Previous | Contents | Glossary Glossary   Abour Soup Aghtsan (Turkish: Salata) Salad Anahiem chili peppers Long red or green chili peppers grown in California and New Mexico. Moderately hot. Anoukh (Turkish: Nané) mint Anoush, anoushabour, anousheghen sweet(s), dessert Armav date Banir Cheese Bastegh thin, dried sheets of fruit juice Basterma Cured Sausage. Basterma is available in Middle Eastern delis. With great patience, it can also be made at home. Behzalya (volorn) peas Bekmez Grape molasses. Bighbegh Pepper. Beoreg (Beurek) A pastry with a filling, occasionally a vegetable with filling Bourma rolled Filo (shirred strudel pastry) with syrup and a nut filling Bulghur Wheat (Armenian: tzavar) Cooked, dried and cracked wheat. Bulghur is now available in most large supermarkets, as well as Middle Eastern speciality shops.  Bulghur comes in three common varieties: #1 Fine, #2 Medium, and #3 Coarse. Chaimen (Armenian: mannanekh) 1) A spice, Fenugreek. 2) A hot sauce Chee kufta (Khema) Armenian style steak tartare Chocolat chocolate Choerag Armenian roll Choor water Dabgvadz Fried Darchin (tarijeni) cinnamon Derev leaves, usually grape leaves Dolma (Armenian: letsvadz) Meaning "to stuff". Dolmas can be made using leaves or vegetables with meat, rice or bulghur wheat fillings Dzedzadz hulled wheat Dzerani apricot, with Ekmek kadayif a syrupy dessert served with a topping of thick cream Enguinar (gangar) artichokes Epvatz cooked Fassoulia (lupia) beans Feta Cheese A crumbly white cheese with a slightly sharp taste. Produced in the Middle East and throughout the world, usually from sheep or goats milk. Feta keeps well in the refigerator covered with brine. Change water every few days. Filo or Phyllo (Armenian: patzvadz tert) Paper thin prepared strudel-like dough used for flaky pastries such as Pakhlava. Filo is sold fresh or frozen, approximately 22 - 35 sheets to the pound box, depending on size and thickness. Fresno chilis Short, stubby red chili peppers grown in the central valley of California. Hot. Ganancheghen green vegetables Gargantag cake Garmir dag (jegentegh) beet Gatnabour rice pudding Geragur stew-type meal usually made with meat and vegetables. Also the word for food. Ghee Clarifed butter Giger Liver Gorgod barley Haigagan Armenian Halvah a sweet paste candy or dessert Hamov tasty Hatz Bread. Hav chicken Havgit Eggs. (Havgitov - with egg) See recipe for Armenian-style eggs. Herisah (keshgeg) lamb or fowl cooked with barley to oatmeal like consistency Hummus chick-pea dip Huntk ungooyz coconut Jajukh cucumbers and yogurt Jezveh (soorjaman) coffe pot usually made of brass with long handle Kadayif Shredded filo dough. Available commericially. A pastry of shredded dough with a nut filling and syrup Kamoon or Kimion A spice, ground Cumin seed. Karni yarek baked, stuffed eggplant Kharpet (Harpoot) name of a city Kebab (khorovadz) Barbecued meat. Kednakhnzor potato Keyma A meat and bulghur mixture forming the shell in Kufta. Khmoreghen Pastry Khorvatz fried Khundzor apple Kufta chopped meat often shaped into patties/balls with stuffing Kurabia a shortbread cookie Lahana (gaghambd) cabbage Lahmajoon Armenian Pizza (meat pie) Lavash cracker bread or thin bread Letdadz (Turkish: dolma) stuffed Lolig Tomato Lupia dry bean Luleh kebab ground meat kebabs losh burger patties Madzoon Yoghurt. Fresh madzoon is easy to make at home.If you buy it, look for "active yoghurt cultures" on the label. Madzoonov with madzoon Mahleb a ground seed used in pastries with vanilla-like flavor Manti small canoe-shaped dough filled with meat served with yogurt Mis meat Misov with meat Meza Mixed appetizers. Midia appetizer Midia dolma rice stuffed mussels Nané anoukh Mint Narsharab (Pomegranate molasses) The concentrated juice of pomegranates. Available in most large supermarkets, as well as Middle Eastern speciality shops. Noush almonds Paghach flaky layered bread Paghlah fava beans Pahtz hatz (parag hatz) cracker bread Pakhlava (tertanoush) a flaky, many-layered nut-filled pastry with syrup Patlijan (sempoog) eggplant Patlijanov with eggplant Pida Armenian bread made in a round loaf Pilaf steamed rice, bulghour, or lentils Plaki cooked with assorted vegetables and oil Poohri baked in oven Porov> with stuffing Prinz rice Prinzov pilaf pilaf made with rice Rahan basil Raki (oghi) achoholic beverage of Armenia made with raisins and flavored with anise Salata (Armenian: aghtzan) salad Sarma (patats) Meaning "to roll", sarma are rolled appetizers made with grape or cabbage leaves. Sev hoondig (Nigella seed, Charnuska) Also known as Black Cumin or Black Caraway seed, this flavorful small black seed is often used in Jewish rye bread and Armenian string cheese. Known as Kolonji in India, this seed is an ingredient in many garam masala recipes. Nigella seed is used in the cooking of Lebanese, Serbian, and Armenian cultures Shakar sugar Shish (Armenian: shampour) Skewer. Shish kebab (Armenian: shampouri khorovadz) skewered barbequed lamb Simit a crisp stick cookie Sini kufta (sinira) baked ground or chapped lamb and cracked wheat with an exotic filling Siserr chick peas Snobar Pine nuts Sokh onions Sokherantz sauteed onions Soorj Armenian coffee sou-boerag flaky cheese pastry Soujoukh dried Armenian sausage, highly spiced Spanagh (Armenian: shomin) spinach Sumak Sumak is a spice widely prized in the Middle East for its dark red color and tangy flavor. Susam sesame seed Susamov khumoreghen pastries with sesame seeds Tabouleh cracked wheat salad Taheen sesame paste Tahini Nutty-flavored paste from crushed sesame seeds. Available in most large supermarkets, as well as Middle Eastern speciality shops. Tahini seperates on standing, so stir before using. Tahn a refreshing beverage made with yogurt and water Tahnabour hot or cold yogurt soup Tapsi baking pan Tass kebab potted lamb Tava frying pan Tel sheriyah curled, vermicelli noodle Titvash (Turkish: Challum) Pickles Tomates (Armenian: lolig) tomato Tourshi pickles Tsoug fish Tutum squash or pumpkin Tutumi good pumpkin or squash seed Tzmeroog watermelon Ungouyz nuts Vosb Lentils Vospov with lentil Yalanchi Meaning "imitation", yalanchi are stuffed grape leaves or dolma without meat. Yerishta noodles