Hungary's Top 10 National Dishes and Where to Find Them — theculturetrip.com

Főzelék is such a unique Hungarian dish that does not even have a proper English translation. Though it looks like a soup for first sight, a more accurate description might be thick vegetable stew. Főzelék is one of the few healthy choices on the list of national dishes and, being a practical and easy to make food, it is a typical home-cooked dish and the most frequent lunch options in schools. Nonetheless, being a perfect one-course dish that can be topped with boiled or fried egg, sausages and frankfurter, there are special főzelék bars spread around cities, making it an ideal choice for a quick, healthy and very Hungarian dining experience. Variations are many: starting from potato, peas, beans, lentils and carrot főzelék, all made by simmering and thickened by flour mixed with sour cream.

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