Great Lent (Nistisima) recipes
During the forty days of Great Lent, Orthodox Cypriots keep to nistisima food, with no meat, dairy or eggs. The cooking leans on pulses, greens, olives, tahini, pumpkin and bread. Most of these dishes are vegan and work all year.
90 recipes
Chickpea Yakhni with Spinach
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Hummus
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Savoro Snails
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Broad Beans with Garlic Sauté
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Lentils Moutzentra
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Herb Pies (Hortopites)
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Stewed Cuttlefish with Wine and Ink
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Salted Cod with Potatoes in the Oven
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Lenten Kourabiedes
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Lenten Stuffed Sweet Potatoes
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Lenten Orange Cake
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Roasted Cauliflower Steak with Beluga Lentils & Red Hummus
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Mahalepi
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Kolokasi with Dried Black-Eyed Peas
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Oil-free lentils for Good Friday (Alades fakes for M. Paraskevi)
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Lazarakia (Lazarus Buns) - Traditional Lenten Buns for Lazarus Saturday - -
DOUGH & SAVORY
“Mock” vegan stuffed vegetables (stovetop)
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Lenten Koupepia (Stuffed Vine Leaves) with Lentils and Mitsides Glacé Rice
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Lenten Taro Root Stew (Kolokasi)
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Lenten Geography Cake
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Velvety Louvana Soup
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Rose Halva (Unsweetened/Plain)
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Lenten Ekmek Kadaifi
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Lenten Apple Cake
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