Dried ppalouzes (made from grape must) and cut into pieces.
Name - Origin
A piece of dried moustalevria (Yangoullis, 2009, entry κκιοφτέριν, το, 2005).
ETYM. < Turkish köfter (Persian kōftar) (Yangoullis 2009, entry κκιοφτέριν, το, 205; Petrou-Poeitou 2013, entry Κκιοφτέρι, 59)
pl. kkiofterka (Kypri 1983 [2003²], entry κκιοφτέριν,το, 70)
Kkiofterka were made by drying some ppalouze in the sun, cutting it into small square pieces (Kypri 1983 [2003²], ππαλουζές,ο, 93).
Additional information and bibliography
Yangoullis K. G. (2009), Thesaurus of the Cypriot dialect. Interpretative, Etymological, Phraseological and Nomenclatural Dictionary of the Medieval and Modern Cypriot Dialect, Theopress Publications, Nicosia.
Kypri Th. D. (ed.) (1983 [2003²]), Materials for the compilation of a historical dictionary of the Cypriot dialect, Part B, Glossary of Xenophontos P. Pharmakidou, Publications of the Centre for Scientific Research, IX, Nicosia.
Petrou-Poeitou E. (2013), Από πού κρατάει η σκούφια τους. Λέξεις και ιστορίες από τον κόσμο της γεύσης, Epiphaniou Publications, Nicosia.
Tonia Ioakim, Argyro Xenophontos
Traditional Recipes
Kkiofterka
"Kkiofterka are prepared just like ppalouze. When ppalouzes is ready to eat, we cut it in small square or long pieces and place them in a shady, cool place to dry' (Antroulla Christou, Agridia -…
Traditional Recipes
Moustari
Moustari is used to prepare traditional sweets, such as ppalouzes, shoushoukkos, poltos and kkiofterka.
Traditional Recipes
Ppalouzés
A thin cream made of reduced grape must bound with flour. When ppalouzés is cut into pieces and dried in the sun, we get ‘kkioftérka’ (kioftéria).
