The traditional food of the Mari people consists mainly of meat, flour-based, and dairy dishes.
The national dish is podkogoli — large dumplings with a variety of fillings such as meat, sweet cottage cheese, berries, mushrooms, or their combinations.
Other notable dishes include:Koman-melna — a layered pancake, alternating with layers of a mixture of grains, eggs, and sour cream.It is also worth mentioning the Kravets, a traditional Mountain Mari meat pie filled with chicken and millet.
А
Арака
Araka
Vodka made from bread or potatoes.
К
Катлама
Katlama
Steamed meatloaf.
Ковышта шÿр
Kovyshta shur
Vegetable soup.
Ковышта шыл шÿр
Kovyshta shyl shur
Soup with meat and vegetables
Кол шÿр
Kol shur
Fish soup
Коман-мелна
Koman-melta
A multi-layered pancake. It consists of several layers—the pancake itself and a "cap" made of a mixture of cereal, egg, and sour cream.
Кравец
Kravets
Pie with a juicy filling of chicken and millet groats.
Л
Лашка шÿр
Lashka shur
Soup with dumplings.
Н
Нöшмö шÿр
Noshmo shur
Hemp seed soup
П
Палыш
Palysh
Festive pie with meat and oatmeal filling.
Паренге-мелна
Parenge-melna
Pancake with potato filling.
Перемечи
Peremechi
Open pies made from unleavened or yeast dough with minced meat, fried in oil.
Подкинде
Podkinde
Boiled flatbreads.
Подкогыльо
Podkogylyo
(literally "pies in a cauldron") Dumplings filled with meat or cottage cheese.
Поҥго когыльо
Pongo kogylyo
Mushroom pie.
Поҥго шÿр
Pongo shur
Mushroom soup
Пулашкамуно
Pulashkamuno
A breakfast of homemade eggs, milk, potatoes, and greens. The mixture is baked in the oven and served with butter.
Пура
Pura
Beer
Пурса шÿр
Pursa shur
Pea soup
Пÿро
Pyro
Strong mead
С
Салмагинде
Salmaginde
Fried flatbread
Сокта
Sokta
Boiled sausage made from lard or blood with cereals
Т
Туара
Tuara
Сottage cheese pancakes
Уяча
Uyacha
A sweet dessert dish in the form of small balls of dough, fried in oil and then boiled in honey.
Ш
Шаньги
Shangi
Open non-sweet pastry, characterized by a ring-shape of dough with traditional white cheese in the middle,
Шолтымо арака
Sholtymo araka
Moomshine
Шыл шÿр
Shyl shur
Meat soup
Шырдан
Shyrdan
Boiled round sausage.
Э
Эран
Eran
Buttermilk