Glossary P
Phoron refers to Bengali flavoring agent or a mixture of spices which is used to season many Bengali dishes. It literally means "five spices" and is a spice blend commonly used in Eastern India and Bangladesh. It consists of the following 5 seeds: Cumin, Brown Mustard, Fenugreek, Nigella and Fennel.
All dals are flavored with Phoron then fried in ghee or oil.
Phoron is also known as Panch Phoron, Panch Phoran or Paanch Phoron.
- Posirti (Bacon) : Posirti bacon refers to one of the authentic meat products from Cyprus which is made of pork chest. Posirti matures in salted wine for 10 days and then smoked over burning wood for another 20 days at a rate of 2-3 times daily.
Posirti is normally cut into into cubes when served and served fried, grilled or cold sprinkled over with Cyprus dry oregano.
Parené Buchty refer to "steamed buns" - a Slovakian sweet bread which is stuffed of filled with jam, like strawberry jam, plum jam or any jam depending on what the baker desires. Parené Buchty is made from flour, eggs, butter, etc. Parené Buchty may be serve with melted butter and chocolate, or other type of sauce, dressing, etc. according to taste.
Parené Buchty is like the Filipino Butchi, and even their names sound similar, however Filipino Butchi is fried and not steamed. I will try cooking Parené Buchty on of these days.