Circassian cuisine

Circassian cuisine consists of many different traditional dishes, varying by season.

[1][2] The summer time traditional dishes are mainly dairy products and vegetables.

[3] In winter and spring, the traditional dishes mostly consist of flour and meat.

Traditional dishes include ficcin, seasoned chicken or turkey with sauce, boiled mutton and beef with a seasoning of sour milk along with salt and crushed garlic.

On holidays, the Adyghe people traditionally make Haliva (хьэлжъо) from toasted millet or wheat flour.