# The best dishes of Ukrainian cuisine

The dishes that make Ukrainian cuisine recognisable, according to UkrPublic, IGotoWorld and Inforum: from borscht with pampushky to banosh and varenyky.

- 3 votes · 16 items
- Jul 31, 2025 · shutterbug_curious
- https://even.best/en/l/1189/the-best-dishes-of-ukrainian-cuisine

## Top 15

1. **Borscht** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Beetroot soup with sour cream and garlic pampushky; on UNESCO's heritage list.
2. **Varenyky** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Dumplings with potato, cabbage, curd cheese or cherries, with sour cream.
3. **Deruny** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Potato pancakes with sour cream.
4. **Salo** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Cured or smoked pork fat with garlic and rye bread.
5. **Banosh** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Hutsul cornmeal porridge cooked in sour cream, with bryndza and cracklings.
6. **Chicken Kyiv** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Breaded chicken breast with butter inside.
7. **Kholodets** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Set meat aspic, a festive starter.
8. **Kutia** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Christmas dish of wheat, poppy seeds, honey and nuts.
9. **Uzvar** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Dried-fruit drink for Christmas.
10. **Syrnyky** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Fried curd-cheese pancakes with sour cream or jam.
11. **Halushky** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Poltava dough dumplings in broth or with sour cream.
12. **Plyatsky** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Western Ukrainian potato pancakes with mushroom sauce.
13. **Kyiv cake** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Meringue with nuts and cream, the capital's symbol.
14. **Holubtsi** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Cabbage leaves stuffed with meat and rice, stewed in tomato.
15. **Pampushky** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Fluffy buns with garlic dressing, served with borscht.
16. **Nalysnyky** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Thin crêpes filled with curd cheese or meat.

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