
Kishk (dry)
Bulgur mixed with fermented dairy, fermented again and dried, then powdered. The dry kishk is a shelf-stable composite staple used as an acid, savoury base for soup.
1504 records with their sources, across 11 categories.
Fermented, enzyme-ripened and mixed seasonings328
Fruit preserves10
Legume, seed and plant-protein ferments10
Garum and fish sauces8
Adjacent and excluded7
Koji, mold starters and mold-ripened ferments4
Acid and oil pickles3
Fermented fruit and fruit-derived foods3
Vegetable lactic3
Dairy ferments2
Smoked salted and dried foods2
Cheese1
Not yet classified1
Bulgur mixed with fermented dairy, fermented again and dried, then powdered. The dry kishk is a shelf-stable composite staple used as an acid, savoury base for soup.

Tarhana is a Turkish soup base: yoghurt, flour or semolina and usually onion, tomato and red pepper, fermented as a dough for days, rubbed into grains and dried.

Aceda is Sudan’s firm cereal porridge, commonly made from sorghum and shaped into a smooth mound. Some versions use fermented dough; fermentation is not universal.