Greek Recipes

Greek and Cypriot recipes

Pantzarosalata (Beetroot Salad)

Ingredients: 1 kilo of fresh beetroots with stalks and leaves 3 cloves of garlic finely chopped 10 springs of parsley finely chopped 4-5 tbsp of olive oil 1-2 tbsp of vinegar to taste 1/2 a tbsp of pickled capers Salt and pepper to taste Method Cut and separate the beetroots from the stalks and green […]

Lachanosalata (Cabbage Salad)

Ingredients: 1 small Cabbage 1 small onion chopped (Option) 1 small carrot grated 1/4 cup of parsley finely chopped 4 tbsp of olive oil 2 tbsp of fresh lemon juice Salt and pepper to taste Method Cut and throw away the outside leaves of the cabbage. Chop as much as cabbage you would like your […]

Cyprus Tambouli Salata (Crushed Weed Salad)

Ingredients: 4 tomatoes cut in very small cubes 3 bunches of parsley finely chopped 1/2 a bunch of spearmint finely chopped 70-100gr of crushed weed (pligouri) Juice from 3 lemons 4 fresh onions finely chopped Olive oil Salt and pepper to taste Method Place the crushed weed (pligouri) in a large enough bowl, pour water […]

Traditional Greek salad

Greek salad, or horiatiki salata, is a rough country salad of juicy tomatoes, crisp cucumber, sliced red onion, green pepper, crumbly feta cheese and plump kalamata olives. Greek salad can be served as a side dish or as a light meal with some crusty bread. The Traditional Greek salad Ingredients 3 vine ripe tomatoes, cut into chunks […]

Garlic Sauce – (Skordalia)

INGREDIENTS 1garlic 1/2 kg breadcrumb olive Oil vinegar METHOD Wet the breadcrumbs in the water and then drain them well. Clean and crush garlic in a mortar or using a fork. Mix the drained breadcrumbs with the garlic. Stir well the mixture with a mixer until a smooth paste is obtained. Add olive oil and […]

Moungra (Battered- Pickled Cauliflower)

Ingredients: 4 kilo cauliflower 1200gr unbaked loaf of bread or sour dough 1/2 a cup of mustard seeds whole Salt Method: – Cover the unbaked loaf of bread (which you can purchases from a baker shop) with a kitchen towel for about 4-5 days until it turns sour. – Remove the hard stem from the cauliflower […]

Zalatina (Pork in Vinegar Jelly)

– This is a Cypriot dish which is made mostly in the country side where people raise their own animals for their own use. – It is mostly made in the fall and it is preserved and eaten over the cold winter days. – It is country wide known and used in almost every Cypriot house […]