips of egg dough deep-fried until reddish, then bound in boiled honey syrup and pressed into a shaped mass that is cut into pieces: a Circassian honey-fritter sweet.
Zecheris (Fried Honey Sweet)
Ingredients
Method
- Whisk the eggs with vodka, sugar, salt and soda, then work in flour to a soft dough.
- Divide into a few lumps and cut into thin strips no wider than 1/2 cm.
- Heat plenty of butter and oil and fry the strips until lightly reddened; lift out to drain.
- Boil the honey with the sugar until a drop forms a soft ball in cold water.
- Pour the hot syrup over the fried strips and stir to coat.
- With a wet hand, press into a slab of any thickness.
- Cool, then cut into pieces and serve.
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 app’s lessons and audio course.
| English | Kabardian | Adyghe |
|---|---|---|
| butter | тхъуцынэtkhwutsyne | тхъуtkhu |
| honey | фоfo | шъоуshow |
| salt | шыгъуshyghu | щыгъуshchəghu |
| food | шхынshkhyn | шхыныshkhənə |
| delicious | IэфI'ef' | IэшIу'eshIu |
| This is delicious! | Мыр IэфIщ!Myr 'ef'shch! | Мыр IэшIу!Myr 'esh'u! |
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Zecheris: questions
How long does it take to make Zecheris?
About 40 minutes, according to the recipe in the Circassian app.
How many people does this Zecheris recipe serve?
It serves 8. The servings control above the ingredients recalculates every quantity for 1 to 40 people.
What is Zecheris made of?
The ingredients are: 3–4 eggs; 1 tbsp vodka; 2 tbsp sugar; pinch of salt; pinch of baking soda; wheat flour (to a soft dough); butter and oil, for deep-frying; 250 g honey + 1/2 cup sugar, for the syrup.
Is Zecheris an everyday or a festive dish?
The Circassian app files it as a festive dish (Sweets & Drinks).
Where does this Zecheris recipe come from?
From the Recipes section of the Circassian app. The app’s recipes draw on Amjad Jaimoukha’s book Circassian Cuisine and were cross-checked against Russian and Adyghe food sources.
Sources
- Circassian app, Recipes section, recipe “Zecheris (Fried Honey Sweet)” (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.
- Circassian app: audio course, Kabardian and Adyghe (the kitchen words: cheese, meat, milk, bread, tea, water, food, delicious), and the lessons’ vocabulary (chicken, salt, butter, honey).
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