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Simple and quick recipe for fasting periods. Beetroot is cooked in water combined with fried onion.
Name - Recipe
Παντζάρια νηστίσιμα.
Beetroot
Onion
Oil
Salt
Water
Fry the onion. Add the beetroot, salt, water and cook them all together. (MANRE 2006, 39)
Frying,
Cooking in a pot.
Additional information and bibliography
Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment, Department of Agriculture (2006). Cypriot traditional preparations, Press and Information Office, Nicosia.
Varvara Yangou
Παντζάρια. Άδεια δημοσίευσης: Υπουργείο Γεωργίας.
Παντζάρια σε κασόνι, στην αγορά. Πηγή: Στάλω Λαζάρου.
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