page_title: Bulgarian cuisine
section_title: Main dishes
hierarchical_section_title: Bulgarian cuisine / Traditional Bulgarian foods / Main dishes
caption_attribution_description: English: Bulgarian big meatball, named "Tatarsko kufte". Български: Татарско кюфте
context_page_description: Bulgarian cuisine is a representative of the Mediterranean cuisine of Southeast Europe. It shares characteristics with other Balkan cuisines. Bulgarian cooking traditions are diverse because of geographical factors such as climatic conditions suitable for a variety of vegetables, herbs and fruit. Aside from the vast variety of local Bulgarian dishes.
  Bulgarian food often incorporates salads as appetizers and is also noted for the prominence of dairy products, wines and other alcoholic drinks such as rakia. The cuisine also features a variety of soups, such as the cold soup tarator, and pastries, such as the filo dough based banitsa, pita and the various types of börek.
  Main courses are very typically water-based stews, either vegetarian or with lamb, goat meat, veal, chicken or pork. Deep-frying is not common, but grilling - especially different kinds of sausages - is very prominent. Pork is common, often mixed with veal or lamb, although fish and chicken are also widely used. While most cattle are bred for milk production rather than meat, veal is popular for grilling meat appetizers and in some main courses.
context_section_description: Gyuvech
  Yahniya
  Plakiya
  Sarma
  Drob Sarma
  Wine, Tepsi or Tas kebab
  Kavarma
  Kapama
  Mish Mash (Popular summer dish made with tomatoes, peppers, onion, white brine cheese, eggs and fresh spices)
  Pilaf (Rice with chopped meat, vegetables or mussels)
  Moussaka
  Chomlek
  Mlin
  Stuffed courgettes
  Pulneni chushki—Bulgarian stuffed bell peppers
  Peppers börek
  Roasted beans
  Beans with sausage
  Pork with rice
  Roasted Chicken with Potatoes
  Pork with Cabbage
  Chicken with Cabbage
  Roasted Potatoes
  Drusan kebab
  Rice with chicken
  Tatarian Meatball
  Meatball(s) with White Sauce Stew
  Kjufteta po Chirpanski (Meatballs with potatoes; a recipe from Chirpan)
  Meatloaf 'Rulo "Stephanie"'
  Potato balls with Sauce
  Panagyurishte-Style Eggs
  Fried Courgettes with Yogurt Sauce
  Chicken in katmi (Popular in a "Thracian" variety)
  Fish Zelnik (With Sauerkraut and Rice)
  Fish in pastry (Usually in celebration of St. Nicholas)
  Stuffed Carp or Nikuldenski Carp (Prepared for the Feast of St. Nicholas)
caption: Traditional Bulgarian grill (Skara)- Tatarsko kufte
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