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Ljutenica
''Lyutenitsa'', ''ljutenica'', ''lütenitsa'' or ''lutenica'' (, , , ''lyuto'', ''ljuto'' or ''luto'', , , , ); meaning "spicy", is a (sometimes spicy hot) vegetable relish or chutney in Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian and Turkish cuisines. The ingredients include peppers, aubergines, carrots, garlic, vegetable oil, sugar, salt, tomatoes and walnut. It comes in many varieties: smooth; chunky; with chili peppers or eggplant; and hot or mild. In recent years, industrial production of ''lyutenitsa'' and '' ajvar'' has flourished. Large-scale production of both relishes has popularized them outside the Balkans. See also * Ajvar * Pindjur, like lyutenitsa and ajvar but with eggplant (aubergine) * Zacuscă, a similar vegetable spread in Romania * Kyopolou, an eggplant-based relish in Bulgarian and Turkish cuisines * Biber salçası, a Turkish spread made from red peppers alone * Chushkopek, literally meaning "pepper roaster", an appliance used to prepare peppers for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zacuscă
Zacuscă () is a vegetable spread popular in Romania and Moldova which originated from Romania, Ialomita, Slobozia. Similar spreads are found in other countries in the Balkan region, and bordering regions. Ingredients The main ingredients are roasted eggplant, sauteed onions, tomato paste, and roasted ''gogoșari'' (a Romanian red bell pepper variety). Some add mushrooms, carrots, or celery. Bay leaves are added as spice, as well as other ingredients (oil, salt, and pepper). Traditionally, a family will cook a large quantity of it after the fall harvest and preserve it through canning. Use Zacuscă can be eaten as a relish or spread, typically on bread. It is said to improve in taste after some months of maturing but must be used within days of opening. Although traditionally prepared at home, it is also commercially available. Some Bulgarian and Middle Eastern brands are available in the United States. In the Orthodox Christian majority countries, it is sometimes eaten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lutenica
''Lyutenitsa'', ''ljutenica'', ''lütenitsa'' or ''lutenica'' (, , , ''lyuto'', ''ljuto'' or ''luto'', , , , ); meaning "spicy", is a (sometimes spicy hot) vegetable relish or chutney in Bulgarian, Macedonian, Serbian and Turkish cuisines. The ingredients include peppers, aubergines, carrots, garlic, vegetable oil, sugar, salt, tomatoes and walnut. It comes in many varieties: smooth; chunky; with chili peppers or eggplant; and hot or mild. In recent years, industrial production of ''lyutenitsa'' and ''ajvar'' has flourished. Large-scale production of both relishes has popularized them outside the Balkans. See also * Ajvar * Pindjur, like lyutenitsa and ajvar but with eggplant (aubergine) * Zacuscă, a similar vegetable spread in Romania * Kyopolou, an eggplant-based relish in Bulgarian and Turkish cuisines * Biber salçası, a Turkish spread made from red peppers alone * Chushkopek, literally meaning "pepper roaster", an appliance used to prepare peppers for their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulgarian Cuisine
Bulgarian cuisine is part of the cuisine of Eastern Europe, sharing characteristics with other Balkan cuisines. Bulgarian cooking traditions are diverse because of geographical factors such as climatic conditions suitable for a variety of vegetables, herbs, and fruit. Aside from the variety of local Bulgarian dishes, Bulgarian cuisine shares a number of dishes with its neighboring countries, in particular with Turkish cuisine, Turkish and Greek cuisine. Bulgarian cuisine includes a significant contribution from Ottoman cuisine, and therefore shares a number of dishes with Middle Eastern cuisine, including ''moussaka'', ''Đuveč, gyuvetch'', ''Kofta, kyufte'', ''baklava'', ''ayran'', and ''shish kebab''. Bulgarian food often incorporates salads as appetizers and is also noted for the prominence of dairy products, Bulgarian wine, wines, and other alcoholic drinks such as ''rakia''. The cuisine also features a variety of soups, such as the cold soup tarator, and pastries, such as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sugar
Sugar is the generic name for sweet-tasting, soluble carbohydrates, many of which are used in food. Simple sugars, also called monosaccharides, include glucose Glucose is a sugar with the Chemical formula#Molecular formula, molecular formula , which is often abbreviated as Glc. It is overall the most abundant monosaccharide, a subcategory of carbohydrates. It is mainly made by plants and most algae d ..., fructose, and galactose. Compound sugars, also called disaccharides or double sugars, are molecules made of two bonded monosaccharides; common examples are sucrose (glucose + fructose), lactose (glucose + galactose), and maltose (two molecules of glucose). White sugar is almost pure sucrose. In the body, compound sugars are hydrolysed into simple sugars. Longer chains of monosaccharides (>2) are not regarded as sugars and are called oligosaccharides or polysaccharides. Starch is a glucose polymer found in plants, the most abundant source of energy in human foo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dip (food)
A dip or dipping sauce is a common condiment for many types of food. Dips are used to add Flavor (taste), flavor or Food texture, texture to a food, such as pita bread, dumplings, cracker (food), crackers, chopped raw vegetables, fruits, seafood, cubed pieces of meat and cheese, potato chips, tortilla chips, falafel, and sometimes even whole sandwiches in the case of au jus, jus. Unlike other sauces, instead of applying the sauce to the food, the food is typically placed or dipped into the sauce. Dips are commonly used for finger foods, Hors d'oeuvre, appetisers, and other food types. Thick dips based on sour cream, crème fraîche, milk, yogurt, mayonnaise, soft cheese, or beans are a staple of United States, American hors d'oeuvres and are thicker than spread (food), spreads, which can be thinned to make dips. Celebrity chef Alton Brown suggests that a dip is defined based on its ability to "maintain contact with its transport mechanism over of white carpet". Dips in various ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chushkopek
A chushkopek (, literally: ''pepper-roaster'') is a uniquely Bulgarian kitchen appliance for roasting peppers, aubergines or potatoes, generally used in salads. A ''chushkopek'' is a cylindrical oven with an opening on the top. Long sweet peppers are placed inside, the lid is replaced, and within several minutes the pepper is ready. Due to the appliance's design, the pepper is evenly roasted across all its surface, leaving a blackened skin which is then easily removed. The ''chushkopek'' was voted "Bulgaria's Household Revolution of the 20th Century" in a 2009 campaign by Bulgarian National Television. Usage There are several dishes and dips that are prepared from roasted peppers or eggplants. * Ljutenica * Ajvar * Kyopolou Kyopolou (, , more often , ; In Turkey this dish is colloquially called ''köpoğlu'' and in meze-serving fish restaurants it is a cold eggplant dish with tomato-red pepper paste in olive oil which gives it the red color. Речник на ч ... * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biber Salçası
Biber may refer to: * Biber (surname) * Biber (geology), a timespan in the glacial history of the Alps * ''Biber'' (submarine), a World War II German midget submarine * Biber, a bridge-carrying version of the German Leopard 1 tank * Biber (LaTeX), a BibTeX replacement for users of Biblatex * Biber (Switzerland) (also spelled Biberli), a traditional Swiss gingerbread confection * Urfa Biber, Turkish dried pepper * Biber salçası, paste made from chili peppers and salt * ''Biber'' (magazine), Austrian news magazine for immigrants Rivers * Biber (Alp), a river in Switzerland, tributary to the Alp * Biber (Danube), a river in Bavaria, Germany, tributary to the Danube * Biber (Möhne), a river in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, tributary of the Möhne * Biber (Rhine) The Biber is a small river in the borderland between Germany and Switzerland. The source is located at Watterdingen in the municipality Tengen, district of Constance in Baden-Wuerttemberg. After abou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyopolou
Kyopolou (, , more often , ; In Turkey this dish is colloquially called ''köpoğlu'' and in meze-serving fish restaurants it is a cold eggplant dish with tomato-red pepper paste in olive oil which gives it the red color. Речник на чуждите думи в българския език, Ал. Милев, Б. Николов, Й. Братков, Издателство Наука и изкуство, София, 1978.) is a popular Bulgarian and Turkish spread, relish and salad made principally from roasted eggplants and garlic. Common recipes include further ingredients such as baked bell peppers, baked kapia red peppers, tomatoes, tomato juice or tomato paste, onions, parsley, black pepper, and laurel leaves. Hot peppers may also be added. Taste can vary from light and sweet to hot and peppery. It is usually oven-cooked in pots or casseroles. Kyopolou is a typical eggplant appetizer and can be consumed as a bread spread, a condiment, or as a salad. It is gen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romanian Cuisine
Romanian cuisine () is a diverse blend of different dishes from several traditions with which it has come into contact, but it also maintains its own character. It has been influenced mainly by Ottoman cuisine, Ottoman and Turkish cuisine but also a series of European cuisines in particular from the Balkan cuisine, Balkan Peninsula, Greek cuisine and Hungarian cuisine as well as culinary elements stemming from the cuisines of Central Europe. Romanian cuisine includes numerous holiday dishes arranged according to the mentioned season and holiday since the country has its religious roots in Eastern Orthodoxy. Romanian dishes consist of vegetables, cereals, fruits, honey, milk, dairy products, meat and game. Various kinds of dishes are available, which are sometimes included under a generic term; for example, the category ''ciorbă'' includes a wide range of soups with a characteristic sour taste. Variations include meat and vegetable soup, tripe (''ciorbă de burtă'') and calf f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eggplant
Eggplant (American English, US, Canadian English, CA, Australian English, AU, Philippine English, PH), aubergine (British English, UK, Hiberno English, IE, New Zealand English, NZ), brinjal (Indian English, IN, Singapore English, SG, Malaysian English, MY, South African English, ZA, Sri Lankan English, SLE), or baigan (Languages of India, IN, Caribbean English, GY) is a plant species in the Solanaceae, nightshade family Solanaceae. ''Solanum melongena'' is grown worldwide for its edible fruit, typically used as a vegetable in cooking. Most commonly purple, the spongy, absorbent fruit is used in List of cuisines, several cuisines. It is a berry (botany), berry by botany, botanical definition. As a member of the genus ''Solanum'', it is related to the tomato, chili pepper, and potato, although those are of the Americas region while the eggplant is of the Eurasia region. Like the tomato, its skin and seeds can be eaten, but it is usually eaten cooked. Eggplant is nutritionally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pindjur
Pindjur or pinjur or pinđur ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", pinđur, пинђур; ; ; ), is a relish form and is commonly used as a summer spread. Pindjur is commonly prepared in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Bulgaria, Serbia and North Macedonia. The traditional ingredients include red bell peppers, tomatoes, garlic, vegetable oil, salt, and often eggplant. Pindjur is similar to ajvar, but the latter is smoother, usually has a stronger taste, and is rarely made with eggplant. In some regions the words are used interchangeably. The creation of this traditional relish is a rather long process which involves baking some of the ingredients for hours, as well as roasting the peppers and peeling them. See also * Kyopolou, a similar relish in Bulgarian and Turkish cuisines * Ljutenica, a similar relish in Bulgarian, Macedonian and Serbian cuisines * Zacuscă, a similar relish in Romanian cuisine * Malidzano * List of eggplant dishes * List of dips * List of sauces * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ajvar
Ajvar ( ; sr-Cyrl, Ajвар, ) is a condiment made principally from sweet bell peppers and eggplants. The relish became a popular side dish throughout Yugoslavia after World War II and remains popular in Southeast Europe. Homemade ajvar is made of roasted peppers. Depending on the capsaicin content in bell peppers and the amount of added chili peppers, it can be sweet (traditional), piquant (the most common), or very hot. Ajvar can be consumed as a bread spread or as a side dish. Ajvar has a few variations. One variation contains tomato and eggplant, and another green bell peppers and oregano. "Homemade Leskovac Ajvar" and " Macedonian Ajvar" are registered with the World Intellectual Property Organization in order to protect their brand names. Etymology and origin The name ''ajvar'' comes from the Turkish word , which means "salted roe, caviar" and shares an etymology with "caviar", coming from the Persian word . Before the 20th century, significant local production of ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
