Glossary Z

Zbozhie is referring to the old-Russian name for bread made from the dough of wheat flour with the addition of other grains. This bread is similar to 7-grain bread

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Zebeda refers to a sour fresh butter in Morocco; a cooking fat used to flavor Morocco's dishes.

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Zeleva Chorba refers to a Bulgarian kind of cabbage soup with fat meat, rice and pepper and a rather sour taste which makes it unpopular with foreigners. Soups are very popular in Bulgaria. There is no lunch without soup and in summers, the most popular is a cold soup called Tarator which is soup prepared from yoghurt, water, cucumber, garlic, dill, nuts and a pinch of salt.

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Zelevi Sarmi refers to a Bulgarian dish which is made from a mixture of minced meat and rice rolled sauerkraut leaves Zelevi Sarmi is sometimes cooked without meat and is usually served as a main course.

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Zeljanica refers to Bosnian spinach pie often served as a main dish In Bosnian cuisine, pastries like pies and breads which are both sweet and savory are common, such as Burek, Pida, Sirnica, among others

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Zemelakh is a kind of shortbread in Russia

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Zengayu is the Japanese word for rice porridge

Zenzero in polvere is the Italian term for "ginger powder", dried ginger that has been finely grinded to create a powdered form that is used in place of fresh ginger

Description: Ginger powder


zenzero in polvere
Ginger root, with thanks to the beautiful 'Fruits de France' in Jindrisska in Prague

Pronounced: tsehn-TSEH-roh een POHL-veh-reh
Latin: Zingiber officinale
Language: Italian
Ethnicity: Italian
Most frequent country: Italy

See places: Italian food and cuisine

Other web reference:
Gernot-Katzer's-spice-pages.com

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Other definition:
Zenzero in polvere is the Italian term that refers to "ginger powder"

Zeppole is the Italian fried and sugared dough puffs. It is kind of fritter or doughnut which is fried and sugared

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Zerde refers to Turkish sweet rice pudding made with saffron, one of the most expensive and richest spices; a Turkish saffron and rice dessert particularly from Balikesir where it cooked and prepared best. Zerde is a special pudding without milk like other puddings. It is made by boiling the rice in water and enriched with high amount of saffron and some gillyflower and sweetened by a special red sugar. It is said that Zerde somehow refreshes the body because of the amount of saffron used to make it.

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