Preserving cooking traditions of Bulgaria one story at a time …
Preserving cooking traditions of Bulgaria one story at a time …
Mekitsi are made of kneaded dough that is deep fried in sunflower seed oil. Depending on the region in which they are made will determine if the recipe calls for a rising agent of yeast or baking soda. Also, because of the price difference, baking soda is preferred as well as that in Bulgaria yeast …
Bulgur (from Turkish: bulgur; also burghul, from Arabic: برغل groats) is a cereal food made from the parboiled groats of several different wheat species, most often from durum wheat. To most it it considered a peasant food. In Turkey, a distinction is made between fine-ground bulgur, called köftelik bulgur, and a coarser grind, called pilavlık …