“Tabbouleh” salad is probably the most famous of the Levant region. It’s simple and admits some variations, but it’s often offered in a completely distorted way. For example, some supermarkets sell a ready-made version presented as a couscous salad, which is completely different from the traditional recipe.
Tag: mediterranean diet
Make Tzatziki like in Greece
Either to serve it as a mezze, as to accompany vegetables or roast meat, or to dress a sandwich on a pita bread, with this simple recipe of “tzatziki” you will feel like at the shore of the Aegean Sea.
Lentil soup “Ezogelin” (Ezo the bride)
This popular Turkish lentil soup is named after a bride named Ezo, who was unhappy in her marriage and therefore prepared this recipe for her mother-in-law, to make her feel the same way. Despite the bad advertisement that this may suggest, I assure you that the soup is very tasty, as well as healthy and easy to prepare.
Recipe of „Imam bayildi“ without frying eggplants
“Imam bayildi” is a dish has been very popular for centuries, and literally means „the fainted Imam“, which is said, was his reaction when he tasted it for the first time. Many recipes start by frying the aubergines but as usual, I propose a lighter version.
How to prepare Galician-style octopus like in North Spain
Anyone who has visited Galicia knows a visit to a “pulpería” is a must, and here we will learn their classic recipe: pulpo a la gallga (Galician-style octopus). The preparation is quite simple, just few tricks have to be observed, and the only difficulty is learning to find the right point of cooking, the octopus should not be too hard or too soft.
Traditional Greek salad “Horiatiki” like in a Greek taverna.
Mixing raw ingredients for a salad doesn’t really require a recipe. But it is worth reviewing which ingredients are really part of the tradition, which are optional… and which are better to do without.
Healthy version of Italian “Parmigiana di melanzane”
This recipe is a healthy version of the traditional parmigiana di melanzane (eggplant parmesan) as it saves a lot of calories by baking the eggplants instead of frying them.