Kurt

Also called keshk, kishk, kishik and chortan

Kurt is a dried dairy food made from yogurt. Cooks boil or simmer it, blend it into a paste, or use it to thicken dishes.

Dairy
Allergen: milk

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category: Dairy & eggs
Made from: Yogurt
Part used: Milk
Cooked most in: Asia
Top country: Iran
Dishes: 2 in the catalogue

Photo: Paul Munhoven · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use kurt

Typical ways to cook or use it

Boil simmer
Paste blend
Thicken

Preparing it

Soak dried kashk until soft before cooking. Crumble dried buttermilk kashk and mix it with water to make a paste.

Shopping

Choosing and storing kurt

Sold as: Dried

On the table

Dishes made with kurt

2 dishes in the catalogue use it.

Kashk e badamjan
Iran
Qurutob

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include kurt.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: kurt in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.

Allergens: Contains: milk
Animal origin: From: dairyChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, honey, insect, poultry, shellfish, other animal.
Caffeine: None

Family

Related forms

Made from: yogurt (dried)

Around the world

What kurt is called

Names in 36 languages, from Wikidata.

Spanish
Qurut
French
qurut · kechk · kashk · qurt
Italian
qurut · kashk · kashek · keshk
Portuguese
Kurut
German
Kaschk
Dutch
qurut
Turkish
Keş
Russian
курт · корот · курут
Polish
kiszk · kishk
Arabic
كشك
Persian
کشک
Hebrew
קאשק

Show all 36 languages

Armenian
Չորաթան · Չորթան
azb
قوروت
Azerbaijani
Qurut
Bashkir
Ҡорот
Central Kurdish
کەشک
Chinese
奶干 · 曲拉 · 奶渣渣
Czech
kašk · kurut
Egyptian Arabic
كشك (اكله)
Esperanto
sekigita jogurto
Hungarian
kask · kashk · kurut · qurut
Indonesian
Qurut
Japanese
クルト · カシュク · チョルタン · アールル
Javanese
Kashk
Kazakh
Құрт
Kazakh (Arabic)
قۇرت
Kazakh (Cyrillic)
Құрт
Kazakh (Latin)
Qurt
Korean
카시크
Kurdish
Keşk
Kurdish (Arabic)
کەشک
Kurdish (Latin)
Keşk
Kyrgyz
Курут
Mongolian
Ааруул
Norwegian Bokmål
qurt · kashk · kasjk
Sindhi
چڪو ڏڌ
Tatar
Корт
Tuvinian
Курут
Ukrainian
курт
Uzbek
Qurut

Sources and credits

Data

GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
Wikimedia Commons: photos

Wikidata item: Q1113301

Photos

Photo: Paul Munhoven · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons