"Armenian CUISINE:)) PART 2 :)" by Dinka in Dukascopy Forex Community

Armenian CUISINE:)) PART 2 :)

Hello dear Dukascopy,

Today I want to continue my previous post about Armenian traditional food and dishes, and I want to present to your attention some of the Armenian traditional soups, as well as dairy products, our sweets, and ofcourse the pride of Armenian nation - its cognac or brandy

Let's start from soups:

Please welcome Spas

Spas is a soup type, which is mainly made from tan (Armenian yoghurt drink) or sometimes from matsun (Armenian variety of plain yoghurt)

Next comes Khash - a very traditional Armenian soup.

Khash is mostly eaten in the cold season. It is commonly enjoyed early in the morning with good amounts of garlic and vodka.

Khash is eaten with dried lavash bread which is crumbled into the broth. Another interesting fact about khash is that it is never eaten alone, but only with a group of people, either friends or relatives

Now let us pass to the dairy products

Here comes Matsoun

Matsoun is a fermented milk product, which is very much similar to yogurt. This is how it looks like:

We also have its variety, called Kamats Matsoun

which is a strained matsun very similar to sour cream.

Armenians are very much fond of this dairy product and they even use it to prepare a cold drink mostly drunk in hot seasons. It is cold TAN

All you need is just mix matsoun with cold water, add some salt, pepper if you want, and some fresh herbs

that's it, your tan is ready!

Now the turn of sweets has come, among which I would like to mention Ghapama, bcause I believe it really stands out among the sweets of other countries's cuisine

So what is it ????

Ghapama is an Armenian stuffed pumpkin dish, which is prepared by removing the guts of the pumpkin and stuffing it with boiled rice and a variety of dried fruits such as chopped almonds, apple, cornel, apricot, prunes and raisins.

And looks like this:

What do you think? Does it look tasty to you?

At the end I would like to mention two of the most well known and well recognizable symbols of Armenia - they are : Armenian brandy and Armenian Apricot