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I need a Romani cookbook in my life ASAP!

We need authentic Romani restaurants by Roma chefs 👍

"Spoiler alert, it's delicious" Best spoiler I've ever heard

This is one of my most requested videos so I hope y’all enjoyed this brief overview of Romani food, named the “soul food” of Europe, and this isn’t even including the desserts, that’s a whole nother video in itself.

I am turkish and there is nothing better than sarma and Dolma. It isa staple of our cuisine too! My neighbors were romani amd oh my god we used to exchange food 3 times a week! It was delicious! My mother and the kind lady (they didn't had kids) exchanged recipies all the time. It was such a nice experience. I never understood the stigmata your people had. Still don't

Makes sense that Romani have their own version of foods that are similar to Turkish/Balkan foods and vice versa - I remember my mom and I driving through a part of the city in Turkey where a lot of Romani lived and where my mom grew up was closely, so she said that if she ever had people follow her or if she was ever in danger when she was young, she'd go there because she knew they'd have her back and wouldn't leave her. ❤❤❤

Food culture is so interesting. I actually never thought about Romani food so I guess I didn't have any perceptions, but sounds interesting. I am however deathly allergic to garlic, so I might just admire it from afar.

I’d love to hear about Romani sweets/desserts next!

Thank you for giving us a new much needed perspective on Romani culture❤️

Bro the way my mouth started salivating

⭐⭐⭐ in South India, gravy is called as "Saaru", very similar to "sarma"

Any restaurant suggestions? I would love to try an authentic Romani cuisine.

So happy to see similarities with Indian food. I like stuffed vegetables. In India we call bharva. My favourite is stuffed brinjal. I am so excited to try Romani food sarma paprika. Lots of ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ Thanks for sharing Florian.

My mother’s people are Romanian gypsys. Her last name was Stanley, we are Ludar (d). My people were carnival workers and animal trainers in the Chicagoland area. The culture is mostly gone now, the religion and customs are lost. I remember setting the tables for feasts on the floor, the women would set the tables always clockwise. Before the meal they would burn incense to bless it and the men would sit around first and break the bread before we ate. We would always have roast pig or lamb, dandelion salad, buttered noodles with sour cream. We had the cabbage rolls with meat, rice, in a tomato sauce called Sodama too. It’s hard to write correct spellings of words because unfortunately most of my family had limited education. Cabbage rolls are common throughout Eastern Europe. There was honey put on all four corners of the table along with something bitter. The first weekend in October was the Pomana, which celebrated everyone who passed that year. We had regular funerals but at the feast you had tables honoring the dead and you would place things that the person enjoyed or was known for on the table. When it was over you took something to remember them by. When people died, you cover mirrors and the men didn’t shave or worry about your appearance. Almost like the Orthodox Jews. We celebrated both Easter’s and Christmas’s, we called them Big Easter and little Easter. I never knew much about my culture because my mother always lied about it, and said if anyone asked tell them we are Greek. She grew up with a lot of prejudice and back in the 40’s they wouldn’t rent to you or let you in public use facilities like pools if they found out you are gypsy. I write this hoping to find other ethnic brethren that could tell me more about our clan. I’m extremely proud to be of Ludar ancestry. ❤️

OOOMMMGGGG!!!! I had absolutely no idea there are Roma who are Muslim!!! Never heard of this. Please make a full video just on this.

I love learning about your culture

Romani food seems very reminiscent of Greek cuisine to me

love to see how different cultures and cuisines are connected, especially when they intersect with things that are close to home (goulash is the ultimate dish!!) to add to this, romani cuisine does look delicious :)

As someone who is from Balkans, I'm not romani btw, SARMA is so good, Gulaš also, stuffed paprikas are my favourite meal in the winter, I make them atleas once in 10 days.. I'm not an expert in history but I can tell you that blend of culture is such a beautiful thing. I'm just sad that there is so many injustice... I went to school with couple of Romani kids, one girl is such an amazing singer that we would once a day gather around her so that she could sing for us (Erdelezi was a must) P.S. some say that those are Greek meals or Turkis or Albanian meals, some that it's Romani, I don't know but I do like me some meat 😊

Google laal mas. It's from Rajasthan in India and very similar to what you described.