Thracian Trahana

I offer you the traditional and delicious dish that my grandmother made me a regular for breakfast when I was a kid!

Ingredients:

1 l. water
2 kg peppers seeded and chopped
A package of yeast
Flour
Salt

To make the dough :

Boil the peppers and crush them. Mix the yeast with some lukewarm water, salt, a pinch of sugar and some flour. Stir in the peppers and gradually add flour. Knead the dough and leave to rise for 3 days. Make small dough pieces and let them dry in the sun. When they dry up, break them into smaller pieces and let them dry again. Reduce them to powder and sift the powder. Store in cotton bags. The trahana is usually prepared in the summer and is a wonderful meal in the cold winter days.

To make a trahana dish :
Mix a handful of trahana powder with 2 cups of water and leave to rest for night so that it can dissolve better. In the morning add some water to the mixture and bring it to the boil. Stir while boiling so that you get a homogeneous and slightly thickened mixture. Pour into bowls and serve with bread morsels, cheese and butter. You can eat it without bread. It is especially delicious when served with pieces of leek cut in half lengthwise.
See the recipe for Macedonian trahana!

Enjoy your meal!