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Makitra

A makitra is a big clay mixing bowl with a rough surface. With the help of a special grinding stick with a ball-shaped end, a makitra can be used for creaming cake batter, eggs with sugar, buttercream, quark for cheese cake, and poppy seeds for kutia. It is perhaps most used in Eastern European kitchens, for example in Poland and Ukraine.

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A makitra (Polish: makutra) is a big clay mixing bowl with a rough surface. With the help of a special (usually wooden, rarely porcelain) grinding stick with a ball-shaped end (called makohin in Ukraine), a makitra can be used for creaming cake batter, eggs with sugar, buttercream, quark for cheese cake, and poppy seeds for kutia. It is perhaps most used in Eastern European kitchens, for example in Poland1 and Ukraine.2

A similar tool, called suribashi, is used in Japanese cuisine.

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  1. group work (coordinator: Maria Szczygłowa), author of the chapter: Krystyna Kopeć (1976). "Dobra organizacja żywienia to oszczędność czasu, sił i pieniędzy". Dobra kuchnia: żywienie w rodzinie (in Polish) (V ed.). Warsaw: Wydawnictwo "Watra". p. 47. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  2. Ukrainian Christmas eve dinner and suggestions how to cook some dishes for it, Welcome to Ukraine Magazine