Harissa (dish)

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Harissa (Armenian: Հարիսա) is a traditional Armenian dish similar to kashkeg, a kind of homogeneous porridge made of previously stewed and boned chicken and coarsely ground soaked wheat.

The dish has been passed on since ancient times. It was eaten by the Armenian villagers during their protection of Musa Dagh from the Ottomans in 1915 during the Armenian Genocide. Harissa is traditionally served on Easter day. It is still prepared by many Armenians around the world.