μάτι – máti |
eye; also, a small jewellery charm, usually blue with a black dot, worn to protect the wearer against the evil eye |
μάτια – mátia (plural) |
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ματιάζω – matiázo (verb) |
to give someone the evil eye |
φτού φτού φτού – ftoú ftoú ftoú |
spitting to protect someone against the evil eye (often done after complimenting them) |
Koula’s specialities
avgolémono |
chicken soup with frothy egg white and lemon |
baklavá |
Greek dessert made with walnuts and filo pastry, drenched in sugar syrup |
fasoláda |
white bean and vegetable soup, suitable for fasting days |
katoumári |
fried pastry sprinkled with ground cloves and sugar, served hot |
kouloúria |
shiny Easter biscuits made in circle or plait shapes |
kourambié |
moon-shaped almond shortbread in icing sugar |
loukoumádes |
fried sticky hot doughnuts |
melomakárona |
crunchy honey biscuits, sprinkled with walnuts |
manéstra |
baked orzo in a tomato sauce (either with chicken or a leg of lamb on the side) |
piláfi |
white rice cooked in chicken stock and burnt butter |
spanokópita (píta) |
spinach and feta pie made with filo pastry |
tirópites |
cheese triangles made with filo pastry |