Albanian Traditional Food

Preparing traditional food in a Kosovarian village

KOSOVO | Thursday, 4 July 2013 | Views [489] | View Larger Image

PHOTO-I: This photo is taken in a picturesque Kosovarian village that I have recently visited, and it shows the traditional way of preparing traditional food. In past, this method has been widely used throughout the country for baking. Nowadays it is used just sometimes to make/bake our traditional food, called “flija” because if flija is baked in this way, it will be very delicious. This takes place outside, during sunny days, and in general, it is a hard work.

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PHOTO-II:
The fire heats the concave metal-plate (domestically called “saç”) that is specially made for baking traditional food called “flija” and other foods. After some minutes, the “saç” should be placed over the baking pan to bake the first layer of porridge. After the first layer of flija is baked, saç should again be placed on the fireplace to be reheated again in order to bake the second layer of flija. Flija has many layers, so every single layer of it is slowly baked. The porridge is prepared by mixing flour with water, salt and organic oils (preferably from sheep or buffaloes).

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Albanian Traditional Food

Preparing traditional food in a Kosovarian village

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