Pourota is a type of halloumi made solely from goat's milk.
Name - Origin
Pourota is a type of halloumi made solely from goat's milk (Petrou-Poeitou 2013, entry Πουρωτά,121).
The word may be deriving from porolithos - a stone with a lot of pores (Petrou-Poeitou 2013, entry Πουρωτά, 121).
Additional information and bibliography
Petrou-Poeitou E. (2013), Από πού κρατάει η σκούφια τους. Λέξεις και ιστορίες από τον κόσμο της γεύσης, Epiphaniou Publications, Nicosia.
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