Food of Cyprus
Cypriot cuisine is an island blend of Greek, Turkish, Levantine and Mediterranean cooking: grilled meats, halloumi, olive oil, herbs, pulses and fresh seafood. Meze, a long succession of small shared plates, is the heart of dining, and sweets are syrup-soaked or preserved in spoon sweets.
- Main dishes (11)
- Breakfast (3)
- Street food (4)
- Soups (4)
- Salads (4)
- Breads (3)
- Desserts and sweets (6)
- Drinks (4)
- Fruits and produce (6)
Staples
- halloumi
- lamb
- pork
- olive oil
- chickpeas
- wheat
- vegetables
- citrus
Signature flavors
- mint
- oregano
- coriander
- cumin
- lemon
- cinnamon
- parsley
Main dishes
Large chunks of pork or chicken grilled slowly on a skewer.
Key ingredients: pork, chicken, lemon, oregano
Grilled minced meat sausages wrapped in caul fat.
Key ingredients: pork, onion, parsley
Slow-roasted lamb with potatoes.
Key ingredients: lamb, potatoes, lemon, oregano
Pork braised in coriander seeds.
Key ingredients: pork, coriander seed, potatoes
Stuffed vine leaves.
Key ingredients: vine leaves, rice, mince
Mallow leaf stew with chicken.
Key ingredients: molokhia, chicken, lemonFull guide →Baked lamb or beef with onions.
Key ingredients: lamb, onions, tomato
Beef and onion stew.
Key ingredients: beef, pearl onions, tomato
Taro stewed with pork or celery.
Key ingredients: taro, pork, celery
Spiced meatballs.
Key ingredients: beef, herbsFull guide →Baked pasta.
Key ingredients: pasta, meat, halloumiBreakfast
Grilled halloumi with watermelon.
Key ingredients: halloumi, watermelonFull guide →Eggs with smoked pork loin.
Key ingredients: eggs, lountza
Sesame bread rings.
Key ingredients: dough, sesameStreet food
Sausages wrapped in pita.
Key ingredients: pita, sheftalia
Skewer in pita.
Key ingredients: pork, pitaFull guide →Grilled cheese sandwich.
Key ingredients: halloumi, breadFull guide →Pastries filled with cheese or cream.
Key ingredients: phyllo, anariSoups
Lemon-egg soup.
Key ingredients: chicken, rice, lemonFull guide →
Fermented grain and yogurt soup.
Key ingredients: trahanas, broth
Bean soup.
Key ingredients: beans, tomatoChickpea soup.
Key ingredients: chickpeas, lemonSalads
Tomato, cucumber, onion, cabbage and olives.
Key ingredients: tomato, cucumber, cabbage, olives
Sesame dip with lemon.
Key ingredients: tahini, lemon, garlic
Yogurt cucumber dip.
Key ingredients: yogurt, cucumberFull guide →
Fish roe dip.
Key ingredients: fish roe, breadBreads
Fluffy flatbread.
Key ingredients: flour, yeast
Cheese-filled pastries.
Key ingredients: cheese, raisins, mintSesame bread.
Key ingredients: flour, sesameDesserts and sweets
Honey fried puffs.
Key ingredients: dough, honeyFull guide →
Syrup pastry.
Key ingredients: phyllo, nutsFull guide →
Fruit preserves.
Key ingredients: fruit, sugarFinger-shaped nut pastry.
Key ingredients: phyllo, almonds, syrup
Sesame honey bar.
Key ingredients: sesame, honey
Grape-must and almond candle sweet.
Key ingredients: almonds, grape mustDrinks
Strong coffee.
Key ingredients: coffee
Iced foam coffee.
Key ingredients: coffee, ice
Fresh lemonade.
Key ingredients: lemon, sugar
Fragrant syrup drink.
Key ingredients: rose, sugarFruits and produce
Oranges and lemons.
Key ingredients: juice
Carob syrup and sweets.
Key ingredients: syrup
Summer fruit.
Key ingredients: fresh
Olives and oil.
Key ingredients: oilFull guide →
Sweet figs.
Key ingredients: freshFull guide →
With halloumi.
Key ingredients: freshDish guides from Cyprus
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Descriptions written by Intercontinental Chef. Dishes are listed as commonly eaten today; many are shared across neighbouring countries.
- Souvla: George Groutas from Idalion, Cyprus, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Typical Greek Cypriot plate, sheftalia (in greek; σεφταλιά): G-Lignum, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Kleftiko: Lord Mountbatten, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Afélia: Cyprus Tourism CH, CC BY 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Speca te mbushura me mish: Violetamyftari, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Molokheya Egypt, 2012: Habib M'henni, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Grk2020: LIttleGreekFreshGrill, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Songe-Réunion: No machine-readable author provided. Thierry Caro assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Koofteh tabrizi: Fabienkhan, CC BY-SA 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Grilled Halloumi: Hmioannou, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Simit-2x: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Ελληνικό Σουβλάκι - panoramio: EntaXoyas, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Avgolemono soup: robin.norwood, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Two kinds of tarhana: Badseed, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Fasolada: Miansari66, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Tahina: Gilabrand, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Cacik-1: Rainer Zenz, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Taramosalata01: Robert Kindermann, CC BY-SA 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Pita Bread: Azure Dragon of the East, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Flaounes halved: Alpha, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Baklava(1): Sakaman, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Gliko toy koytalioy visino: Ανώνυμος Βικιπαιδιστής, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Pasteli varieties: Mushushu, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Sharots sweets: Avetisyan Ani, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Türk Kahvesi - Bakir Cezve: Eaeeae, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Cafe-frape-glas-holztisch-unscharf: philleb, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Lemonade - 27682817724: HarshLight, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Golab being make in Meymand - Fars 21: Hossein Khosravi, CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- OrangeBloss wb: Ellen Levy Finch (Elf), CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Ceratonia siliqua Keciboynuzu 1370984 Nevit: Nevit Dilmen (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Opuntia littoralis var vaseyi 4: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Olivesfromjordan: en:User:Nickfraser, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Ficus carica L, 1771: Trew, C.J, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Taiwan 2009 Tainan City Organic Farm Watermelon FRD 7962: Fred Hsu (Wikipedia:User:Fred Hsu on en.wikipedia), CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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