knish

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Definition of knish in English English dictionary

An Eastern European Jewish, or Yiddish, snack food consisting of a dumpling covered with a shell of baked or fried dough

(Yiddish) baked or fried turnover filled with potato or meat or cheese; often eaten as a snack

The knish is a pastry of Jewish origin consisting of a piece of dough that encloses a filling of seasoned mashed potatoes Basically they are a mashed potato pie When sold by the street corner vendors in New York City, they are fried and square shaped The baked ones are usually round shaped, and are usually made at home and some knish bakeries

{i} fried pocket of dough which is stuffed with any of a number of savory fillings

A Jewish potato pancake that is deep-fried or baked Sometimes meat (primarily beef) or other ingredients are encased in its outer dough

An Eastern European Jewish or Yiddish snack food consisting of a dumpling covered with a baked or fried dough shell

Etymology

() From the Yiddish קניש (knish), from the Polish knysz and Ukrainian книш (knyš), from Turkic.