Ukrainian food culture is unthinkable without the Hungarian cuisine, which is especially popular in the west of the country. The cuisine of the Hungarians is famous for its satiety, wide variety of dishes, as well as multiple interpretations of traditional treats. Other features of typical Hungarian food are an abundance of meat and paprika. The latter is so popular in Transcarpathia that they held festivals in its honor.
Bograc
This is perhaps the most famous Hungarian dish in Western Ukraine. It is made of several types of meat, paprika, vegetables. All ingredients are boiled in large cauldrons on an open fire for about 3-4 hours. In some restaurants it is served not in plates or pots, but in bread.
Banosh
Banosh is a cornmeal porridge with cream or sour cream. By tradition, it is cooked exclusively by men over an open fire. Properly cooked banosh has an extremely delicate creamy taste. In the menu of local restaurants you can also find tokan - another version of corn porridge, which, like banosh, is served with cracklings, cheese, smoked bacon, fried onions or white mushrooms.
Perkelt with dumplings
This dish consists of grilled meats, onions, tomatoes, garlic, spices and cream. It can be made from a variety of meat types: pork, beef, chicken and fish. Traditionally it is accompanied by homemade pasta or dumplings.
Hungarian cake
One of the most popular dessert in Transcarpathia is apple pie. There are many variations of hungarian cake recipes. As a rule, the dough is made of a mixture of wheat flour and semolina, cinnamon and butter. Finely grated apples are in its foundation.
Bob lefesh
If you like Ukrainian borscht, but consider that it lacks beans and smoked meat, try bob-lefesh. This is a very rich and thick Hungarian soup, made from beans, smoked pork ribs, homemade sausage, vegetables, tomato paste and spices.
Rakott Krumpli
This dish will appeal to those who love a combination of tender potatoes and smoked meat. To cook rakott krumpli, first they boil the jacket potato, then stew it with sour cream, sausage, eggs and cheese.
Kremzlyky
Fried grated potato tortillas are an integral part of traditional Ukrainian cookery. Kremzliki is one of the variants of such flat cakes. Its distinctive feature is white mushroom stuffing.
Segedi goulash with knedlyky
The basic components of this goulash are sauerkraut and fatty pork. These ingredients are stewed in sour cream and with spices: garlic, sweet and spicy paprika, black pepper, cumin. Dumplings are pieces of Czech steamed white bread.
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