Potatoes yahni with zucchini and fennel

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Apohtin with potatoes

The apohtin (cured goat meat) and potatoes are cooked in tomato sauce with plenty of small onions (konnari). Once cooked, the food is placed in a clay pot (kouza) to retain its softness. The recipe…

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Aubergines with potatoes yahni

Aubergines and potatoes cooked in tomato sauce.

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Aubergines yahni

Aubergines cooked in tomato sauce (vegan).

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Beans with kolokíthi (sweet marrow)

Glykokóloko (sweet marrow) blends nicely with boiled beans. Another common combination in Cypriot cuisine is with blackeyed beans (louvi).

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Cardoons yahni with lamb

The taste of the cardoon is reminiscent of artichoke. In this dish, they combine well with lamb, potatoes and the rich taste of tomato sauce.

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Charlocks (wild mustard greens) yahní

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Charlocks (wild mustard greens) yahní with flour

A fasting dish. The greens are cooked in a mixture of fried onion in olive oil and toasted flour.

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Chicken with green beans

Chicken and green beans yahni (combined in tomato sauce).

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Fresh board beans yahni with fennel

The tomato sauce is thin, the fresh beans remain tender and green, and fennel is added at the end without overshadowing the other flavours, despite its strong aroma. A recipe from Marathasa.

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Green beans with glykokoloko (sweet marrow)

This dish is considered quite light, and is usually cooked in the summer. At this time of the year, marrows are also ready for consumption.

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Halloumi yahni

Halloumi cooked in tomato sauce.

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Keftedes - patties with butternut squash.

A vegetarian variation of the keftedes recipe, using butternut squash. The recipe comes from the monastery of Agia Irene in Limassol, and is related to the monastic diet in Cyprus.

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Kolokasi (taro) yahní with pork

"Put the taro in a bowl and squeeze half of the lemon on top. Cut the meat into small pieces, [...] and sauté until golden brown. Then add the onion, celery and tomato and simmer until cooked' ('…

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Kolokotes Maratheftikes- Butternut squash pies

A special variation of a well-known and beloved Cypriot pies with butternut squash. In Marathasa, kolokotes were usually savoury.

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Kolokouthkia me t’afka - Zucchini with eggs

Easy, quick and nutritious dish that the hostess would prepare for guests arriving on short notice. The recipe comes from Pano Amiantos, but it is made throughout the country.

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Kypriaki papaya kokkinogis - Potatoes grown in reddish soil

It can be easily identified due to its reddish colour, which it acquires thanks to the fertile red soil of Kokkinochoria area, where it is mainly cultivated.

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Lentils yahni

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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Louvi (black-eyed beans) with butternut squash

A dish, which was prepared for financial reasons, when there was leftover food from the previous day's meal. The recipe comes from Yermasogia, a suburb of Limassol.

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Mousakas with potatoes

Cypriot version of moussaka, which was made in the past. It was a simple dish, since it was made only with potatoes and minced meat, without béchamel. It was usually served at weddings. Today, some…

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Nistisimo - Oven baked fasting dish

An easy and healthy dish. After layering the potatoes, onions and tomatoes, roast them in the oven with plenty of olive oil.

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Okra yahni with chicken

A dish combining okra and chicken, cooked in a rich tomato and onion sauce. The recipe comes from Pera Chorio Nissou, Nicosia district.

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Okra yahni with fresh black eyed beans

A recipe from Rizokarpaso. White okra was grown in the area.

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Pággaloi yahni (sea hollies in tomato sauce)

"Put some olive oil in a pot to heat, add the onion and sauté it. Add the sea hollies with the chopped tomatoes and simmer..." (Despina Kyriakou, Kyperounda)

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Parrotfish yahní

Parrotfish was abundant on the northern coast of Cyprus. In Rizokarpaso, the parrotfish was cooked in a particular way: simmering in olive oil, onion and fresh tomato.

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Patates - potatoes

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Patates antinahtes

Baby potatoes fried whole (skin on) with wine and dry coriander.

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Peas with artichokes

A yahni dish with peas and artichokes that are fried and then cooked in tomato sauce.

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Pork with beetroot

The dish has the characteristic red colour of the beetroot, which is also used to colour all the other ingredients. It used to be cooked with onion and celery at weddings in the area of Pitsilia.

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Pork with spinach yahni

Pork and spinach are sautéed and then cooked in tomato sauce. The recipe comes from the occupied Eftakomi in Karpasia (Famagusta district).

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Pork with zucchini and potatoes yahni

The pork, zucchini and potatoes are sautéed separately, then cooked together in a tomato sauce. Recipe from Choirokoitia in Larnaca district.

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Potato salad

The boiled potatoes are combined with parsley and spring onions, while the salad is flavoured with the classic oil and lemon juice. The recipe comes from Palechori in Nicosia district.

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Potato salad with eggs

Boil the potatoes with their skin on. When cool, cut into pieces and mix with the boiled eggs and the rest of the salad ingredients.

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Potatoes and sausages cooked with milk skin.

Potatoes and Cyprus sausages cooked with milk skin which gives a very special flavour. “… we used to make this food in the winter when we had sheep's milk skin. From January onwards, for 4 months, we…

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Potatoes antinahtes

Baby potatoes fried whole with wine and dry coriander. They are mostly served as a side dish for meat, particularly to accompany aphelia (wine-cooked pieces of pork with coriander).

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Potatoes antinahtes with loukanika (sausages)

Baby potatoes fried whole with Cyprus sausage and herbs. This recipe comes from Chandria village in Pitsilia district where the particular dish was prepared on Sunday after church, and served as the…

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Potatoes antinahtes with lountza

Baby potatoes and lountza style pork meat fried and cooked in wine and dry coriander.

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Potatoes in oil and water

After frying the potatoes with the skin on, they are cooked in water. The recipe comes from Kato Mylos in the Pitsilia district.

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Potatoes on the charcoal

Simple method of preparing potatoes: wrapped in aluminium foil and cooked on the charcoal until soft.

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Potatoes with artichokes

Potatoes and artichokes are baked together with onions in the oven with olive oil and lemon.

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Potatoes with homemade vermicelli

Potatoes cut into cubes and boiled in chicken stock, along with homemade vermicelli and fried onion. The recipe comes from Liopetri village in Famagusta district which has a large production of…

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Potatoes with spring onions

For this recipe, fresh onions are used which are fried together with the potatoes.

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Potatoes yahni

The potatoes are lightly fried with onion, then cooked in tomato sauce.

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Potatoes yahni with fennel

Recipe from Marathasa. Fennel, which grows in abundance in the region and gives Marathasa its name, flavours many yahni (in tomato sauce) dishes such as potatoes, beans, broad beans and others.

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Potatoes yahni with karotzefala

"... add the potatoes, water and tomato paste. Add pieces of karotzefala and let them boil until the potatoes are cooked." (Maroulla Economidou, Pedoulas)

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Potatoes yahni with rice

Potatoes and rice cooked in tomato sauce, cumin and cinnamon.

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Potatoes yahni with zucchini and fennel

Sauté the onion, celery and fennel lightly. Dissolve the tomato paste in a glass of water and pour it over the potatoes and zucchini. (Kyperounda)

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Snails yahni

Snails with potatoes or zucchini in tomato sauce. Searching for and gathering snails was particularly common after rain, while their consumption was more closely linked to periods of fasting.

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Yahni beans

Beans in tomato sauce. Served with seasonal salad, black olives and onion.

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Yahni beans in a clay pot

"...we put them in a clay pot. Add the sliced onion, the chopped celery, the tomato juice, olive oil, salt and pepper and water to cover them." (Elisavet Panagiotou, Kornos)

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Yer elmasi - Jerusalem artichoke

A type of sweet potato. Yer elmasi was eaten either fresh or fried with wine.

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Zucchini with quinces

"Cut the zucchini into small pieces and add them in the pot. Pour the tomato juice, water, salt and diced quinces into the pot." (Georgia Neocleous and Rafaella Papaodysseos, Kyperounda)