Kasha vs. Barley — What's the Difference?

In English, kasha usually refers to pseudocereal buckwheat or its culinary preparations. In various East-Central and Eastern European countries, kasha can apply to any kind of cooked grain.

Barley (Hordeum vulgare), a member of the grass family, is a major cereal grain grown in temperate climates globally. It was one of the first cultivated grains, particularly in Eurasia as early as 10,000 years ago.

Roasted buckwheat groats.

A hardy cereal with coarse bristles extending from the ears, cultivated especially for use in brewing and stockfeed.

A porridge made from boiled buckwheat groats, or sometimes from other cereal groats.

A grass in the genus Hordeum native to temperate regions, having flowers in terminal, often long-awned spikes and widely cultivated for its grain.

A kind of dry curry from Bengal.

The grain of H. vulgare or its varieties, used in malt production and as food for livestock and humans.

Boiled or baked buckwheat

A cereal of the species Hordeum vulgare, or its grains, often used as food or to make beer and other malted drinks.

(Singapore) seed of Job's tears Coix lacryma-jobi

A valuable grain, of the family of grasses, genus Hordeum, used for food, and for making malt, from which are prepared beer, ale, and whisky.

A grain of barley

Cultivated since prehistoric times; grown for forage and grain