Ghiveci calugaresc (for 5 people) – Monk’s hotchpotch
"Ghiveci calugaresc" (in English, Monk's hotchpotch) is a special traditional dish from Oltenia, and now you have the possibility to cook it too by using this recipe.
Ingredients
- 250 g of carrots
- 125 g onion
- 250 g of potatoes
- 200 g of celery
- 200 g of cauliflower
- 200 g of green peppers
- 200 g of peas
- 200 g of green beans
- 200 g of marrows
- 250 g of tomatoes
- 250 g of cabbage
- 200 g of egg fruit
- 200 ml of oil
- 1 tablespoon of tomatoes sauce
- 1 glass of dry wine
- 5 garlic cloves
- salt & pepper – according to your taste
- 1 bunch of chopped parsley and 1 of dill
How to cook it
- Wash and clean all the vegetables. Chop big slices of carrots, celery, cauliflower, cabbage, egg plant, pepper, potatoes and marrows.
- Clean the onion, chop it into small pieces then fry it in some oil, pouring a bit of water from time to time
- Do the same procedure (called in Romanian “inabusire”) with the potatoes, carrots, celery and cauliflower but separately, in the rest of oil. Then mix everything up with the stewed (“calita”) onion
- The cabbage, marrows, half of the tomatoes (chopped in quarters) quantity, the peppers, egg plants and the garlic chopped in small pieces are to be put to boil in a pot. When they are half boiled add the stewed vegetables (potatoes, carrots, cauliflower, celery and onion) and leave everything to boil together
- When all the vegetables are almost done add the tomato juice (previously dissolved in water) and transfer everything on a tray
- Boil the peas and the green beans
- Add the peas, green beans and the tomatoes cut in quarters and then pour the wine, sprinkle salt and some pepper
- Bake the whole mixture in the oven for 30 min.
- You can serve the “ghiveci” hot or cold.
- Enjoy your new dish!
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Reply #1 on : Sat September 06, 2008, 22:59:10