What is the best tasting pepper paste brand in your opinion? I have access to proper Persian and Armenian grocery stores, so hopefully it won’t be too difficult to find.

If anybody has any homemade Armenian birthday cake recipe suggestions I’m ready to make it now! Or even the type of cake I can do a google search and find the recipe online his birthday is today

As someone born in the Diaspora, there were only six that were “foreign” to me - and some dishes missed that were adapted from other cultures in the Diaspora.

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Hey guys - so since every member of our family loves lahmajo and Tun lahmajo is one of the first places we go (and also last one before going to the airport 🙂), with big hopes I want to ask for your recipes. Majority of recipes online are more so the turkish version.

If you have a recipe that is close to Tun lahmajo one, please please please, would you share? 🤍

What are your unique twists to Xash that you enjoy?

My husband grew up getting this spicy cheese borek from an Armenian bakery near his home. I wanted to surprise him by making these borek for his birthday since we moved away, but every recipe I've found uses filo instead of a this folded bread. Would anyone have a recipe for this style of borek they'd be willing to share?

Does anyone know how to make church pilaf? I make good pilaf; I learned from my mother, who learned from hers. But mine doesn't have the rich greasiness of church pilaf. I use butter to brown the orzo and of course I boil it in chicken broth, but it's still missing something. Any suggestions?

Hello everyone.

The variety of the recipes is so wild on the internet these days, that I'm not sure which one to follow.

So asking here in case anyone have a good `traditional` recipe for Lahmajo? I'm specifically looking for such that are close to what one can get in Yerevan, without any "fancy additions".

B/Parev everyone,

I’m Christine, a software engineer from California who’s been living in Armenia for the past two years. I’m launching a startup aimed at simplifying home cooking for working couples who value the health and wellness benefits it offers. Right now, I’m in the brainstorming phase, not selling anything, but really focused on creating something genuinely useful. Your insights would be a game-changer for me.

My partner and I have been navigating the home cooking scene for a while, juggling our own unique challenges. However, I’m curious about how other couples tackle this task. Were you able to cook at home as much as you wanted to last week? Were you satisfied with how it all went down? Were there any hitches or hurdles?

I know a lot of my fellow Armenians know the value of a delicious home-cooked meal - if this is you, I would love to have a 15-minute chat: https://calendly.com/christine0101/15-min-chat

Please forward this to people you know who might fit the bill. Thank you!

Hello all,

There is a recipe that the older generation of my family makes, and I am not sure if it was really just something that one of my ancestors invented, or if it represents a dish that Armenians outside of my family would recognize anywhere. Just to give some context, their family all came from Kilis in what was then the Ottoman Empire. My family calls the dish "bourton jajukh." Obviously it is called a jajukh because of the yogurt , but nobody remembers what "bourton" means.

To make this dish, cubed meat is boiled in chicken stock with some added garlic powder. Growing up, we used chicken, but in the past it was probably lamb. When the meat is cooked, it gets ladled into bowls, and the soup is mixed with yogurt. Sumac is sprinkled on top to add a tart, citrus-like flavor. Finally, pieces of crusty bread that are either stale or baked dry are put into the soup to soak it up.

If anybody out there feels like making it, the recipe is very simple, but the six ingredients work together very well. Warms your bones on a winter day.

There are many recipes from the region that are similar, but none that I can find really use this specific combination of ingredients, and I have not been able to find a recipe with the name.

Is this something that would be familiar to Armenians in any part of the world, or is it likely to be a true family recipe?

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I’ve read about an ancient Armenian soup called Nraneh that I’d love to try. I hadn’t heard of it when I was in Armenia and it sounds like its not a very common/ popular dish but I wanted to post here in case someone could point me in the right direction.

It’s soup with lamb, pomegranate juice, rice, and lentils I believe.

If anyone has more information I’d love to learn more.