Story of rediscovering of the loosed Armenian receipt by Chris Coyle As a kid, the mere mention of this dish was enough to send me running. It wasn’t until about six months ago, when I decided to make my annual attempt at choking down a bowl of oatmeal, that I gave this dish another look. […]
Roll Something Tasty for Fasting: Pasuts tolma
Every time Sveta Sargsyan prepares pasuts tolma she tries to use all the secrets passed to her by her grandmother. “My respect towards pasuts tolma increased at the moment I ate what my grandma had made. And now every time I try to cook it like her, something is still missing. I do not feel […]
Anushapur
Anushapur – Armenian National sweet soup • Cook groat • Cut dried fruits and nuts, add to the groat • Add sugar and cinnamon and continue cooking about 2 hours 3 hours 8 person Ingredients ½ kg groat ½ kg different dried fruits (raisins, apricot, pear, peach, fig, apple, plump, etc) 1 glass nuts (walnut, […]
Salad with aveluk
Aveluk is a type of green well known in Armenia. Ingredients ½ bunch of aveluk 1 tea spoon oil 3 onions 1 clove garlic ½ walnuts Coriander Sour lavash (Armenian national bread) Red and black pepper Salt Preparation Cook, take from water and cut. Fry onion in the oil and add aveluk on it and […]
Armenian Tolma
Ethnographers and linguists consider that word “Tolma” comes from Urartian word “toli” which means grape leaves. Probably, Armenian national dish tolma initially was cooked only in grape leaves, further it was cooked in cabbage, greens (Musaler), Quince and Currant (Artsakh, Zangezur) leaves. And summer tolma tolma probably was cooked later. It is easy to guess […]
Armenian Bread
Bread was considered shrine in Armenian National cuisine. Considering it themes describing the whole process of making bread always were touched by artists. In ancient times many holidays and rituals were connected to bread making, sowing and agriculture. In Armenian word “hats” (trnsl. bread) also means as meal. In our Armenian National cuisine we have […]
Fish with wine
40 minutes for 4 person Preparation Cut the fish, pour all ingredients and cook it on a light fire till eyes of the fish come out. 5 minutes before turning off the gas, pull also cut coriander. Ingredients 1 trout 1 glass red wine 50 gr butter coriander bay leaf grain of black pepper salt
Armenian National dish Harisa
Traditional Harisa receipt by Sonia Tashjian 2 hours, for 6 person Ingredients – 1 kg groats – 1kg meat – salt Preparation Pull water on meat, boil it and clean the foam. Pull groats on oiling meat and cook it on a light gaz till it becomes soft. After it you should cohere that till […]
Armenian national dish Ghapama
3 hours, for 15 person Ingredients 1 middle pumpkin 1 glass rice 1 glass different dried fruits 1 glass nuts 1 small glass oil (or butter 2 table spoon) cinnamon Bahar salt Preparation Cut topping of the pumpkin as it becomes cover for it. Then clean kernel of the pumpkin. Cut dried fruits and nuts […]
The Fabulous Flavor of Armenian Wine & Brandy
“Who didn’t take pleasure in the Armenian brandy, he wasn’t implicated in the harmony of the most palatable and substantial drink. Armenia, which, in my option, is an open-air museum, is unique and exceptional country also with its wines and brandies.” Rockwell Kent, American painter & writer. Armenian Wine Although no one knows for sure, the […]