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Anathreka mushrooms with eggs.
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Easy, quick and nutritious type of omelette.It is also served as an appetiser.
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An egg boiled for a short time (soft boiled) was called melàton or vouttetòn due to its runny yolk. On the other hand, an egg boiled for a long time (hard boiled), was called pektò or sfiktò. The…
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A yahni dish of chickpeas with spinach in tomato juice.
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A type of omelette with cheese. Preferably eaten with freshly squeezed lemon juice to enhance the taste.
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Tremithies are the shoots of the terebinth tree. These are boiled and eaten with eggs as a tasty and original Cypriot omelette.
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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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After they have been lightly sautéed, the mallows are fried in a mixture of beaten eggs and a little vinegar.
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These meze dishes were served in"Doriforos" tavern, which operated in Aglantzia from 1959 to 1974. Three kinds of meze were served on one plate as a single dish.
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"We were able to make this recipe only in the winter, since the main ingredient of the recipe, the lapsanes (charlocks), only grow during this season." (Tasoula Hadjilambi, Komi Kepir Kyrenia)
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Served as part of a mezé variety.
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Served as an appetiser.
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An easy and healthy way of cooking eggs.
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Pickled eggs are usually served as an appetiser.
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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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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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Nutritious pourekia for fasting with wild greens filling mixed with bulgur wheat, vermicelli and onion.
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Variation of the "xithkia" (stew), in which, along with vinegar, beaten eggs are added to the meat. The recipe comes from Kato Mylos in the area of Pitsilia (Limassol district).
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“In a pan, bring the oil to a boil and add the strouthouthkia. Let them cook and then add the eggs..." ("Kyperounda")
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"Grate the halloumi and mix with the eggs. Stuff the partridges with the mixture and stitch the belly." (Iphigenia Eleftheriou, Kyperounda)
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"Wash the tomatoes and grate them. Remove the skin and add the juice to the pan." (Kyperounda)
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Vegetarian pie suitable for fasting with a filling of wild spinach, onion, vermicelli and bulgur wheat.
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The recipe originates from Vavatsinia village in the mountainous province of Larnaca and was a favourite food in that region.
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A traditional Cypriot mezé dish served mainly as an appetiser.