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A type of vegetarian-fasting soup based on cabbage. When the cabbage is lightly fried with the onion in olive oil, rice is added and cooked in water.
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Chicken and rice or lentils are cooked in chicken broth, which contains tomato sauce. The recipe comes from Pyrgos Tillirias in the district of Nicosia.
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A soup full of flavour that combines chickpeas with tahini.
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A soup with rice, eggs and lemon.
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Lentils first appeared as a food in written sources in the 3rd century BC.
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"Take a little bit of dough and shape it by hand until it is thin. Cut it into small pieces' (Athina Kamintzi, Kyperounda).
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Lamb marinated in wine and combined with the most popular and beloved soup in Cyprus, the egg lemon soup with rice. The recipe comes from Analionda in the Nicosia district.
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A very simple recipe for legume soup, enhanced with rice and onion. This soup is usually served with bread and black olives.
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Lentils are boiled in water with rice or various greens and vegetables. Towards the end of cooking, olive oil and vinegar are added to the soup.
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A variation of the Middle Eastern dish mujadara with lentils and rice. This dish is usually served with seasonal vegetables, onion, bread and black olives.
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Lentils, rice and fried onions, cooked in tomato juice, served either as is or in the form of a soup with a variety of greens.
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" ... add the chopped celery, along with the rice and salt. Immediately after that, finely chop the onion and fry it in plenty of olive oil. When it is ready, add it to the soup." (Phroso Kasinou,…
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The seeds of the peeled, dried and cracked yellow peas (Cyprus vetch) are boiled, mashed and turned into a velvety puree. Olive oil and lemon are added, and sprinkled with parsley.
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A unique recipe with a combination of ingredients inspired by the traditional Cypriot cuisine.
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Magiritsa is a traditional soup prepared at Easter in many parts of Greece. Since the 1960s it has become common in Cyprus as well.
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"In the baking dish arrange the pasta. Add the minced meat on top. Then add the béchamel sauce. Grate some dry anari on top" (Panagiota Savva, Agios Ioannis Agrou - Limassol).
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A type of pilaf made with lentils and rice combined with fried sliced onions.
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Traditional recipe of the Kyrenia province.
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Very tasty pasta with halloumi filling, baked in chicken broth and served with plenty of grated halloumi and spearmint.
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Ravioles with anari filling, a variation to the traditional recipe that comes from Kornos village.
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A dish of daily life, consumed by rural families after working in the fields. The recipe comes from Armos in Paphos.
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This type of pasta is distinguished into large square pieces which are called toumátsia or lasagna and into smaller squares called toumakkoúthkia or lasanoúthkia.
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Toumatsia are square, small sheets of pasta. In this recipe, toumatsia are boiled in chicken broth and served with anari (myzithra) or halloumi. Alternatively, they are boiled in water and served as…
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Traditional soup with frumenty.
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Trin-square, small sheets of pasta. Galotrin is twin cooked in milk. Sugar, cinnamon and rosewater may be added.
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Lamb meat is sautéed lightly and then boiled in water. Village macaroni is then boiled in its broth.
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Recipe from Rizokarpaso. The soup contains fried onion, plenty of water and bitter orange juice. It is topped with pieces of fried bread along with oil used in frying.