Cured Meat Recipe This cured meat (basturma) or as we call it in Armenian: Ապուխտ (apukht) may be the most popular and well known Armenian appetizer. We make it on regular basis, but mostly it’s made before the New Year. Cured meat ( apukht) is one of the “must” appetizers for our New Year table.The […]
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Swiss Roll with Jam – Ջեմով Ռուլետ – Рулет с Джемом
Swiss Roll Recipe with Jam Simple, classic Swiss roll that for many of us may be another sweet reminder of childhood . I personally prefer Swiss roll with jam, especially with apricot jam, but would also suggest to try it with grape jelly, I’m sure for many this will be new and become favorite kind […]
Harissa Recipe – Հարիսա – Armenian Cuisine
Harissa Recipe Very special, powerful and historical Armenian dish called Harissa. In Armenia nowadays Harissa is made once a year to commemorate the resistance of Musa Ler mountain during Armenian genocide in 1915. Hundreds of people will gather in Armenian region Armavir, every third Sunday of September , they’d sing patriotic songs ,dance to celebrate […]
Shrimp Dumplings Recipe – Shrimp Manti
Shrimp Dumplings Recipe This quickly made up shrimp dumplings quickly became my personal favorite dish among my other culinary improvises. I’d assume originally shrimp dumplings, as a dish, are from oriental cuisine, definitely not from my traditional Armenian, but I thought it’d be interesting if I add my own touch to the dish and I […]
Meat Dumplings Recipe – Khinkali Хинкали
Meat Dumplings Recipe Delicious meat dumplings from Georgian cuisine called: Khinkali.These meat dumplings / Khinkali , may be one of the most popular non Armenian dish among my people. What can I say: Armenians love Khinkali as if it’s their own traditional meal. Growing up in Armenia ,I remember there was a restaurant called “Khinkalianoc” […]
Stuffed Cabbage Rolls – Armenian Tolma
Stuffed Cabbage Rolls Recipe These delicious stuffed cabbage rolls, or as we call the dish in Armenian : tolma, is one of my favorite traditional dishes. And I do like this one the most, just because it’s much more flavorful from all the other veggies that are included in the dish. Yes, this dish is […]
Cabbage Leaves – How to Cook and Prep
Cabbage Leaves Recipe Prepping and cooking cabbage leaves is an important step, when making those delicious cabbage rolls, or as we call it in Armenian : cabbage tolma. For many who never made anything with cabbage leaves it can be quite a challenge to cook and prep those leaves. That’s why I decided to make […]
Walnut Cookies Recipe – Homemade Cookies
Walnut Cookies Recipe From my “Cookies from our childhood” series : walnut cookies recipe to your consideration. It’s true that, when thinking about nostalgic food , childhood sweets are the ones we remember and cherish the most. These walnut cookies are one of those and for some reason, they were also the ones I’d never […]