“With chocolate, halva or candies. Seven best recipes for cooking kuti for Christmas and Shchedry Vesher December 16, 06:33 Share: Option for cooking and decorating kuti with candied fruits (Photo: lesichkalll27.gmail.com/depositphotos) This Ukrainian dish is prepared three times for winter holidays. It is based on groats, honey, raisins and nuts. But variations of the recipe also depend on the region of residence and family traditions. Kutya is prepared on Holy Evening and is also called Bagatya, on Shchedry”, — write on: ua.news
A variant of cooking and decorating kuti with candied fruits (Photo: lesichkalll27.gmail.com/depositphotos)
This Ukrainian dish is prepared three times for the winter holidays. It is based on groats, honey, raisins and nuts. But variations of the recipe also depend on the region of residence and family traditions.
Kutya is prepared on Holy Eve and is also called Bountiful, on Generous Eve – Generous, and on the eve of Epiphany – Hungry. Native dishes date back to ancient times, and it symbolizes family unity, wealth, prosperity, and connection with ancestors. The main components of kuti are grain, honey and poppy seeds, each of which has its own symbolic meaning.
In ancient times, wheat was cleaned manually for cooking. Today, already cleaned grain is used. Since Christmas Eve is a fast day, all the ingredients for the kuti should be the same. In some regions of Ukraine, kutyu is brought to the church for consecration, after which it is considered a special ritual dish. Before the start of the meal on Christmas Eve, the master of the house symbolically “fed” the ancestors, leaving a spoonful of kuti on a separate plate or throwing it up with words like: “Frost, frost, come to us kutyu to eat, and don’t freeze us!”
Kutya is eaten by the whole family, starting with the oldest member of the family. It symbolizes unity and cohesion. Before the meal, a prayer is read that blesses the food and the home. Although the kuti recipe usually includes wheat, honey and poppy seeds, modern housewives often experiment with the addition of: rice instead of wheat; coconut milk for vegans; chocolate or candied fruit for variety of taste. Kutia remains a symbol of spiritual wealth and family unity, regardless of region or recipe variations.
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Seven Best Kuti Recipes
Kutia is the main dish on Christmas Eve, the dish combines important ingredients: grain, which is a symbol of eternal life, its restoration and circulation. Poppy is a symbol of fertility, generosity, abundance. Honey is pleasure, sweet existence. Other ingredients to kuti can be added to your taste and according to the traditions of the area where you live or the customs established in your family, passed down from generation to generation.
To make the kutya even sweeter and more refined, we suggest adding halva and chocolate to it, as in this recipe.
Such a traditional dish with the addition of aromatic candied fruits and sweet chocolate will not only decorate the festive table for the winter holidays, but will definitely appeal to the youngest members of the family. Children will be delighted with such a mix of goodies in one plate. Cook, enjoy the taste and recreate ancient Ukrainian traditions in your kitchen. Although improvising with the classics is also sometimes useful.
Christmas kutia is usually made from wheat, poppy seeds, walnuts, raisins and honey. Ancestors believed that the tastier it will be, the richer the year will be. It is difficult to imagine a Christmas table without a kuti. For everyone who wants to try kutyu in an unusual format, we suggest cooking it according to this recipe – with rice.
Kutya is usually cooked from wheat, but many people vary the recipe. As an option, try to cook a dish from pearl barley. The result will definitely surprise your whole family and guests. Try it and make sure that pearl porridge will also add a charge of cheerfulness and festive mood.
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Liquid kutya is often prepared in the North-Eastern regions of Ukraine. For example, in Poltava Oblast, it is diluted with broth or soup. Although in Transcarpathia there is also a tradition of making the main Christmas meal liquid. Kutya can be prepared with poppy seeds, honey, dried fruits in different proportions. We suggest making it like Yevgeny Klopotenko, a Ukrainian restaurateur and chef, with the addition of halvah, nuts, and on the basis of uzvar.
