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🇦🇲 Traditional dishes from Armenia

3 dishes people actually cook in Armenia: what they are, how long they take, and what you need to buy.

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Dolma

90 min · medium · 10 ingredients

Dolma, a traditional dish from Armenia

Savor the rich flavors of Armenian stuffed grape leaves.

  • 250 g grape leaves
  • 150 g rice
  • 250 g ground beef
  • 1 onion
  • 30 g parsley
  • 2 tbsp tomato paste
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 30 ml lemon juice

Harissa

30 min · medium · 7 ingredients

Harissa, a traditional dish from Armenia

Spice up your meal with this vibrant harissa paste!

  • 100 g dried red chilies
  • 4 garlic cloves
  • 2 tbsp cumin seeds
  • 2 tbsp coriander seeds
  • 60 ml olive oil
  • 30 ml lemon juice
  • 1 tsp salt

Khorovats

120 min · medium · 9 ingredients

Khorovats, a traditional dish from Armenia

Savor the smoky flavors of Armenian grilled meat.

  • 800 g pork shoulder
  • 2 onions
  • 2 bell peppers
  • 60 ml olive oil
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 1 tbsp paprika
  • 4 garlic
  • 1 lemon

What do people eat in Armenia?

The three dishes from Armenia documented in Copper are Dolma, Harissa and Khorovats. Olive oil and lemon juice each appear in more than one recipe. Not one needs an oven — they cook entirely on the hob. Between them they use 19 different ingredients.

What ingredients do you need for cooking from Armenia?

The three recipes need 19 ingredients between them, of which 3 are shared by more than one dish. Lemon juice is the hardest to find: of the 588 dishes in Copper's atlas, 14 use lemon juice. Every ingredient list on this page is complete, with quantities, and free to read.

How long do recipes from Armenia take?

Harissa is the quickest at 30 minutes. Khorovats is the longest at 120 minutes, most of it unattended. The median is 90 minutes — a weekend dish rather than a weeknight one.

Which dish from Armenia is easiest to make at home?

None of the dishes from Armenia here is rated easy, but every one has the full method written out step by step, free to read. Harissa is the shortest way in.

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