Day 42: Costa Rica and Chifrijo costarricense

Hola, Raffies!

Dreaming about summer, we go over to Costa Rica, one of the happiest countries in the world, or so they say..

We are making some nice Chifrijo with pico de gallo. The recipe is really easy:

1. You prepare your kidney beans.
2. You boil your rice with some chili, laurel, some finely chopped sweet pepper and carrot. Add salt and pepper.
3. You fry your meat, which is usually pork, but others work too.
4. You prepare the pico de gallo by chopping 1/4 of an onion, 2 tomatoes, 2 cloves of garlic and a small chili. You add lime juice, salt, pepper and fresh cilantro (coriander), mix it well.
5. You can slice some avocado and drip some lemon juice or lime on it to prevent it from turning brown.
6. You can make an avocado mash with some garlic and lime juice, salt and pepper. Alternatively you can make some guacamole.

And you are done. Now you layer the rice, beans, meat, pico de gallo and avocado in a bowl and enjoy with some tortilla chips - homemade ones taste even better!

This dish was not new to me, but I love it and am always happy to make it again.

What does your Chifrijo look like?

Besos,

Raffi

Day 41: Republic of the Congo and Goat stew

Hello Raffies!

Today was the day of my first injury while cooking. I managed to heavenly cut my finger while peeling the yams. But fear not, all is well and after applying a pressure band-aid I was back preparing today's dish.

We are going to the country that has among the last gorillas' living in the wild..
We are preparing a dish that is not only common in Congo, but in most West African countries: Goat stew.
You start by marinating the meat in a paste of onions, ginger, chili peppers, garlic and tomatoes. Then you fry the meat until brown, add some water and tomato concentrate and leave it to simmer for about 30 minutes, until the meat is tender. You then add chopped onions, tomatoes, aubergines and cook it on a low flame for another 30 minutes. In the meantime, you prepare the fufu. This recipe is a good help for this dish. If you can't find goat meat, lamb or beef also work.

The flavour was really nice and the meat was incredibly tender. I must say that I have enjoyed it, despite my cut! ;)

Love,

Raffi

Day 40: Democratic Republic of the Congo and Poulet Yassa

Good evening, Raffies!

Today the spring weather recoiled and gave way to the nice and cloudy Dutch standard..I have come to appreciate and cherish the sunny weather I had back in Italy..

Nevertheless, we are already at day 40! wow..almost 2 months cooking a different dish from a different country every night. I should be proud of myself, I guess..

Tonight is Poulet Yassa from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. I am sharing, as always, the recipe I followed for this dish. I must say that I am not a fan of onions, but in this dish the taste was really great! Somehow the lemon and the mustard improved the flavour for me quite a bit. I think that you could be making an easier version of this dish also when you do not have the time to marinate the meat overnight, or if you simply forget about that. You could grill the chicken, make the sauce and shortly stir fry the grilled chicken in the sauce..I think that would work too..What do you think?

See you tomorrow!

Love,

Raffi

Day 39: Comoros and its Akoho sy voanio

Hello Raffies!

Spring is finally here and hopefully it is here to stay. Otherwise why not pack your things and enjoy the sandy beaches of the Comoros Islands?
Since I am passionate about active volcanoes, I was surprised to find out that the Comoros is a volcanic archipelago with some active volcanoes..now it rocketed high up on my bucket list.

Anyways, enough talking..today we were going to enjoy some traditional Akoho sy voanio, which is chicken in coconut milk. In this website you can find the recipe and a few other recipes that are typical for the Comoros Islands. I am looking forward to trying them, because I really enjoyed this dish! And as the tradition requires, we accompanied it with some rice.

Have a great evening!

Love,

Raffi

Day 38: Colombia and Bandeja Paisa

Good evening, Raffies!

Tonight we are going to the country with the richest biological diversity in the world: Colombia and enjoying some traditional Bandeja Paisa. A friend of mine came over to have dinner with us and we enjoyed a big meal with a lot of different parts composing it.

This is a really filling dish consisting of meat in a salsa, chorizo, rice, fried egg, avocado, beans, tajadas fritas (fried plantains), arepas (some corn flour cakes with cheese filling) and hogao/guiso. It was really good!

For the recipe, I have followed this recipe.

Love,

Raffi

Day 37: China and Mapo Tofu

Hello, Raffies!

Today we enjoyed a wonderful spring day. My husband kept himself busy with gardening and landscaping, his newly found passion. I was patient enough to take him to the store and patiently wait for him to finish his shopping.

China is today's country. There are so many different dishes and so many wonderful recipes for this so culinary rich country, that it was not easy to choose something. Since I wanted to change from the usual meat, fish or vegetable dish, I decided that something with tofu could have been a good idea. Thus, mapo tofu.

Mapo tofu is a dish originating in the region of Szechuan. Therefore it is quite spicy. The recipe is really simple and quick to prepare.

For this dish, I have followed a recipe from my Chinese cookbook, but here you can find an easy and delicious recipe.

I decided to add some veggies to the dish and therefore made a tomato salad and a cucumber salad. It was obviously delicious!

Love,

Raffi

Day 36: Chile's Completos

Good evening, Raffies!

Today we are going to Chile and are going to make the Chilean revisited hot dog: Completos.
Ever since a dear friend of mine introduced me to this version, I have been dreaming of going to Chile and trying out some real completos.

The usual completo contains a hot dog in a bun with mayo, ketchup, avocado, onions, tomatoes and cheese. Basically, you can out anything you like on them. Very common is also Sauerkraut, which despite my being half German, is something I have disliked ever since I was a kid. My mom used to make it quite often, but no way I could ever bring myself to like it.
For my recipe, I have chosen some freshly baked baguette, instead of the hot dog bun. I have also made the mayonnaise and the ketchup myself.

I really like this for a party, where anyone can personalise their bun, without you having to adapt your menu to everyone's preferences.

Have you ever tried completos before?

Love,

Raffi

Day 36: Chad and Daraba

Hello, Raffies!

Tonight we were going to Chad. I did not know anything about the cuisine of this country and was really looking forward to try this dish.
The recipe of Daraba that I had found online appeared to be very simple. This is a vegetarian dish with several different types of vegetables: okra, aubergines, onions, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, spinach and peanut butter. All stir fried together with some water, bouillon, salt, pepper and cayenne pepper. Add the peanut butter (I have used the one with peanut pieces) and let it simmer, until you get a dense sauce. Accompany with some boiled rice.

Love,

Raffi

Day 34: Central African Republic and spinach stew

Good evening, Raffies! 

After our quick jump to the Northern American continent, we are back to Africa.

I had brought some of yesterday's Nanaimo bars to work and they appear to have been a success. In a matter of minutes, nothing was left on the plate.

Tonight's dish was going to be spinach stew. It was a lovely dish with a lot of vegetables. This type of stew is well known in numerous African countries. There are infinite recipes: with meat, vegetarian, with peanuts, with pumpkin seeds, with beans, etc..

My version contained peppers, onions, chickpeas, meat, fish stock and, obviously, spinach. We accompanied it with some plantains and cassava.

I really enjoyed this version of spinach stew and am keen on trying different varieties.

This is one of the recipes I followed for this dish.

Love,

Raffi

Day 33: Canada and Nanaimo bars

Howdy, Raffies!

Today we are going to Canada! This is one of the countries high up on my bucket list..

Anyways, I have been longing to making a cake or some dessert for a while now, therefore we are going to tickle our sugar tooth today with the legendary Nanaimo bars.

Upon reading about them, there is quite some mystery involved, but I too wanted to try these little squares..
They taste delicious! I myself am not much of a sugar tooth, nor do I love chocolate, but this was really good. I have also read that there are varieties with mint or peanut and I would be really curious to try those too..

Are you familiar with Nanaimo bars? If you want to try this at home, I have loosely followed this recipe. Why loosely? Because I have made a vanilla custard for the middle layer, since I am not much of a sugar tooth and I prefer less sugary dishes.

Love,

Raffi

Day 32: Cameroon with Ndole or bitter leaf soup

Good evening, Raffies!

Tonight I had to prepare everything before going to school and leave it to simmer on a low fire.
We were going to Cameroon and we were going to try a dish I had been eager to try for a long time: Bitter leaf soup.

True to its name, bitter leaf is very very bitter. It is often used as a tea when you feel sick in your stomach. To my experience, it really helps along when you have an intestinal virus to ease up the peristaltic movements.

Well, in order to be able to use this as a vegetable, you need to wash the bitter leaf thoroughly before starting. This part of the recipe is very boring, but essential if you do not want to drown in bitterness.

The rest is quite straight forward and I must say that the flavour is really good with the prawns and peanut paste.

For the recipe, I have followed this version of the soup by washing the bitter leaf thoroughly before I started cooking, in order to remove some of the bitterness. Apparently, if you cannot find bitter leaf, you can use some spinach or kale.

Good night!

Love,

Raffi

Day 31: Cambodia and Fish Amok

Hello Raffies!


And I am officially doing this for over a month. Every day a different dish from a different country. Most dishes I had never heard before or had never tried making them myself.
I am really enjoying this and I am still excited about every single new dish.

Today we were opening the chapter "curries" with one of the most famous dishes in Cambodia: Fish amok.

First off, I had to make my first banana basket!



This is a yellow curry dish with fresh fish. It was delicious. The scent of freshly crushed spices for the kroeung paste was wonderful. Since I love curries, it was no surprise to me that this was really good.

If you want to try to make it at home, here is a recipe to help you out.

See you tomorrow!

Love,

Raffi

Day 30: Cape Verde and Cachupa

Hello, Raffies!

If you think this is a quick dish, you are oh so wrong.
This dish takes hours in preparing. The shopping itself implies buying multiple ingredients that do not exactly match the idea of the food of islanders: different types of beans, corn, chorizo, salted pork, winter squash, onions and cabbage (and this is only for the simple version - you can add a lot more meats) For the complete variation, you can add black blood sausage, a pork's foot and even more meat!

It all starts with preparing the corn and bean mixture. This mixture has to cook on low fire for a couple of hours. Of course you could soak the beans in water over night or use a pressure pot, but if you really want to make it right, you'll work from scratch...
Then you are ready to start making the reforgado. This implies chopping all vegetables and meats and cooking them together with bay leaf and salt and pepper.

The result, after hours of cooking is a mess. Let's be honest, this doesn't really look appealing, but it tasted really good! The recipe for Cachupa varies from household to household and it is a dish that symbolises social gatherings. You share a pot of Cachupa with your friends and family. Everyone on Cape Verde believes that this is an occasion for sharing moments, memories and telling stories. This dish transpires the culture of this little archipelago.

Have you ever tried it? If you are looking for a recipe, I have followed this.

Love,

Raffi

Day 28: Burundi, with kidney beans and plantains

Dear Raffies!

Today spring recoiled and cold and rain have come back.
Luckily, we were going far South to Burundi.
I went shopping for plantains and kidney beans and was ready to experience my first time using plantains in a dish.

This simple dish turned out to be really good!

It was really easy to make: simply cook some onions, kidney beans, plantains with water, salt, pepper and chili powder and you'll get a tasty result.

This is the recipe I have followed for this dish.

Enjoy your weekend and see you tomorrow!

Love,

Raffi

Day 27: Burkina Faso and Riz Gras

Good evening, Raffies!

Today we were going to a country I know very little about: Burkina Faso.
Riz Gras is one of the most popular dishes in the country. The name shows the strong French influence in this African country. "Riz gras" basically means "fat rice" and is usually served with a significant amount of meat.
The dish is easy and quick to prepare and, in its simplicity, it turned out to be very tasty! This is definitely something I could imagine myself cooking after a long day or when I do not have a lot of energy and/or time to make any complicated dishes.

If you are curious about this dish, this is one of the recipes I have used.

I hope you enjoy saint Patrick's Day!

Cheers,

Raffi

Day 26: Bulgaria and a Shopska Salata

Good evening, Raffies!

Spring has come to the Netherlands, for now. The weather is wonderful. The sun is shining and I felt in the mood for some summer dish. Therefore I was very lucky that I had chosen Shopska Salata for Bulgaria.
I love salad, I love goat cheese and therefore this dish was exactly the right thing to get me in a summery feeling.

This salad is a typical dish for summer. You chop up tomatoes, green and red peppers, onion, cucumber and add some olive oil and red vinegar dressing. We accompanied it with some freshly baked bread.

If you would like to try this, here is a nice recipe for this dish.

Let's hope this nice weather doesn't leave us just yet...

Have a great evening!


Love,

Raffi

Day 25: Brunei and Ayam Penyet Pedas

Welcome back, Raffies!

Back in the Netherlands and the weather is almost as nice as in Italy.
So I jumped on my bike and I went shopping for Ayam Penyet Pedas, a typical dish for Brunei.
Ayam Penyet is typical for East Javanese cuisine, but also very common in Brunei. Chicken, accompanied with homemade sambal and roti turned out to be awesome.

After marinating the meat for a few hours, the preparation was quick and easy. Accompanied with roti, the flavour was delicious, fresh and spicy. Loved it!

If you would like to try this dish at home, this is one of the recipes I have used.

Love,

Raffi

Day 24: Brazil and Pão de Queijo

Boa tarde Raffies!

Ever since this Brazilian friend of mine had told me about Pão de Queijo, I had wanted to try it. Therefore, choosing the dish for Brazil was already set in stone long before this challenge started.
Today I was coming home from Italy, leaving the warmth and sunny days behind and sticking back to the grey daily routine.

 I had brought with me a great deal of Grana Padano, you might call it Parmesan cheese, but for a cheese lover like me it is not the same. I was also able to find tapioca flour, which had been all but easy. Before leaving for my Dutch lesson, I prepared the little balls with a leap of faith, as the recipe kindly suggested. The dough was all sticky and far from a nice bread dough, but I placed the balls on the tray and left them in the oven.

 As I came home and opened the door, this mouthwatering flavour greeted me..The little balls were awesome! Crunchy on the outside and soft on the inside, like my friend had always described them to me..and yes, I fear I am now addicted to these little ones too..

This recipe helped me out a lot with my leap of faith.

Beijos,

Raffi

Day 23: Botswana and its Seswaa

Dear Raffies!

Last night in Italy..time flies..
My nose is stuck as stuck can be, but the show must go on..
Tonight we were going to shred meat for the first time ever. After cooking the meat for approximately 3 hours, you had to shred it by punching it with a meat tenderizer.

Botswana and its traditional seswaa with bogobe (polenta made out of corn meal) and green vegetables were on the menu. I loved the meat! The consistency and its flavour were just so amazing. Unfortunately, my nose is very stuck and I couldn't enjoy it like my mom did.

This is the recipe I have followed. I have just skipped the strong man to pound the meat and done it myself..

Love,

Raffi

Day 22: Bosnia & Herzegovina and đuveč

Good evening, Raffies!

Today I am writing to you with a dripping nose and a heavy head...yes, I have managed to get a nice cold during my weekend in Italy..

Tonight we are going to the Balkans and in Particular to Bosnia and Herzegovina. We are going to prepare đuveč. This dish caught my attention, because it was so colourful. Much to soothe my cold, this dish was so warm and awesome, a real cure-all..Lovely! Strangely enough, comparing my version with the photos on the internet, my đuveč turned out a lot less red...should I have added some tomato paste?

If you want to try this at home, I have used this recipe among others.

Love,

Raffi

Day 21: Bolivia and Pacumutu

Dear Raffies, Happy Saturday!

Today we enjoyed another warm and sunny day in Italy. We went down to the Lake of Garda and had some nice a\ice-cream. Unfortunately, I had forgotten my phone at home, thus not being able to take a photo..

Tonight was Bolivia and we enjoyed some nice Pacumutu.
It was simply awesome, The meat on the skewers was so tender that it melted in your mouth. I had marinated it for half a day and the taste was awesome. We accompanied it with some rice with cheese. This was nice, but a bit heavy for the summery weather. It would be so wonderful to taste a nice Pacumutu in some village in Bolivia once..

Unfortunately, for those of you who want to try this recipe at home, I have used this version in Spanish.

Have a wonderful Saturday night and see you again tomorrow!



Love,

Raffi

Day 20: Bhutan and its Ema Datshi

Good evening, Raffies!

20 days into the challenge and only 177 dishes to go. Time flies...
Today we enjoyed some nice Italian sun and plunged into one of the world's happiest countries: Bhutan.

The national dish of Bhutan, Ema Datshi, is a very special cheese and hot peppers' stew, which is served with red rice. I must admit that it turned out quite hot, spicier than we would have expected, but, nevertheless, it was very tasty and much appreciated by the whole family.

If you are curious about this dish, this recipe might help you out.

Have a great Friday night!



Love,

Raffi

Day 19: Benin and Akkra Funfun

Buonasera, Raffies!

Good evening from Italy!
Today we were travelling to Italy to visit my mom for the weekend.
My world food challenge is obviously coming with me.

Today we are in Benin! Since we were travelling, we had calculated that we wouldn't be that hungry and we would probably be quite tired. Therefore we decided to go for a snack. Akkra funfun appears to be a quite common snack in Benin, where it is served very hot. Well, as soon as we got to my mom's, I got to work and made this delicious snack. Akkra Funfun is a fried ball made out of white beans and onions. It was very filling and delicious!

Here is the recipe, if you want to try it out!

Stay tuned for tomorrow's dish from one of the happiest countries in the world..

Love,

 Raffi

Day 18: Belizean Ceviche

Good evening, Raffies!

Tonight we were going to a small country on the Gulf of Mexico. We are going to enjoy Belize and its version of ceviche!
Ceviche is a renowned dish all over Latin America, originating in Peru. This national version follows the basic principles of all ceviches: using fresh raw fish and fresh ingredients. The fish is marinated in lime and in ceviche conch is the standard fish. Otherwise, you can also use shrimp, like we did.

It was incredibly light and refreshing! I'll definitely enjoy it on hot summer days!..and then I remember I live in the Netherlands..

If you want to know how to make this dish, here is a pretty recipe to help you out.

Tomorrow I am going to visit my mom in Italy for a couple of days..so stay tuned for more dishes from an Italian table!

Love,

Raffi

Day 17: Belgium and Mosselen en frieten

Good evening, Raffies!

Tonight was a late dinner..

Today we were not going far from our house, since we live close to the Belgian border. As belgium is the country of chips, also known as french fries, it was not difficult to come up with today's menu: Mosselen en frieten.
Since I had school today, there was going to be a late dinner. Luckily, this dish is unbelievably easy to make..and if you love mussels and seafood as much as I do, 2kg of mussels are not even a challenge!

I know that many countries claim to be the fatherland of mussels and chips, but I have chosen them for Belgium, simply because the "friet" was invented in Belgium.

Obviously, we accompanied our dinner with some nice Belgian beer!

Goodnight!

Love,

 Raffi

Day 16: Belarus and its Draniki

Good evening Raffies!

Tonight we were going to Belarus. As I wasn't exactly sure what to make, I was looking at pictures of dishes online and Draniki intrigued me.
These pancakes made out of potatoes and with a meaty filling seemed interesting.
Once you've grated your way through the potatoes and the onions, the recipe is almost done.
The Draniki is traditionally served with sour cream. It is a very filling dish and I think it would be perfect for a cold winter night.

Do you know any traditional recipes from Belarus? If you want to try this dish at home, this recipe might help you out.

See you tomorrow! I am going ice- skating now..Have a wonderful evening!

Love,

Raffi

Day 15: Barbados and Cou Cou

Hello Raffies!

It's already two weeks into the challenge. Time flies..one practical thing is that you never have to think about what you'll be cooking for dinner..
Today we were going to Barbados. The national dish struck me for its name: Cou Cou.
This dish is incredibly easy to make. Basically, all you do is chop some onions and some okra, boil them and keep the water. In that water you'll be cooking some cornmeal. Add some butter, salt and pepper and the vegetables you had previously boiled and you're done. Serve with some fried fish and a tomato and onion sauce and voilà!
The result is a really tasty dish! Since I really like okra, I will probably be making this recipe again.

See you!

 Love,

 Raffi

Day 14: Bangladesh and Macheer jhol

Good evening Raffies!

I hope you are enjoying the weekend.


Day 14: Bangladesh and Machher Jhol. Tonight we were going to Bangladesh with a dish coming from a country I shamefully admit I know very little about.

Machher jhol is a traditional fish stew in Bangladesh and comes in infinite variations. There seems to be no limit to what you can add into the stew, as long as it contains a lot of spices and chillies, fish and potatoes. Most of the time it is accompanied with plain white rice.
It is the first dish in this challenge that resembles a curry. It was delicious! As a big fan of spicy foods and curries in general, I must say that I would very much like to try this dish in Bangladesh someday.


Have you ever tried this dish? Are you familiar with any traditional dishes of Bangladesh? I have followed this recipe for this dish.

See you tomorrow!

 Love,

 Raffi

Day 13: Bahrain and its chicken machboos

Happy Friday, Raffies! 

Almost two weeks into the challenge and I am still as excited as I was the first day. When I was planning the challenge, I was choosing dishes for every single country. I wrote down the names of the dishes and searched for the recipes. But I do not remember all the dishes and the ingredients that make them up. So it is kind of a surprise every day to rediscover the dish I had chosen. 

Today's dish was incredibly rich in spices. I used cloves, 5 cloves of garlic, chilies, cardamom caps, cumin, coriander, fresh coriander, fresh parsley, paprika, turmeric, fresh ginger and I hope I have not forgotten anything right now. The smell was already amazing while it was cooking on the fire.

The dish was really flavourful and delicious. I think even the friend of our who had come over for dinner enjoyed it, since he helped himself to a second serving..really tasty food!

For this dish I have actually followed this recipe step-by-step. 

Have a great start into the weekend!

Love, 

Raffi

Day 12: Bahamas and Crack Conch with peas and rice

Good evening Raffies!

Today it is very windy in the Netherlands and I have felt like my car and I were about to fly away on my way to work.

The time has come to leave the letter "A" behind and start with the countries starting with the letter "B". Tonight was Bahamas opened the dances with the renowned crack conch and peas and rice. This dish is incredibly simple to make and uses ingredients that most of us already happen to have at home, apart from the crayfish. The whole is battered crayfish accompanied by rice, peas, tomatoes and onions. I really liked this dish, especially because I started thinking about the fact that there is quite a lot of people who happen to eat this on a regular basis and here I am with my husband making a big event out of a normal meal.

Now my husband is left with cleaning up the dishes while I am at my computer writing to you. I have the feeling that through this challenge I am getting to know the countries by perceiving a glimpse of the rich cultures and traditions that each and every single country has to offer. Isn't this fascinating? I really hope that someday I will be lucky enough to be able to travel all these wonderful countries and get to know all the incredible people and listen to the stories they have to tell.

If you want to try and make this dish yourselves, here is a nice recipe that can help you out.
For now, I wish you a great evening and I'll see you again tomorrow with a new dish!

Take care!

 Love,

 Raffi

Day 11: Azerbaijan and their Dushbara

Dear Raffies!

Where should I begin? One simple word: aaaaaaah (sighing ah).
This food challenge is challenging me with dishes I had never tried before. Today it was dumplings! I had made Chinese dumplings and gyoza before, but nothing Caucasian or from Central Asia. Therefore, although I had actually wanted to make the traditional flatbread from Azerbaijan, I decided to try making Dushbara. These are dumplings filled with lamb and served in a rich lamb broth. After over an hour of folding the tiny dumplings, it was time to taste..How could I put the flavour into words? Let's say that it is a perfect remedy against the cold wind and rain outside.

Have you ever tried making these dumplings or maybe the Russian pelmeni? Here is the recipe I have used.

Have a great evening, everyone!


Love,

Raffi

Day 10: Austria and Palatschinke mit Marillenmarmelade

Grützi Raffies!

The big 1-0 has arrived! The first 10 days of this challenge are over and I wanted to thank you all for accompanying me in my journey. Still 187 dishes to go!

I must admit that I did not know about the Pancake Day and that when I was choosing all the dishes for the challenge, I wanted to change from the main-course-type of challenge once in a while.
My grandma used to live close to the Austrian border, which means that I grew up with family in Austria and a very close relationship to this country.
I know that Austria is famous for its desserts and pastries and this is why I decided to go for a dessert. One of my favourites as a kid was Palatschinke. This is basically a pancake traditionally filled with "Marillenmarmelade", apricot jam. Other versions are obviously also common, like Nutella or fruits, ice-cream, etc. So here is my Austrian contribution to Pancake Day: Happy Pancake Day, everybody!

Did you celebrate Pancake day?

See you tomorrow for the last country with the letter "A"

Love,

Raffi

Day Nine: Australian Meat Pie

You come from a land down under...

Today we are in Australia and we are going to enjoy some typical Australian meat pie!
And since I must confess that I am no big fan of ketchup, I decided to make the ketchup myself.
It would have been awesome, if I had had smaller meat pie molds, but you can't have everything, right?
The recipe took less than previously expected and turned out to be a success.
Next step would be enjoying a meat pie in Australia..

For this dish I have actually followed more than one recipe and I have made my own ketchup, but here is a nice recipe for a gorgeous looking Australian meat pie.

See you tomorrow!

Love,

Raffi

Day Eight: Armenia and Armenian Eech

Hello Raffies and welcome back!

And a week has already passed..that was quick! Well, today we are going to Armenia, a fascinating country that I have always wanted to visit one day. Once again, choosing from the dishes Armenia is famous for was not easy, but as a big fan of bulgur, I wanted to make Armenian Eech.
The dish was very easy and quick to prepare and I was even lucky enough to find grape leaves!
You could accompany it with some meat, but I wasn't feeling like it, so I decided to go with the vegetarian version. It was delicious!

Have you ever tried this dish? This recipe can help you out with your version of Armenian Eech.

Love,

Raffi