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Nasi Goreng with Tofu and Sambal
Nasi goreng is Indonesia's national fried rice, and the fasting version loses nothing. Day-old rice is stir-fried har...
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Today's Fast
June 15, 2026
Apostles Fast
Prophet Amos; St Jonah, Metr. of Moscow
Prophet Amos / St Jonah, Metr. of Moscow / Holy Prophet Amos (8th c. BC)
Troparion: St. Nicephorus the Confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople: Tone IV. The truth of things revealed thee to thy flock as a rule of faith,/ a model of meekness and a teacher of abstinence/ wherefore th...
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Καλαμάρια με Πατάτες — Kalamari me Patates (Squid and Potato Stew in Tomato)
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Gado-Gado — Indonesian Vegetable Salad with Peanut Sauce
Gado-gado means "mix-mix," and that is exactly what it is: a generous platter of blanched and raw vegetables, fried t...
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Tempe Sambal Goreng — Indonesian Fried Tempeh in Chili Tomato Sauce
Sambal goreng tempe is the kind of dish that makes you understand why tempeh exists. Cubes of nutty, fermented soybea...
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Undhiyu — Gujarati Winter Vegetable and Bean Casserole
Undhiyu is Gujarat's great winter feast in a single pot — surti papdi (broad flat beans), purple yam, baby potatoes, ...
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Pesarattu — Andhra Green Gram Crepes with Ginger and Chili
Pesarattu is a dosa made not from rice and urad but from whole green mung beans, which means it arrives at the table ...
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Avial — Kerala Mixed Vegetables in Coconut and Curry Leaf
Avial is the centerpiece of the Kerala sadya, the great banana-leaf feast, and it earns that place. A medley of firm ...
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Açorda Alentejana de Grão — Portuguese Garlic Bread Soup with Chickpeas
Açorda is the Alentejo's answer to having almost nothing in the house and eating like a king anyway — stale bread, a ...
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Farinata Genovese — Ligurian Chickpea Pancake with Rosemary
Farinata is the genius of Liguria reduced to four ingredients: chickpea flour, water, olive oil, and salt, baked scre...
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Escalivada con Alubias Blancas — Catalan Charred Vegetables with White Beans
Escalivada is the Catalan art of charring vegetables whole until their skins blacken and their flesh turns sweet and ...
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Lentejas a la Española — Spanish Lentil Stew with Smoked Paprika
Lentejas is the everyday stew of Spanish home kitchens — a deep, brick-red pot of brown lentils built on a sofrito of...
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Japchae con Tofu — Korean Glass Noodles with Tofu and Vegetables
Japchae is the glossy, sweet-savory glass-noodle dish that crowns every Korean celebration — springy sweet potato sta...
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Frijoles Negros a la Cubana — Cuban Black Beans and Rice
Cuban black beans are slow-simmered until the broth turns thick and almost velvety, perfumed with a sofrito of green ...
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Feijoada Vegana — Brazilian Black Bean and Smoked Tofu Stew
Feijoada is Brazil's national dish, a deep, smoky black bean stew that simmers all afternoon and feeds a table for da...
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Dan Dan Mian — Sichuan Tofu and Sesame Noodles
Dan dan noodles are Sichuan street food at its most addictive — chewy wheat noodles pooled in a slick of chili oil, b...
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Chestnut and Dried Fruit Plov — Azerbaijani Lenten Rice Pilaf
Azerbaijani plov is built in layers — fragrant saffron rice steamed to separate grains, served alongside a sweet-savo...
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Topik — Armenian Chickpea and Potato Lenten Dumpling
Topik is a Lenten showpiece from the Armenian table of Constantinople — a smooth shell of mashed chickpea and potato ...
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Cà Ri Chay — Vietnamese Yellow Coconut Curry with Seitan and Sweet Potato
Cà ri chay is Vietnam's fragrant yellow curry — lighter and brighter than its Thai cousins, built on lemongrass, curr...
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Laksa Lemak — Malaysian Coconut Noodle Soup with Tofu Puffs
Laksa lemak is the kind of bowl you build your evening around — a thick, spice-paste coconut broth singing with lemon...
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Chana Saag — Chickpea and Spinach Masala
This is what happens when you put chickpeas and a mountain of spinach into the same pot and let them get to know each...
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Rajma — Punjabi Red Kidney Bean Curry
Rajma is the curry that North Indian children grow up on — kidney beans simmered until they are creamy, in an onion-t...
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Sambar — South Indian Toor Dal and Tamarind Stew
Sambar is the everyday backbone of South Indian cooking — a tamarind-soured lentil stew thick with toor dal and studd...
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Pasta e Ceci — Roman Pasta and Chickpea Stew with Rosemary
Pasta e ceci is Rome's other great pasta-and-bean soup, less famous abroad than pasta e fagioli but every bit as belo...
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Garbanzos con Espinacas — Spanish Chickpeas and Spinach with Smoked Paprika
This Andalusian classic — garbanzos con espinacas — is what Seville eats during Lent, and it is proof that fasting fo...
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Mapo Tofu, Fasting-Style (Mushroom Mala Tofu)
Mapo tofu is Sichuan cooking at full volume: numbing, spicy, savory, and slick with chili oil, with cubes of soft tof...
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Agedashi Tofu in Ginger Dashi
Agedashi tofu is a small miracle of texture: blocks of tofu dusted in potato starch and fried until the outside is sh...
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