Friday, May 9, 2014

MANDAK!!!

This is one of my favorite herbs, growing in Armenia. Here Vahe Martirosyan writes about more than 250 kinds of herbs, that we eat  in Armenia  http://vahemart.livejournal.com/192727.html
You can buy Mandak in every corner here. Wash it, boil it in water, then fry it with eggs, add salt and pepper.

Pasuc Tolma!!!

Well, there is a variety of recipes for fasting tolma (which should, of course, be without meat). This tolma was made by my mother, but I also cook it myself. It is a good dish to be served both hot and cold.


The recipe is really easy. Fry 2 middle size or one big onion in the oil, add rice and grey lentil (keep lentil in cold water for at least half  day or better full night), add 2 spoons of tomato paste, salt and pepper, herbs that you prefer (dried rehan is a good choice). Fry all this for a 5 minutes while, then wrap into grape leaves and cook as usual. It is amazingly tasty.