| Cooking glossary
afefia - pork cooked in red wine and crushed coriander seeds
Arni - lamb
avgolemono soup - egg and lemon soup
baklava - fillo pastry with nuts and syrup
bourekia - small puff pastries with meat, cheese or cream cheese filling
daktyla - almond finger pastries elioti - olive bread
elies tsakistes - cracked green olives with coriander seeds, lemon and crushed garlic
fangri - sea bream
fasolia - haricot beans cooked in a casserole
feta - salty white cheese usually crumbled on village salads
flaounes - Cypriot Easter cakes made with cheese and spices glyko - preserved fruits in syrup
halloumi - firm goats or ewes milk cheese, often served grilled
hirino - pork
hiromeri - marinated, smoked and pressed ham
horiatiki salata - village salad of white cabbage, tomatoes, cucumbers, capers, olives, onion, feta and fresh coriander
houmous - dip from soaked, crushed chick peas
kalainari - squid
kapari - pickled caper
karaoli yahni - snails in tomato sauce
keftedes - meat balls
kleftiko ofto - lamb or goat wrapped in foil with herbs and baked in a sealed oven
kolokotes - pastries stuffed with red pumpkin, raisins and pourgouri
kotopoulo - chicken
koupepia or dolmades - stuffed vine leaves
koupes - cigar shaped wheat cases with meat filling
loukoumades - doughnuts in syrup
loukanika - Cyprus sausages ,
loukoumia - Wedding shortbread
lountza - smoked and marinated loin of pork
marida - whitebait
moungra - pickled cauliflower
moussakas - a pie made from layers of minced beef, spices and vegetables with a cheese topping
octapodi krasato - octapus in red wine
pitta - flat envelope of unleavened bread
pourgouri pilafi - pilaf of cracked wheat
psari - fish
ravioli - pastry stuffed with halloumi and mint
resi - wheat and lamb pilaf, served at weddings
sheftalia - minced pork and herb rissole
souvla - large chunks of lamb cooked on a spit
souvlakia - kebabs
stifado - rich beef and onion stew
tahini - sesame seed paste, served as a dip
taramosalata - dip made from smoked cods roe
trahanas - soup from cracked wheat and yogurt
tzantziki/talattouri - yogurt, cucumber and mint dip
vodino - beef
yemista - baked stuffed vegetables with rice and minced beef
zalatina - brawn
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