Type | Salad |
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Place of origin | Bulgaria |
Serving temperature | Cold |
Main ingredients | Peppers,tomatoes,garlic,onions,vegetable oil |
Lyutika (Bulgarian:лютика,pronounced[liuˈtika]) is a traditionalvegetable mixture —salad or chunkyrelish, popular in the northern part ofBulgaria. It is consumed in the summer. Basic lyutika is made from roastedpeppers,tomatoes,garlic,onions, andvegetable oil usually crushed with apestle in a mortar.[1] Often choppedparsley is added. Lyutika is served cold. The name comes from the pungent taste (lyut, meaning hot, pungent).
There are varieties of lyutika that includeyogurt,sirene (white cheese), hardboiledeggs, or chunks of cookedchicken breasts.
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