Cypriot
Ι wish to thank you all for your lovely messages, either private, here or at facebook. Although I still need some time to grieve, and it will take some time until I feel like blogging again, I am writing this post for my orthodox readers who may want to make this sweet bread (or cake), [...]
Continue reading about My take on Fanouropita: «with Tahini» (Vegan Cake)
One of my favourite summer dishes is fasolakia yahni, a traditional dish with grean beans, which is easy, tasty, cheap and healthy. Yahni is the method of cooking and is similar to a stew or ragout. In Greece we get two types of green beans. Barbounia, which are flat and tsaoulia, which are round. [...]
Continue reading about Fassolakia Yiahni (Green beans in tomato sauce)
Mahalebi is a cream we make in Cyprus like pudding. The traditional way of flavouring this cream is with rose water, rose syrup and orange blossom water. Back at home my mom served it with spoon sweets and a little syrup on top and my favourite would be with bitter orange spoon sweet. For a [...]
Continue reading about Light Milk Mahalebi with Strawberries
Louvi is black eyed beans. When they are still fresh they are called louvi fresko (or ambelofassoula in Greece) and louvi xero (mavrommatika) when they are dried. Louvi fresko can be eaten as a main dish but also as a salad to accompany other dishes. Louvi xero can be eaten as a stew with chard [...]
I hope you all had a wonderful Easter. This year we did not go to Sparta as my daughter wanted to stay and study. She is graduating high school and as the system in Greece sucks if you want to be admitted to University you must study day and night. Like all Greek families we [...]
Continue reading about Kolokassi (taro) and Pork in Avgolemono Sauce
Savoro, which means sour, is a sauce which my mother used to make whenever we had fried fish such as red red mullets (μπαρμπούνι), mullets (κουτσομούρα) or other fish like bogue (γόπα) etc. The combination of vinegar and rosemary is a method they used to preserve food back when there were no refrigerators. Whenever we [...]
As there is not much to say about revithosoupa, which is a simple dish, before I tell you how I make it, let’s talk a little about the word «Opaaa!!». I am taking this opportunity because the song which has been voted for the Eurovision song contest is called «OPA». It’s an ethnic song and [...]
Continue reading about Opaaaa!! Revithosoupa (Greek Chickpea soup)
Hi everyone. I am back from Cyprus, after visiting my family for a few days. Although the weather was not very good, mostly cloudy and cold, I had a great time. The days passed so quickly and all the days were full, visiting most of my relatives and of course, eating and eating (and again [...]
Continue reading about Panigyri in Cyprus and some Cypriot products
Chronia Polla – Happy 2010!! I hope you all had a wonderful time. Unlike Christmas day, we had a wonderful time during these holidays. The weather here in Greece was fantastic and more like Spring (I heard on the weather forecast that it was the hottest New Year day the past hundred years) so with [...]
The recipe is different from those I have made in the past and is included in my cookbook Mint, Cinnamon & Blossom Water, Flavours of Cyprus, Kopiaste! Other recipes for Vassilopita: Vassilopita
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