The Most Popular Armenian Recipes

2024 Author: Jasmine Walkman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 08:29

Armenian cuisine has been proven to be one of the oldest on our planet. Archaeological evidence shows that 2,500 years ago, the Armenian people baked sourdough bread and prepared various dishes such as kebabs. Many of these recipes have remained unchanged to this day.

Some of the traditional ways of cooking, as well as part of the utensils in Armenian cuisine millennia ago they were borrowed from the Azerbaijani and Georgian traditions.

The fertile valleys and fields of this small country provide many raw materials for the preparation of traditional recipes. Armenian master chefs prepare magnificent meatballs, meat with fruit and the unique taste of fish from Lake Sevan. Kutap, for example, is a traditional fish dish that has been present in the culinary tradition for nearly 1,500 years.

Armenians love spicy and especially salty food. A typical example of this is the favorite appetizer - sausage, too spicy due to the large amount of salt, garlic, pepper and cinnamon in its composition.

Thick soups and dishes with beef and mutton are present at every Armenian table. In spring, sarma is prepared from vine leaves, and in summer the most consumed are apples, quinces, eggplants, peppers and tomatoes, stuffed with minced meat, rice and green spices.

There is no Armenian meal that can do without the delicious Armenian bread, better known as lavash. It reaches half a meter in length and is made of very thin and long loaves, which are rolled up like pancakes. In some rural areas it is still baked as it was 6,000 years ago - in ancient clay toners, which have a cylindrical shape and are buried in the ground.

Pastries are especially revered in Armenia. One of the most popular is alani - dried peaches stuffed with ground walnuts and sugar. Other popular sweet temptations are baklava and hati. Many fruits, in addition to fresh, are also eaten dried. The grapes are used to make dodash - a syrup with a dark cherry color, which also has pronounced healing properties.

The traditional matsun, known in our country as madzun, is one of the most popular lactic acid products in Armenian cuisine. It is prepared from cow's, sheep's and buffalo's milk. At the beginning, boil and cool to the required temperature.

Matsun, fermented from the previous day, after 5-6 hours is cooled to 5-8 degrees. The result resembles a thick rind or cottage cheese. Matsun with added chopped garlic is used to prepare spas - an addition to any local dish.

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