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🇷🇴 Traditional dishes from Romania

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

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Mici

60 min · medium · 10 ingredients

Mici, a traditional dish from Romania

Savor the smoky flavors of Romanian mici!

  • 500 g ground beef
  • 300 g ground pork
  • 5 garlic
  • 100 ml water
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tbsp salt
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 1 tsp thyme
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • 1 tbsp mustard

Mămăligă

30 min · easy · 5 ingredients

Mămăligă, a traditional dish from Romania

Creamy cornmeal polenta, a comforting Romanian classic!

  • 250 g cornmeal
  • 1000 ml water
  • 1 tbsp salt
  • 50 g butter
  • 100 g cheese

Sarmale

180 min · medium · 10 ingredients

Sarmale, a traditional dish from Romania

Delicious stuffed cabbage rolls, a Romanian classic!

  • 1 cabbage
  • 500 g ground pork
  • 100 g rice
  • 1 onion
  • 2 tbsp tomato paste
  • 100 g smoked bacon
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp pepper
  • 1 tbsp dill
  • 500 ml water

What do people eat in Romania?

The three dishes from Romania documented in Copper are Mici, Mămăligă and Sarmale. Two of the three are boiled. Not one needs an oven — they cook entirely on the hob. Between them they use 20 different ingredients.

What ingredients do you need for cooking from Romania?

The three recipes need 20 ingredients between them, of which 1 is shared by more than one dish. Ground pork is the hardest to find: of the 588 dishes in Copper's atlas, 10 use ground pork. Every ingredient list on this page is complete, with quantities, and free to read.

How long do recipes from Romania take?

Mămăligă is the quickest at 30 minutes. Sarmale is the longest at 180 minutes, most of it unattended. The median is 60 minutes — a weekend dish rather than a weeknight one.

Which dish from Romania is easiest to make at home?

Mămăligă is rated easy — start there. The full method is on its recipe page, step by step, free to read.

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