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Postby RichardB » Sun Sep 13, 2009 8:20 pm

kafenes wrote:
RichardB wrote:Boullez = Okra or Ladys Fingers


Bamies= Okra or Lady's Fingers!

Boulles are the little shoots from the Gologasi.


oops i just realised what i'd done and just came back to correct it ....too late.......oh the shame :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops:
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Postby kafenes » Sun Sep 13, 2009 9:14 pm

RichardB wrote:
kafenes wrote:
RichardB wrote:Boullez = Okra or Ladys Fingers


Bamies= Okra or Lady's Fingers!

Boulles are the little shoots from the Gologasi.


oops i just realised what i'd done and just came back to correct it ....too late.......oh the shame :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops:


It's OK. They are easy to confuse. :)
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Postby Oracle » Sun Sep 13, 2009 9:19 pm

bill cobbett wrote:Gosh Insan. That was a totally different way of cooking it. Very Indian, loads of herbs and spices and I'm sure I saw some chillies going in there.

Two other things I saw .. the corms were pretty small and she sliced them all the way through.


Turks ruin everything ... :roll:

Your recipe reminds me of my mother's painstaking efforts with the beast.

It remains one of my favourite dishes and I thank you for reminding me, though sadly there is no chance of getting hold of any this far out of London :(
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Postby denizaksulu » Sun Sep 13, 2009 10:39 pm

Oracle wrote:
bill cobbett wrote:Gosh Insan. That was a totally different way of cooking it. Very Indian, loads of herbs and spices and I'm sure I saw some chillies going in there.

Two other things I saw .. the corms were pretty small and she sliced them all the way through.


Turks ruin everything ... :roll:

Your recipe reminds me of my mother's painstaking efforts with the beast.

It remains one of my favourite dishes and I thank you for reminding me, though sadly there is no chance of getting hold of any this far out of London :(



Just ask me O.

Our family, hailing from the Larnaca area cook the Colocasi in two different ways. One as mentioned above, the stew. The other we call it Kolokas musakkasi -the Musakka of the Colocasia.

The colocasia is cut into thin slices and fried. Also some delicious Cyprus potatos, Parsley, tomatoe Aubergine/cougettes (also fried) are all placed in a baking traY. All are covered in a sauce of spiced mincemeat onions tomato puree and spread over the vegetables. The top layer is sliced beef tomatoes and cooked in an oven. This is my favorite dish. In the UK, I add more varieties of vegetables and on occasion make it a totally vegetarian dish.

Eaten with radishes as an accompaniment.
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Postby Get Real! » Sun Sep 13, 2009 10:47 pm

The national food of Cyprus must be the ancient Choirokitian Mini-Hippo Tavvas, but these days due to a shortage of mini hippos (read extinction) we have since starting using wild hares. 8)
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Postby YFred » Sun Sep 13, 2009 10:53 pm

Get Real! wrote:The national food of Cyprus must be the ancient Choirokitian Mini-Hippo Tavvas, but these days due to a shortage of mini hippos (read extinction) we have since starting using wild hares. 8)

What happened to Kleftiko. Stolen sheep in a Tava.
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Postby Get Real! » Sun Sep 13, 2009 10:58 pm

YFred wrote:
Get Real! wrote:The national food of Cyprus must be the ancient Choirokitian Mini-Hippo Tavvas, but these days due to a shortage of mini hippos (read extinction) we have since starting using wild hares. 8)

What happened to Kleftiko. Stolen sheep in a Tava.

Sheep or goat? :?
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Postby denizaksulu » Sun Sep 13, 2009 11:09 pm

Get Real! wrote:The national food of Cyprus must be the ancient Choirokitian Mini-Hippo Tavvas, but these days due to a shortage of mini hippos (read extinction) we have since starting using wild hares. 8)


Ihave plenty of them on my face.


Is that the dish with plenty onions and vinegar? What waste of hare :roll:
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Postby Get Real! » Sun Sep 13, 2009 11:15 pm

denizaksulu wrote:
Get Real! wrote:The national food of Cyprus must be the ancient Choirokitian Mini-Hippo Tavvas, but these days due to a shortage of mini hippos (read extinction) we have since starting using wild hares. 8)


Ihave plenty of them on my face.


Is that the dish with plenty onions and vinegar? What waste of hare :roll:

Plenty of onions yeah, but vinegar? :?
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Postby insan » Sun Sep 13, 2009 11:17 pm

Another supposedly national cy dish...

Pirohu – Piruhi or MANTI ?

http://thesmallestkitchen.wordpress.com ... -or-manti/

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