Local Dishes

1. Хуплу

   Khuplu

   Khuplu (Chuvash pie with a meat filling)

   Usage

   A traditional Chuvash pie, known as a dish for festive tables.

   Grammar Note

   The filling is normally meat, and there are versions with grain (кӗрпе) or potato (ҫӗрулми). It can be called кукӑль "pie", but not every кукӑль is a хуплу.

2. Шӑрттан

   Shărttan

   Shartan (mutton stuffed into a stomach casing and baked)

   Usage

   A Chuvash festive dish of mutton stuffed into a sheep stomach and baked in an oven.

   Grammar Note

   Mutton is stuffed into the stomach with onion, bay leaf, pepper and salt. It is eaten hot, cold, or dried.

3. Хуран кукли

   Khuran kukli

   Khuran kukli (Chuvash dumplings similar to pelmeni)

   Usage

   A Chuvash dumpling similar to pelmeni, a little larger.

   Grammar Note

   A dish close to Russian pelmeni or vareniki; the filling varies.

4. Пашалу

   Pashalu

   Pashalu (round, flat baked dough)

   Usage

   A round, flat baked dough food; it can also be made from potato dough.

   Grammar Note

   It names baked dough in a round, flat shape. After potatoes became common they were also used to make it.

5. Шӳрпе

   Shÿrpe

   Shurpe (meat soup)

   Usage

   A soup cooked with meat, traditionally made when an animal is slaughtered.

   Grammar Note

   A kind of яшка "soup" that contains meat; a soup cooked without meat is not called шӳрпе.

6. Турам

   Turam

   Turam (cold soup with kvas)

   Usage

   A cold soup, the counterpart of Russian okroshka, made with kvas.

   Grammar Note

   A cold soup eaten in both Chuvash and Russian cooking, made with kvas (кӑвас).

7. Чӑкӑт

   Chăkăt

   Chakat (cheese-like curd food)

   Usage

   A cheese-like food made from curd (тӑпӑрча); similar products sold in shops are called сыр "cheese".

   Grammar Note

   The same spelling also appears in чӑкӑт курӑкӗ, a plant name (mallow) — a different meaning.

8. Кукӑль

   Kukăl

   Pie

   Usage

   A baked pie with a filling such as meat, fish, vegetables or grain.

   Grammar Note

   A broad word for pies in general. A meat-filled хуплу is a kind of кукӑль, but not every кукӑль is a хуплу.

9. Мана пӗр хуплу парӑр, тархасшӑн.

   Mana pĕr khuplu parăr, tarkhasshăn.

   One khuplu, please

   Usage

   To order one khuplu at a canteen or shop.

   Grammar Note

   парӑр is the plural imperative of пар- "give", which makes a polite request. Composed sentence — native-speaker review recommended.

10. Ку мӗнле хуплу?

    Ku mĕnle khuplu?

    What kind of khuplu is this?

    Usage

    To ask what filling a khuplu has — meat, potato, grain and so on.

    Grammar Note

    мӗнле asks "what kind of" and goes before the noun. Composed sentence — native-speaker review recommended.

11. Хуплура аш пур-и?

    Khuplura ash pur-i?

    Is there meat in the khuplu?

    Usage

    For someone avoiding meat who wants to check the filling.

    Grammar Note

    хуплу plus -ра is the locative "in". пур-и asks whether something exists; the question particle -и attaches with a hyphen. Composed sentence — native-speaker review recommended.

12. Хуплу — чӑваш апат-ҫимӗҫӗ.

    Khuplu — chăvash apat-çimĕçĕ.

    Khuplu is a Chuvash dish

    Usage

    To explain that khuplu is a Chuvash dish.

    Grammar Note

    "A is B" is joined with a dash, with no word for "is". Composed sentence — native-speaker review recommended.

13. Шӑрттан — сурӑх какайӗнчен хатӗрлекен чӑваш апачӗ.

    Shărttan — surăkh kakayĕnchen khatĕrleken chăvash apachĕ.

    Shartan is a Chuvash dish made from mutton

    Usage

    To explain what shartan is.

    Grammar Note

    хатӗрлекен is the present participle of хатӗрле- "prepare, cook", describing the noun that follows. Composed sentence — native-speaker review recommended.

14. Чӑваш апачӗсене тутанса пӑхас килет.

    Chăvash apachĕsene tutansa păkhas kilet.

    I would like to try Chuvash dishes

    Usage

    To tell staff or locals that you want to try the local food.

    Grammar Note

    The pattern ...ас килет means "I want to ..."; тутанса пӑхас means "to try tasting". Composed sentence — native-speaker review recommended.

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