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Patatas Bravas with potato, olive oil and tomato — Spain recipe

🇪🇸SpainAdvanced

Vegetable and Mushroom Dishes

Patatas Bravas

Patatas bravas — literally 'fierce potatoes' — is one of the most ordered tapas dishes in Spain. The concept is simple: crispy fried or roasted potatoes served with a smoky, spiced tomato sauce called salsa brava and a drizzle of garlic aioli. The potatoes need two things to be genuinely good: a fluffy interior and a crisp exterior that holds up under the sauce. The baking soda trick in the parboiling water roughens the potato surface and dramatically improves crispiness whether you roast or fry. The bravas sauce is built on smoked paprika — pimentón de la Vera, the sweet-smoky Spanish kind — which is non-negotiable. The aioli is simply good mayonnaise with fresh garlic and lemon.

55 min380 kcal4 serves

🌿Vegetarian🌱Vegan🌾Gluten-free

Harira with chickpeas, lentils and tomatoes — Morocco recipe

🇲🇦MoroccoAdvanced

Soups

Harira

Harira is Morocco's most important soup. The name comes from the Arabic word for silk — a reference to the velvety texture it gets from a flour-and-water slurry (tedouira) stirred in at the end. Every Moroccan family has their version, but the spine is always the same: tomatoes, chickpeas, lentils, fresh herbs, ginger, and warm spices. It is the soup that breaks the Ramadan fast every evening at iftar, served alongside dates, hard-boiled eggs, and chebakia pastries. It is also eaten through the rest of the year, as a starter or as a meal in itself. The lamb version is the most traditional, but the vegetarian version is nearly as popular.

90 min320 kcal6 serves

Chicken Tagine with Chermoula with chicken thighs, cilantro and preserved lemons — Morocco recipe

🇲🇦MoroccoAdvanced

Meat Dishes

Chicken Tagine with Chermoula

Chermoula is a Moroccan marinade — raw herbs, garlic, cumin, lemon, oil — and it does more work here than the tagine itself. The chicken sits in it overnight if you have time, or two hours if you don't. Either way, something changes in the meat. Then it goes into the pot with preserved lemon, olives, and onion, and cooks low and slow until it falls off the bone. No tagine pot required. A wide, heavy pan with a lid does the same job.

90 min455 kcal4 serves

🌾Gluten-free💪High protein🌶️Spicy

Green Borscht with sorrel, potatoes and hard boiled eggs — Ukraine recipe

🇺🇦UkraineMedium

Soups

Green Borscht

Green borscht (zelenyi borshch, also called sorrel borscht or sorrel soup) is a Ukrainian spring soup of potatoes and shredded chicken in a light chicken broth, soured not by beets but by fresh sorrel. The sorrel goes in at the very end for only a few minutes, so the soup stays bright and lemony; each bowl gets chopped hard-boiled egg, dill and a spoonful of sour cream.

50 min180 kcal6 serves

🌾Gluten-free

Kapusnyak with sauerkraut, millet and potatoes — Ukraine recipe

🇺🇦UkraineAdvanced

Soups

Kapusnyak

A hearty Ukrainian sauerkraut soup, Cossack food made in one pot. Sauerkraut and millet simmer in a pork-rib broth with potatoes, onion, and carrot; sour, smoky, and filling, it is served hot with dill and a spoonful of sour cream.

75 min250 kcal6 serves

🌾Gluten-free

Kharcho with beef, walnuts and rice — Georgia recipe

🇬🇪GeorgiaAdvanced

Soups

Kharcho

A rich Georgian beef soup from Mingrelia, spicy and sour. Fatty beef simmers long with rice and ground walnuts, and the signature sour note comes from tkemali (sour plum sauce) rather than tomato. Garlic and fresh cilantro are stirred in at the end.

90 min320 kcal6 serves

🌾Gluten-free🌶️Spicy

Chikhirtma with chicken, egg yolks and fresh cilantro — Georgia recipe

🇬🇪GeorgiaAdvanced

Soups

Chikhirtma

A Georgian chicken soup with almost no vegetables, thickened with egg yolks to a velvety, golden creaminess and soured with vinegar. Saffron colours it and cilantro gives it its Georgian character; it is a Kakhetian winter dish and a famous hangover cure.

75 min260 kcal6 serves

Dushbara with ground lamb, lamb broth and dried mint — Azerbaijan recipe

🌍AzerbaijanAdvanced

Soups

Dushbara

A classic Azerbaijani soup of tiny meat-filled dumplings simmered in a clear lamb broth. The dumplings are famously small, and the soup is served with crushed garlic and vinegar, dried mint, and cilantro for a sharp, tangy finish.

90 min420 kcal5 serves

Kulish with millet, salo and potatoes — Ukraine recipe

🇺🇦UkraineMedium

Soups

Kulish

A hearty Ukrainian Cossack soup of millet cooked with salo and onion, somewhere between a soup and a porridge. Potatoes, carrot, and herbs round it out; rendered salo and golden onion give it its deep, smoky-savoury character. It is served hot with dill and cracklings.

45 min330 kcal6 serves

🌾Gluten-free🌿Vegetarian🌱Vegan

Shurpa with lamb on the bone, chickpeas and carrots — Uzbekistan recipe

🇺🇿UzbekistanAdvanced

Soups

Shurpa

A slow-simmered Uzbek lamb soup of bone-in lamb, chickpeas, and large chunks of vegetables in a clear, fragrant broth. The chickpeas need soaking in cold water for 6 to 8 hours before you start cooking, so plan ahead. Seasoned with cumin and coriander, it is served with plenty of cilantro and flatbread, the broth often drunk alongside the meat and vegetables.

120 min350 kcal6 serves

🌾Gluten-free

Zhur with rye sour starter, smoked pork ribs and dried marjoram — Belarus recipe

🇧🇾BelarusAdvanced

Soups

Zhur

A traditional Belarusian sour soup whose tang comes from fermented rye (or oat) flour rather than vinegar. The starter is cooked with smoked pork, potatoes, root vegetables, and marjoram, then served with a hard-boiled egg and sour cream.

50 min320 kcal6 serves

Achichuk with tomatoes, onion and green chili pepper — Uzbekistan recipe

🇺🇿UzbekistanEasy

Salads

Achichuk

An Uzbek salad of paper-thin ripe tomatoes and onion with hot green chili and fresh herbs, dressed simply with salt, pepper, and a little unrefined sunflower oil. It is the classic fresh companion to plov, cutting the richness of the rice with bright acidity and a touch of heat.

15 min60 kcal6 serves

🌱Vegan🌾Gluten-free⚡Quick

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