Cuisines Guide Team

👉 Mujadara is a classic Levantine dish of lentils and rice topped with a mountain of dark, crispy onions. It's vegan, filling, very cheap – and one of the most satisfying things you can cook...

👉 Placki ziemniaczane are Poland's beloved potato pancakes: golden and lacy-crisp outside, soft inside. Cheap, quick and made from things you already have.The trick for crispy pancakes is to squeeze out the potato water and...

👉 Çılbır (chil-burr) is a classic Turkish breakfast: soft poached eggs on cool garlic yogurt, finished with sizzling red chili butter. It takes 15 minutes and tastes like a restaurant brunch.The contrast of warm, runny...

👉 Khinkali are Georgia's famous soup dumplings: a thin, pleated dough purse filled with spiced meat and its own hot broth. You hold one by the twisted top, bite a small hole, sip the juice,...

👉 Shah plov ("the king's pilaf") is the festive centrepiece of Azerbaijani cuisine: fragrant saffron rice, tender lamb, dried apricots, raisins and chestnuts, all baked inside a golden crust of buttered lavash. It's turned out...

👉 Kashke bademjan is one of the most loved Persian starters: soft, smoky fried eggplant mashed with golden onions and garlic, finished with tangy kashk (whey), mint oil and walnuts. Scoop it up with warm...

👉 Green borscht (zelenyi borshch) is Ukraine's spring soup: no beets at all, but lots of tangy sorrel, potatoes, fresh herbs and boiled egg, finished with a spoon of sour cream. It's bright, sour, comforting...

👉 Chebureki (çiberek) are large, thin half-moon pastries filled with juicy spiced meat and fried until bubbly and crisp. They come from Crimean Tatar cuisine and became a favourite street food across Ukraine, Turkey, the...

👉 Lahmacun (pronounced lah-mah-joon) is a paper-thin Turkish flatbread spread with a spiced mixture of minced lamb, peppers, tomato and herbs, baked in a very hot oven. It's often called "Turkish pizza", but it's lighter,...

👉 Kuku sabzi is a Persian herb frittata that's more herbs than egg: a huge pile of parsley, cilantro, dill and green onions, held together with eggs and studded with walnuts and tart barberries. Bright...

👉 Gözleme is Turkey's favourite street food: thin, hand-rolled dough folded around a savoury filling and cooked on a hot griddle until crisp and golden. Village women roll it out on big wooden boards at...

👉 Syrniki are soft, golden cottage cheese pancakes from Ukraine – crispy on the outside, creamy and slightly tangy inside. They're the classic weekend breakfast across Eastern Europe, served with a spoon of sour cream...

👉 Kutab (also spelled qutab or gutab) is one of the most loved dishes in Azerbaijan: paper-thin dough folded around a filling of fresh green herbs, cooked on a dry griddle and brushed with butter....

👉 Menemen is the star of the Turkish breakfast table: eggs gently cooked in a thick sauce of tomatoes and green peppers, eaten straight from the pan with fresh bread. It takes 20 minutes and...

👉 Satsivi is the star of the Georgian New Year table: tender chicken served cold in a thick, aromatic walnut sauce flavored with garlic, fenugreek, marigold and a hint of cinnamon. Its name means "something...

👉 Gozinaki is a traditional Georgian New Year candy made from just walnuts and honey. Toasted walnuts are cooked in boiling honey and cut into diamond shapes – crunchy, sweet and full of festive tradition. 🇬🇪...

👉 Churchkhela is Georgia's most iconic sweet – strings of walnuts dipped again and again in thickened grape juice and dried until chewy. Often called "Georgian Snickers", it is sold in colorful rows at every...

👉 Lobio is Georgia's classic red bean stew – creamy kidney beans cooked with onions, garlic, herbs and spices, traditionally served bubbling in a clay pot. Simple, cheap and deeply satisfying. 🇬🇪 What Is Lobio? Lobio (ლობიო)...

👉 Kharcho is a thick, warming Georgian beef soup with rice, ground walnuts, sour tkemali and plenty of spices. It is one of the most famous Georgian soups – hearty, aromatic and perfect for cold...

👉 Mtsvadi is the Georgian version of shashlik – juicy chunks of pork grilled on skewers over glowing coals. Georgians keep it simple: good meat, salt, fire and a sprinkle of pomegranate and raw onion...