34 Dishes

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Aushak

Aushak (pashto/persian: اَشَک) is an afghan dish made of pasta dumplings filled with chives, with a (frequently meaty) tomato sauce, topped with yogurt and dried mint. a time-consuming meal to prepare, it is usually served on holidays or at special gatherings. it is similar to the central asian mantu, which is also popular in afghanistan. in contrast to aushak, mantu have a meat filling.

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Ćevapi

Ćevapi (cyrillic: ћевапи, pronounced [tɕeʋǎːpi]), ćevapčići (formal: diminutive; cyrillic: ћевапчићи, pronounced [tɕeʋǎptʃitɕi]) is a grilled dish of minced meat found traditionally in the countries of southeast europe (the balkans). it is considered a national dish of bosnia and herzegovina and serbia and is also common in croatia, montenegro, kosovo, north macedonia and slovenia. ćevapi has its origins in the balkans from before the ottoman period , and represents a regional speciality similar to the köfte kebab. they are usually served in groups of five to ten pieces on a plate or in a flatbread (lepina or somun), often with chopped onions, sour cream, kajmak (milk cream), ajvar (relish), and salt. bosnian ćevapi are made from two types of minced beef meat, hand-mixed and formed with a funnel, while formed ćevapi are grilled. serbian ćevapčići are made of beef, lamb or pork, or a mixture.

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Çumlek lepuri

Rabbit and onion casserole

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Domates dolması

Tomatoes stuffed with a mixture of spiced ground beef and bulgur or rice

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Flia

Flia, also known as fli or flija, is a dish in kosovan cuisine and albanian cuisine. it consists of multiple crêpe-like layers brushed with cream and served with sour cream and butter. the name translates to "sacrifice" (see fli). march 17 is recognized as "flia day" in which families invite their relatives for preparing and eating flia.flija requires very simple ingredients: flour, water, butter, yogurt, eggs, oil, nuts and salt. the main ingredients (flour, water and salt) are mixed together until they become like pancake batter. layers of batter are baked using a saq which is a spherical metal lid used for baking.

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Kebab

Kebab is a cooked meat dish, with its origins in middle eastern cuisines. many variants are popular around the world. kebabs consist of cut up or ground meat, sometimes with vegetables, and various other accompaniments according to the specific recipe. although kebabs are typically cooked on a skewer over a fire, some kebab dishes are baked in a pan in an oven or prepared as a stew such as tas kebab. the traditional meat for kebabs is most often mutton or lamb, but regional recipes may include beef, goat, chicken, fish, and sometimes pork depending on whether or not there are specific religious prohibitions.

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Lasagne

Lasagne (us: , also uk: , italian: [laˈzaɲɲe]; singular lasagna, italian: [laˈzaɲɲa]) are a type of pasta, possibly one of the oldest types, made of very wide, flat sheets. either term can also refer to an italian dish made of stacked layers of lasagne alternating with fillings such as ragù (ground meats and tomato sauce), vegetables, cheeses (which may include ricotta, mozzarella, and parmesan), and seasonings and spices, like italian seasoning, such as garlic, oregano and basil. the dish may be topped with grated cheese, which becomes melted after baking. typically cooked pasta is assembled with the other ingredients and then baked in an oven. the resulting baked pasta is cut into single-serving square portions.

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Pljeskavica

Pljeskavica (serbian cyrillic: пљескавица, pronounced [pʎɛ̂skaʋitsa]) is a grilled dish consisting of a spiced meat patty mixture of pork, beef and lamb. it is one of the national dishes of serbia and is very popular in the neighbouring balkan and former yugoslavian countries of bosnia and herzegovina, croatia, and montenegro. it is a main course served with onions, kajmak (milk cream), ajvar (relish), and urnebes (spicy cheese salad), either on plate with side dishes, or with lepinja (flatbread, as a type of hamburger). recently, pljeskavica has gained popularity elsewhere in europe and is served in a few speciality fast food restaurants in germany, sweden, and austria. varieties include the "leskovac pljeskavica" (leskovačka pljeskavica) very spicy with onions, "šar pljeskavica" (šarska pljeskavica) stuffed with kačkavalj cheese, "hajduk pljeskavica" (hajdučka pljeskavica) of beef mixed with smoked pork meat, and "vranje pljeskavica" (vranjanska pljeskavica).the 'leskovac pljeskavica' is a brand of serbia.

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Punjene paprike

Punjena paprika (pronounced [pûɲenaː pǎprika]) (lit. stuffed pepper) is a southeastern european dish made of peppers, stuffed with a mix of meat and rice in tomato sauce, the ingredients consisting of green or red capsicums, eggs, spices, salt, tomato, minced meat and rice. the dish is called punjena paprika/пуњена паприка in croatian and serbian language, filovana paprika in bosnian, polnjena paprika in slovenian, palnena chushka in bulgarian, polneti piperki in macedonian, plněná paprika in czech, plnená paprika in slovak, and töltött paprika in hungarian, meaning "stuffed peppers", фарширований перець in ukrainian, meaning "stuffed pepper". it is popular as a summer meal in hungary, czech republic, slovakia, serbia, north macedonia, bulgaria, bosnia, croatia, slovenia, montenegro, and ukraine. there are also many variations of the dish across the balkans.

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Punjeni patlidžani

Stuffed eggplant

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Ražnjići

Ražnjići (serbian cyrillic: ражњићи) is a popular balkan specialty of grilled meat on a skewer, equivalent of the greek souvlaki and turkish şaşlık. the name is derived from ražanj meaning "skewer".

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Sarma

Sarma (cyrillic: сарма), commonly marketed as stuffed grape leaves or stuffed cabbage leaves, is a stuffed dish in southeastern european and middle eastern cuisine that comprises fermented leaves—such as cabbage, patencia dock, collard, grapevine, kale or chard leaves—rolled around a filling of grains (such as rice), minced meat, or both. sarma is part of the broader category of stuffed dishes known as dolma.

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Speca të mbushura

Stuffed peppers, guernica peppers are most common and are filled with a mixture of rice, ground meat, onions, tomatoes, herbs and spices

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Tavë kosi

Tavë kosi ("soured milk casserole") is a national dish in albania. it is a dish of lamb (occasionally chicken, then called tavë kosi me mish pule) and rice baked with a mixture of yogurt and eggs (replacing the original soured milk) added to a roux (wheat flour and butter). it is also popular in greece, north macedonia and turkey, where it is known as elbasan tava (albanian: tavë elbasani or tava e elbasanit), named after the albanian city of elbasan.

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Tavë krapi

Carp casserole

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Tavë Prizreni

Vegetable, egg and cheese casserole

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Hithenik

Nettle pie or casserole

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Kollpite

Cheese-filled rolled pastry or pie, serve with yogurt

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Pite

Pies with a variety of fillings, for example, meat, potatoes, vegetables, leek, cheese, pumpkin

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Beef

Beef is the culinary name for meat from cattle (bos taurus). in prehistoric times, humans hunted aurochs and later domesticated them. since that time, numerous breeds of cattle have been bred specifically for the quality or quantity of their meat. today, beef is the third most widely consumed meat in the world, after pork and poultry. as of 2018, the united states, brazil, and china were the largest producers of beef. beef can be prepared in various ways; cuts are often used for steak, which can be cooked to varying degrees of doneness, while trimmings are often ground or minced, as found in most hamburgers. beef contains protein, iron, and vitamin b12. along with other kinds of red meat, high consumption is associated with an increased risk of colorectal cancer and coronary heart disease, especially when processed. beef has a high environmental impact, being a primary driver of deforestation with the highest greenhouse gas emissions of any agricultural product.

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Carp

Carp are various species of oily freshwater fish from the family cyprinidae, a very large group of fish native to europe and asia. while carp is consumed in many parts of the world, they are generally considered an invasive species in parts of africa, australia and most of the united states.

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Catfish

Catfish (or catfishes; order siluriformes or nematognathi) are a diverse group of ray-finned fish. named for their prominent barbels, which resemble a cat's whiskers, catfish range in size and behavior from the three largest species alive, the mekong giant catfish from southeast asia, the wels catfish of eurasia, and the piraíba of south america, to detritivores (species that eat dead material on the bottom), and even to a tiny parasitic species commonly called the candiru, vandellia cirrhosa. neither the armour-plated types nor the naked types have scales. despite their name, not all catfish have prominent barbels or "whiskers". members of the siluriformes order are defined by features of the skull and swimbladder. catfish are of considerable commercial importance; many of the larger species are farmed or fished for food. many of the smaller species, particularly the genus corydoras, are important in the aquarium hobby. many catfish are nocturnal, but others (many auchenipteridae) are crepuscular or diurnal (most loricariidae or callichthyidae, for example).

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Chicken

The chicken (gallus domesticus) is a domesticated junglefowl species, with attributes of wild species such as the grey and the ceylon junglefowl that are originally from southeastern asia. rooster or cock is a term for an adult male bird, and a younger male may be called a cockerel. a male that has been castrated is a capon. an adult female bird is called a hen and a sexually immature female is called a pullet. originally raised for cockfighting or for special ceremonies, chickens were not kept for food until the hellenistic period (4th–2nd centuries bc). humans now keep chickens primarily as a source of food (consuming both their meat and eggs) and as pets. chickens are one of the most common and widespread domestic animals, with a total population of 23.7 billion as of 2018, up from more than 19 billion in 2011. there are more chickens in the world than any other bird. there are numerous cultural references to chickens – in myth, folklore and religion, and in language and literature. genetic studies have pointed to multiple maternal origins in south asia, southeast asia, and east asia, but the clade found in the americas, europe, the middle east and africa originated from the indian subcontinent. from ancient india, the chicken spread to lydia in western asia minor, and to greece by the 5th century bc. fowl have been known in egypt since the mid-15th century bc, with the "bird that gives birth every day" having come from the land between syria and shinar, babylonia, according to the annals of thutmose iii.

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Common bleak

The common bleak (alburnus alburnus) is a small freshwater coarse fish of the cyprinid family.

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Eel

Eels are elongated fish, ranging in length from 5 centimetres (2.0 in) to 4 metres (13 ft). adults range in weight from 30 grams to over 25 kilograms. they possess no pelvic fins, and many species also lack pectoral fins. the dorsal and anal fins are fused with the caudal or tail fin, forming a single ribbon running along much of the length of the animal. most eels live in the shallow waters of the ocean and burrow into sand, mud, or amongst rocks. a majority of eel species are nocturnal and thus are rarely seen. sometimes, they are seen living together in holes, or "eel pits". some species of eels live in deeper water on the continental shelves and over the slopes deep as 4,000 metres (13,000 ft). only members of the family anguillidae regularly inhabit fresh water, but they too return to the sea to breed.eel blood is poisonous to humans and other mammals, but both cooking and the digestive process destroy the toxic protein. the toxin derived from eel blood serum was used by charles richet in his nobel prize-winning research, in which richer discovered anaphylaxis by injecting it into dogs and observing the effect. the jewish laws of kashrut forbid the eating of eels. similarly, according to the king james version of the old testament, it is acceptable to eat fin fish, but fish like eels are an abomination and should not be eaten.japan consumes more than 70 percent of the global eel catch.

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Fish

Many species of fish are caught by humans and consumed as food in virtually all regions around the world. fish has been an important dietary source of protein and other nutrients throughout human history. the english language does not have a special culinary name for food prepared from fish like with other animals (as with pig vs. pork), or as in other languages (such as spanish pescado vs. pez). in culinary and fishery contexts, fish may include so-called shellfish such as molluscs, crustaceans and echinoderms; more expansively, seafood covers both fish and other marine life used as food.since 1961, the average annual increase in global apparent food fish consumption (3.2 percent) has outpaced population growth (1.6 percent) and exceeded consumption of meat from all terrestrial animals, combined (2.8 percent) and individually (bovine, ovine, porcine, etc.), except poultry (4.9 percent). in per capita terms, food fish consumption has grown from 9.0 kg (19.8 lb) in 1961 to 20.2 kg (45 lb) in 2015, at an average rate of about 1.5 percent per year. the expansion in consumption has been driven not only by increased production, but also by a combination of many other factors, including reduced wastage, better utilization, improved distribution channels and growing consumer demand, linked with population growth, rising disposable incomes and urbanization.europe, japan and the united states of america together accounted for 47 percent of the world's total food fish consumption in 1961, but only about 20 percent in 2015. of the global total of 149 million tonnes in 2015, asia consumed more than two-thirds (106 million tonnes at 24.0 kg per capita). oceania and africa consumed the lowest share. the shift is the result of structural changes in the sector and in particular the growing role of asian countries in fish production, as well as a significant gap between the economic growth rates of the world's more mature fish markets and those of many increasingly important emerging markets around the world, particularly in asia.

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Gudgeon

Gobio gobio, or the gudgeon, is a species of fish in the family cyprinidae. this small fish is widely distributed in fresh-water streams and lakes across central and temperate eurasia. the gudgeon inhabits various fresh-water habitats with sandy bottoms. it is a gregarious species, and feeds on benthic invertebrates. its life span is up to five years. gudgeons are usually smaller than 12 cm, rarely over 15 cm long. the common name gudgeon may also refer to other species of fish.

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Kamenica

Oysters from ston

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Shqeto

The bardoka (albanian: bardhoka) or white metohian sheep (albanian: delja e bardhë e dukagjinit - white sheep of the dukagjin) is a multi-purpose (milk, meat, wool and research) breed of domesticated sheep in kosovo. it is a popular sheep in kosovo and partially in montenegro, serbia and albania. this breed appears to adaptable to all environmental conditions especially low temperatures. however, the bardoka is sensitive to high humidity.

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Trout

Trout are species of freshwater fish belonging to the genera oncorhynchus, salmo and salvelinus, all of the subfamily salmoninae of the family salmonidae. the word trout is also used as part of the name of some non-salmonid fish such as cynoscion nebulosus, the spotted seatrout or speckled trout. trout are closely related to salmon and char (or charr): species termed salmon and char occur in the same genera as do fish called trout (oncorhynchus – pacific salmon and trout, salmo – atlantic salmon and various trout, salvelinus – char and trout). lake trout and most other trout live in freshwater lakes and rivers exclusively, while there are others, such as the steelhead, a form of the coastal rainbow trout, that can spend two or three years at sea before returning to fresh water to spawn (a habit more typical of salmon). arctic char and brook trout are part of the char genus. trout are an important food source for humans and wildlife, including brown bears, birds of prey such as eagles, and other animals. they are classified as oily fish.

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Zander

The zander (sander lucioperca), sander or pikeperch, is a species of ray-finned fish from the family percidae, which includes the perches, ruffes and darters. it is found in freshwater and brackish habitats in western eurasia. it is a popular game fish and has been introduced to a variety of localities outside its native range. it is the type species of the genus sander.

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Buranija

Yellow bean soup

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Gjelle

Stew, commonly made with vegetbles, beef or lamb, beans

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Qofte

Kofta are a family of meatball or meatloaf dishes found in middle eastern, south caucasian, south asian, balkan, and central asian cuisines. in the simplest form, koftas consist of balls of minced meat – usually beef, chicken, pork, lamb or mutton, or a mixture – mixed with spices and sometimes other ingredients. the earliest known recipes are found in early arab cookbooks and call for ground lamb. there are many national and regional variations. there are also vegetable and uncooked versions. shapes vary and include balls, patties, and cylinders. sizes typically vary from that of a golf ball to that of an orange.