Local Dishes

23 phrases · Albanian with romanization, English and audio

  1. byrek

    Layered thin-pastry pie with a filling

  2. lakror

    Thin-crust pie (the south-eastern name for byrek)

  3. pite

    Round flat baked dough topped with minced meat or cheese

  4. flia

    Layered pancake-like pie baked one layer at a time

  5. tavë kosi

    Meat and rice baked under a yoghurt sauce

  6. fërgesë

    Curd cheese or liver fried with peppers and tomato

  7. qofte

    Flattened patties of minced meat, grilled or fried

  8. qebap

    Meat cut small and grilled on a thin skewer

  9. japrak

    Rice and minced meat wrapped in vine or cabbage leaves

  10. paçe

    Breakfast stew of cattle trotters and marrow

  11. tarator

    Cold starter of yoghurt with cucumber and garlic

  12. trahana

    Cracked wheat, and the soup made from it

  13. groshë

    Beans, and the bean stew made from them

  14. koran

    A freshwater trout with red spots (the Lake Ohrid fish)

  15. turshi

    Pickled vegetables

  16. gjizë

    Soft curd cheese made from milk or whey

  17. përshesh

    Torn bread soaked in broth or in milk

  18. petulla

    Fried dough, eaten with sugar or honey

  19. qumështor

    Baked custard of milk, egg, starch and sugar

  20. revani

    Cake baked and then soaked in syrup

  21. sheqerpare

    Baked biscuit soaked in syrup

  22. kabuni

    Sweet rice cooked in broth with raisins and almonds

  23. hallvë

    Dense sweet of flour or semolina cooked in butter

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