Τουμάτσια με κοτόπουλο (Μαγειρεύω Κυπριακά 2015). © Μουσείο Κυπριακών Τροφίμων και Διατροφής.
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 a soup after adding small cubes of fried bread to the broth.
Name - Recipe
Toumatsia are square, small sheets of pasta
In the area of Marathasa, toumatsia were called azanvithkia (Kythraiotou 2013, 45).
Version A
Simple dough:
Local flour
Salt
Warm water
Version B
1 kg of village flour
1 tsp salt
water for kneading
Version A
The dough should become very firm. Roll out a large sheet of dough. Cut it into strips and then into small squares, the size of a square inch. Bake them in boiled water. Serve them with halloumi or plain as is. Add small cubes of fried bread with olive oil to the broth and serve as a soup. (Publication permission from: http://www.rizokarpason.com/ sintages1.htm)
Version B
Sift the flour with the salt. Add lukewarm water, a little at a time, and knead to make a dough. Cover it and leave it aside for a while. Roll out a thin, large-sized sheet of dough using a rolling pin and sprinkle it with plenty of flour. Wrap it in the rolling pin and cut it lengthwise with a sharp knife. This way the rolled sheet will be rolled out in several layers, where one is on top of the other. Cut them vertically into thin strips 1 cm wide and then horizontally to form small squares. Place the toumatsia in weaved trays in the sun to dry out (if they are to be preserved). Cook them in chicken stock, or water. Serve with grated halloumi or anari. (MANRE 2006, 18-19)
Boiling.
The trin with milk (galotrin) is made using the same ingredients and the same dough as in toumatsia, as follows: When the thin strips of dough are somewhat dry, we bake them in milk instead of water, and we have "galotrin". (MANRE 2006, 19)
Additional information and bibliography
Kythraiotou, F. (2013). Gastronomic guide of Marathasa, Ministry of Education and Culture - Pedagogical Institute, Nicosia.
Publications 'Rizokarpason' (2010). Rizokarpason recipes. Retrieved from: http://www.rizokarpason.com/sintages1.htm
Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment, Department of Agriculture (2006). Traditional Cypriot preparations, Press and Information Office, Nicosia, Nicosia.
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