Kasha ndi mtundu wa chimanga kapena phala yomwe imapangidwa kuchokera ku buckwheat groats yomwe idayidwa kale, kenako imanyowa ndipo potsiriza imamangirira mpaka yofewa.
Kuwotcha zipatso kumatulutsa zakudya zokoma, zophika, komanso zophika kasha zimakhala zolimba komanso zovuta kugwirana.
Kasha ndi chakudya chodziwika ku Eastern Europe, ndipo kasha zowonongeka ndizokonzekera zachiyuda zomwe zimaphatikiza kasha yophika ndi pastie pasta ndi anyezi.
Ngakhale kuti kasha nthawi zambiri imatanthawuza za phala kapena phala yomwe imapangidwa kuchokera ku buckwheat groats, ikhoza kupangidwa kuchokera ku mbewu iliyonse, kuphatikizapo tirigu, balere, mapira, ndi oats.
Imodzi mwa mavuto omwe anthu ambiri amakhala nawo pamene kuphika kasha ndikuti nthawi zina imatha mushy, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti zaswedwa. Njira yabwino yopewera izi ndi kugwiritsa ntchito makapu oposa 1½ a madzi pa chikho chilichonse cha kasha chosasaka. Mwinanso mungasowe madzi ochepa kuposa awo.
Chinthu china n'chakuti, ngakhale kuti yophika ngati mpunga, imaphika mofulumira kuposa mpunga. Simusowa kuphika kwa mphindi zisanu ndi ziwiri kapena zisanu ndi ziwiri.
Potsiriza, ngakhale kuti liri ndi mawu oti "tirigu" m'dzina lake, buckwheat sichigwirizana ndi tirigu, ndipo kasha ndi chakudya chopanda chakudya.