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A summer dish that combines a variety of vegetables with a very tasty outcome. The ingredients are sautéed and then cooked in water. A recipe from Karavas.
Name - Recipe
Μπριάμ λαχανικών στο τηγάνι.
½ glass of olive oil
1 medium onion cut into strips
4 tomatoes, peeled and diced
2 eggplants, cut into strips
2 green zucchini cut into strips
2 diced potatoes
1 glass of water
1 tablespoon of salt
2 tablespoons of oregano
In a saucepan, first sauté the onion and then the eggplants, pumpkins and potatoes. When they are browned on both sides, remove them to a colander. Sauté the tomatoes in the remaining oil. Add all the sautéed ingredients back to the saucepan and stir to combine. Add the water, salt and oregano and simmer over low heat for 20-25 minutes. (Elena Manoli, Cooking Cypriot food 2013-2014)
Sautéing.
Cooking in a pan.
Functional and symbolic role
A dish that uses summer vegetables.
Additional information and bibliography
Recording: Elena Manoli (12 years old, student of the Pera Chorio-Nissou High School). See Cyprus Food and Nutrition Museum (2014) Cooking Cypriot food 2013-2014 (ed. Petroula Hadjittofi), unpublished data.
Petroula Hadjittofi
Μελιτζάνες και κολοκυθάκια μαύρα. Λαχανικά της συνταγής. Πηγη: Στάλω Λαζάρου.
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