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Zatiruha (sometimes zatiukha or zatirukha) is an Eastern European soup with handmade noodles. It is a type of paste soup or flour soup. The name comes from the verb ("to rub"); the noodles are made by rubbing floury hands together to form pellet-like dumplings or noodles. It is considered a peasant dish. In Belarus, the dish is known as zatsirka, in Ukraine as zatirka, and a similar dish called umach ashi is known in other countries. In Polish, the dish is known as zacierki (in plural form) and is usually served as a milk soup.

Key facts

Food.name
Zatiruha
Food.image
Zatiruha.jpg
Food.caption
Making noodles for zatiruha
Food.place_of_origin
Eastern Europe
Food.associated_cuisine
Belarusian, Russian, Ukrainian
Food.type
Soup
Food.served
Hot or cold
Food.main_ingredient
Noodle, broth, milk, water

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Instance of
dish
Has part
starch
Image
Zatiruha.jpg
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  • Origins legend
  • Preparation
  • In culture
  • References

Zatiruha (sometimes zatiukha or zatirukha) is an Eastern European soup with handmade noodles. It is a type of paste soup or flour soup. The name comes from the verb ("to rub"); the noodles are made by rubbing floury hands together to form pellet-like dumplings or noodles. It is considered a peasant dish. In Belarus, the dish is known as zatsirka, in Ukraine as zatirka, and a similar dish called umach ashi is known in other countries. In Polish, the dish is known as zacierki (in plural form) and is usually served as a milk soup.

== Origins legend == According to legend, after kneading bread dough, a worker in a wealthy house did not wash her hands and so returned to her home, where she rubbed her palms together and boiled the resulting pellets of dough to feed her children.

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