Konush

Broad beans soup

Ingredients:

broad beans with the pods, water, flour (1 tbsp.), parsley

  • for the brown sauce: sunflower oil, onion, paprika
  • For seasoning: garlic cloves crushed with salt, vinegar

 

Method:

Boil the broad beans in water. Make brown sauce from the oil, onion and paprika, and add to the broad beans soup. Let simmer for a while and season with salt and a little flour dissolved in lukewarm water. Sprinkle over with parsley and add garlic cloves crushed with salt and vinegar.



Prayer bread

Ingredients:

wheat flour, yoghurt, baking soda, sunflower oil, sugar

 

Method:

Make dough from the flour, the yoghurt and the baking soda, and spread it in a baking dish greased with oil. Use two forks to score a grid pattern over the dough, then sprinkle the loaf with sugar and put in the oven. The loaf is broken after a child is born, during the rite of „prayers“.


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