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Ingredient

Porridge

Also called parritch, porage, porrige and pap

Porridge can be boiled, simmered, or used raw. Cooks pair it with table salt, sugar, honey, fruit, jam, or syrup.

Cooked most in
Asia
Top country
Indonesia
Porridge, cooked

Photo: VirtualSteve · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use porridge

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Boil simmer
  • Raw

Cooking with it

Larger oat pieces make a more textured porridge.

Goes well with

Around the world

What porridge is called

Names in 126 languages, from Wikidata.
  • Spanish

    gachas

  • French

    bouillie · porridge

  • Italian

    porridge

  • Portuguese

    mingau

  • German

    Brei · Getreidebrei

  • Dutch

    pap

  • Greek

    χύλωμα

  • Turkish

    yulaf lapası

  • Russian

    каша

  • Polish

    owsianka z kaszy

  • Arabic

    حساء الشعير

  • Persian

    حریره

Show all 126 languages
  • Afrikaans

    pap

  • Aghem

    uwâŋ

  • Akan

    mpampa

  • Armenian

    շիլա

  • Asturian

    farrapa

  • Azerbaijani

    sıyıq

  • bag

    tɔnɔ́

  • Bamun

    bushiri

  • Bashkir

    бутҡа

  • Basque

    ahi · porridge · morokil · bulliga

  • bdr

    bubur buas

  • Belarusian (Taraskievica orthography)

    каша

  • bkc

    sòsòkò nà mbómbò

  • bkh

    kukúru

  • Brazilian Portuguese

    mingau

  • Breton

    yod · bazh-yod

  • Bulgarian

    каша

  • Cantonese

    餬 · 糊

  • Catalan

    farinetes · farro

  • Chinese

    餬 · 糊 · 粥

  • Croatian

    kaša

  • Czech

    kaše

  • dag

    koko · zim biɛɣu

  • Danish

    grød

  • Duala

    paf

  • Esperanto

    kaĉo

  • Estonian

    puder

  • eto

    òkùkúdá

  • etu

    ebhɔŋí

  • Ewe

    dzogbo

  • Ewondo

    kudukudu

  • Finnish

    puuro

  • fmp

    kukúlu

  • Frafra

    kookoo · sagebiirɛ

  • Galician

    papa · papas · polenta · porridge

  • Gan Chinese

    膏子

  • Gan Chinese (Simplified)

    膏子

  • Gan Chinese (Traditional)

    膏子

  • Gbaya

    kɔ̧

  • Georgian

    ფაფა

  • Ghomala

    kukulú

  • Hebrew

    דייסה

  • Hindi

    दलिया

  • Hungarian

    kása · zabkása · zabpehely · pép

  • Icelandic

    hafragrautur · mjólkurgrautur · vatnsgrautur

  • Ido

    paplo

  • Indonesian

    bubur

  • Irish

    brachán · leite

  • isu

    úwaŋ

  • Japanese

    ポリッジ

  • Javanese

    bubur

  • Kannada

    ಗಂಜಿ

  • Kashubian

    krëpë

  • Kazakh

    ботқа

  • Kazakh (Arabic)

    بوتقا

  • Kazakh (China)

    بوتقا

  • Kazakh (Cyrillic)

    ботқа

  • Kazakh (Kazakhstan)

    ботқа

  • Kazakh (Latin)

    botqa

  • Kazakh (Türkiye)

    botqa

  • ker

    takra

  • Kom

    bab

  • Korean

    포리지

  • Kwasio

    kurkur

  • Kyrgyz

    ботко

  • Latin

    puls

  • Latvian

    putra · biezputra

  • lem

    kunú

  • Lithuanian

    košė

  • lns

    kún

  • Luxembourgish

    Bräi

  • Malay

    bubur

  • Māori

    pāreti

  • mcn

    hàppà

  • mcp

    ”kinɔ́k"

  • Medumba

    kòkolò'

  • Mundang

    tə keere

  • Nepali

    लिटो

  • Ngiemboon

    kukúlù

  • nla

    kwəkwə́rə

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    grøt · graut · julegrøt

  • Norwegian Nynorsk

    graut

  • Occitan

    farineta

  • Old English

    brīw

  • Ossetic

    кас

  • Punjabi

    ਦਲੀਆ

  • rmf

    briija · riija · priija

  • Romanian

    terci

  • Scots

    parritch

  • Scottish Gaelic

    brochan · lite

  • Serbian

    porridge

  • Shona

    bota

  • Simplified Chinese

    糊

  • Simplified Chinese (China)

    糊

  • Simplified Chinese (Singapore)

    糊

  • sjd

    уһт · уххт

  • Skolt Sami

    hutt

  • Slovenian

    kaša

  • Southern Sotho

    motoho

  • Sundanese

    bubur

  • Swahili

    uji

  • Swedish

    gröt

  • Tatar

    ботка

  • Thai

    ข้าวต้ม

  • Traditional Chinese

    餬

  • Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China)

    餬

  • Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)

    餬

  • Tswana

    bogobe · porridge · motogo

  • Tulu

    ಗಂಜಿ · ಅರಿನ್ ಬೆಯ್ಪಂಡ ಗಂಜಿ ಆಪುಂಡು

  • tvu

    kukúlu

  • Tyap

    a̱ta̱bwai · ta̱bwai

  • Ukrainian

    каша

  • Uzbek

    boʻtqa

  • Venda

    MUKAPU

  • Vietnamese

    cháo đặc

  • vut

    kùkúrù

  • Welsh

    uwd

  • wes

    pap

  • Western Frisian

    Brij

  • Western Mari

    немӹр

  • Western Panjabi

    دݪیا

  • Wu Chinese

    餬

  • Yangben

    kulkúle

  • yas

    kulukúlu

  • yat

    kuʼkúluʼ

  • Yemba

    akukúlu

  • Yiddish

    קאשע

  • Zhuang

    haeuxcuk · guekrog

  • Zulu

    Idokwe

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: Q186817

Photos

Photo: VirtualSteve · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons