Category COOKING

5-Minute Garlic Butter Noodles

A comforting bowl of homemade garlic butter noodles topped with fresh herbs

5-Minute Garlic Butter Noodles need only thin noodles, butter, and garlic. The sauce is made in the skillet while the noodles boil, so nothing needs blending or simmering. The 5 minutes refers to the cooking time once your water is…

Easy Butter Chicken Recipe

A white bowl filled with creamy butter chicken garnished with fresh coriander, served next to warm naan bread on a wooden table.

This is the butter chicken to start with if you’ve never made it: one pan, everyday spices, and about 45 minutes on the stove once the chicken has marinated. The chicken stays juicy, while the tomato sauce turns creamy, buttery,…

Leivasupp Recipe

A comforting bowl of cold Leivasupp topped with a dollop of fresh whipped cream

What Is Leivasupp? Leivasupp means “bread soup” in Estonian. In Estonian cooking it is a dessert, not a starter or a main course. Estonian recipe sources describe it as a classic Estonian dessert. The dish makes sense in a country…

Albanian Petulla Recipe

Freshly fried golden Albanian petulla served on a ceramic plate with feta cheese, honey, and jam on the side.

Jump to Recipe↓ Petulla are Albania’s version of fried dough, a thick batter dropped into hot oil until it puffs up golden and crisp outside, soft and slightly chewy inside. This Albanian petulla recipe covers a yeasted batter, the consistency…

Tatar Peremech: Taste, Origins & Recipe

Golden brown peremech meat pies on a white ceramic plate, with one split open to reveal steam and juicy ground meat inside.

Jump to Recipe ↓ Tatar peremech is a small fried meat pie from Russia’s Volga Tatar and Bashkir kitchens. What sets it apart from every other stuffed pastry is a small open “window” at the top, left there on purpose,…

Hurmasice Recipe

A ceramic plate filled with homemade Hurmasice cookies, glossy from absorbing the lemon syrup.

Hurmasice (hurmašice) are small oval cookies from Bosnia and the wider Balkans. They are baked until golden, then soaked in a sugar syrup called agda. The ridged pattern on top comes from pressing the dough against a box grater. This…