This cabbage roll soup recipe makes a comforting soup inspired by the Russian cabbage rolls called golubtsi (голубцы), filled with savoury minced meat and rice and baked in a rich tomato sauce. This cabbage roll soup is by no means an authentic Russian dish. My Russian grandmother did not make this, nor did my mother. … Read more
Our Russian barley pickle soup recipe for rassolnik made with chicken and vegetables makes a healthy, hearty Russian soup or stew, depending on how dense you like this beloved Russian dish. While borscht might be the best known Russian soup, rassolnik has a special place in people’s hearts and stomachs, and it’s a wonderfully comforting … Read more
This Moroccan chicken tagine recipe with preserved lemons and olives makes one of Morocco’s most quintessential tagines, alongside lamb tagine with prunes and almonds. Infused with intense citrus notes, thanks to umami-rich preserved lemons, the comforting Moroccan stew is traditionally eaten with crusty round bread called khobz. It’s also delicious with couscous, just don’t tell … Read more
This creamy mushroom Stroganoff recipe makes a vegetarian version of my beef Stroganoff recipe, based on my Russian-Ukrainian family’s Stroganoff and the earliest documented Russian beef Stroganoff recipe by Elena Molokhovets in A Gift to Young Housewives, dating to 1861. Not everyone could afford beef and mushroom Stroganoff was quite common. I also provide tips … Read more
This Cambodian coconut pineapple fish curry recipe makes samlor ktis Koh Kong, a sweet-ish gently spiced curry made with coconut cream, pineapple and baby eggplants from Koh Kong, an island and coastal province in Cambodia’s southwest. A samlor is a soup or stew, but with a spice paste base this very much tastes like a … Read more