National cuisine recipes exchange

The September National cuisine recipes exchange has ended. We had many wonderful and tasty ideas on what to cook and we had both, easy and difficult to cook recipes.  

So here they are - try them at home:

Ukrainian borscht by Irina IrinaPhotographyCard:

 

Egg & milk battered fish by Tanya SocksAndMittens:

 

Salted Salmon by Albina AroundBeads:

 Ukrainian dumplings/ vareniki by IrenkaR:

 Shakshouka/ poached eggs by Galia CasaDeGato:

 

Baked eggplant with cheese by Svetlana NesWeddingGarden:

 

Eggplant spread /caviar by Masha LovelyTrifles:

 Buckwheat with mushrooms by Jane JaneBoFelt:

Fried Chanterelles with potatoes and onions by Tanya CozySeason:

Try one of them or all of them at home and tell us how you like it!

Greek cuisine - Tzaziki

Today, Katrinshine is sharing very easy to make yet great recipe of traditional Greek dip, Tzaziki.

You will need:
1 kg (2.2 lbs) cucumbers
300 to 400 gr (0.7-0.9 lbs) of Greek yogurt
3 to 4 cloves garlic, minced finely
Fresh chopped dill(optional)
Pinch of salt

Shred cucumbers...

...and transfer them to colander

Add minced garlic, chopped dill, and salt. Mix them and leave in the colander for an hour.

Squeeze liquid from the mixture 2-3 times. Refrigerate the mixture for 2 - 4 hours. Squeeze the extra liquid again and mix with yogurt right before serving.

Enjoy!