Food of Armenia
Armenian cooking is built on grilled meats, wheat, fresh herbs, dairy, dried fruit and the legendary apricot. Lavash bread is baked in underground clay ovens called tonirs, and tables are filled with cheeses, greens, pickles and stuffed vegetables. Meals are warm and generous, with dishes made for sharing among family and friends.
Khorovats
Marinated pork, lamb or beef grilled over open coals and served with lavash and herbs.
- Main dishes (9)
- Breakfast (2)
- Street food (2)
- Soups (2)
- Salads (2)
- Breads (2)
- Desserts and sweets (4)
- Drinks (4)
- Fruits and produce (5)
Staples
- lamb
- wheat
- bulgur
- lavash
- cheese
- apricots
- walnuts
- yogurt
Signature flavors
- tarragon
- mint
- dill
- cilantro
- coriander
- cumin
- sumac
- fenugreek
Main dishes
Marinated pork, lamb or beef grilled over open coals and served with lavash and herbs.
Key ingredients: meat, onion, salt, pepper, lavash
Grape leaves or vegetables stuffed with rice, herbs and meat, simmered and served with yogurt.
Key ingredients: grape leaves, rice, ground meat, herbs, tomatoFull guide →A porridge of wheat and chicken slow-cooked until creamy, a very old dish.
Key ingredients: wheat, chicken, butter
Small baked dumplings of spiced lamb served with yogurt and tomato broth.
Key ingredients: dough, ground lamb, yogurt, brothFull guide →
A pumpkin stuffed with rice, dried fruit and nuts and baked until soft.
Key ingredients: pumpkin, rice, dried apricots, raisins, walnuts, honey
Stuffed cabbage or vine leaves with minced meat and rice.
Key ingredients: cabbage or grape leaves, lamb, rice, herbs
Large pounded meatballs poached in broth and filled with butter and herbs.
Key ingredients: beef, bulgur, butter, onion
Spiced air-dried beef coated in fenugreek paste, sliced thin.
Key ingredients: beef, fenugreek, garlic, paprikaA slow-cooked beef broth served with garlic, lavash and radishes.
Key ingredients: beef trotters, garlic, salt, lavashBreakfast
Thin flatbread wrapped around fresh cheese and herbs.
Key ingredients: lavash, cheese, cilantro, basilFull guide →Fried eggs with slices of spiced cured beef.
Key ingredients: eggs, basturmaStreet food
Thin round bread with spiced minced meat, rolled up with herbs.
Key ingredients: dough, ground meat, tomato, parsley
Flatbread stuffed with up to 20 herbs and greens, from Artsakh.
Key ingredients: dough, herbs, greens, scallionsSoups
A warm yogurt soup with wheat, herbs and egg.
Key ingredients: yogurt, wheat, egg, mint
A thick red or green lentil soup with onions.
Key ingredients: lentils, onion, carrotSalads
Tomatoes, cucumbers, herbs and olive oil.
Key ingredients: tomato, cucumber, herbs, olive oil
Roasted eggplant dressed with herbs and garlic.
Key ingredients: eggplant, tomato, garlic, cilantroBreads
Paper-thin flatbread baked in a clay tonir, recognized for its traditional baking.
Key ingredients: flour, water, saltFull guide →
A fluffy, ridged yeast bread.
Key ingredients: flour, yeast, waterDesserts and sweets
A sweet, flaky bread filled with sweet butter crumb.
Key ingredients: flour, butter, sugar, yogurt
Dried peaches stuffed with walnuts and cinnamon.
Key ingredients: dried peaches, walnuts, cinnamonWalnut strings dipped in thickened grape juice.
Key ingredients: walnuts, grape juice, flour
Layered pastry with a sweet flour filling.
Key ingredients: flour, butter, sugarDrinks
A cold yogurt and mint drink, salty and refreshing.
Key ingredients: yogurt, water, mint, salt
Coffee brewed in a small pot.
Key ingredients: coffee, sugar
Herbal tea from wild mountain herbs.
Key ingredients: mountain herbs
Cooked fruit drink from apricots or cherries.
Key ingredients: apricots, sugar, waterFruits and produce
Armenia's signature fruit, golden and sweet.
Key ingredients: fresh, dried, jamFull guide →
Symbol of abundance, eaten fresh and juiced.
Key ingredients: juice, salad
Sweet table grapes and raisins.
Key ingredients: fresh, dried
Juicy summer peaches.
Key ingredients: fresh, dried
Sweet berries eaten dried and fresh.
Key ingredients: fresh, driedDish guides from Armenia
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Descriptions written by Intercontinental Chef. Dishes are listed as commonly eaten today; many are shared across neighbouring countries.
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- Speca te mbushura me mish: Violetamyftari, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Kayseride bir restoranda Kayseri mantısı (cropped): Kızılkum, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Ghapama in Sherep Restaurant, Yerevan: Vsatinet, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Koofteh tabrizi: Fabienkhan, CC BY-SA 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Basturma or Pastroma from Armenia 2: RosarioVanTulpe, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Pan armenio en el mercado de Yerevan: Wiquijote, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Lahmacun: No machine-readable author provided. Rainer Zenz assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Jengyal roll — Ժենգյալով հաց: GeoO, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Armenian Spas Soup: Hakskdnsnsnnd, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- EgFoodLentilSoup: Roland Unger, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- A large mixed salad: Gatorfan252525, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Baba ganoush closeup: avlxyz, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Matnakash: Narek75, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Alans: Uploaded by Julieta39, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Fruit nazook: Grasshalm, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Türk Kahvesi - Bakir Cezve: Eaeeae, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Sideritis montana Sturm23: Johann Georg Sturm (Painter: Jacob Sturm), Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Compote: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Apricot jam: Rita, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Pomegranate Juice (2019): Augustus Binu : flickr, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Grapes, Rostov-on-Don, Russia: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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- Mulberries on tree 1: malenki, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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