Skordalia
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This dip can be served with bread and then served as a meze or appetizer. It’s done from a lot of garlic and mashed potatoes. Click the next ARROW to see the next photo!
Gigantes
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Just like the name suggests, gigantes are big white beans that is cooked in a very Mediterranean sauce of herbs and tomatoes. Click the next ARROW to see the next photo!
Tomatokeftedes
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These are normally meatballs, but you don’t have to get afraid over the name because the truth is these fried balls can also be done from a lot of other ingredients apart from meat. While you will also see zucchini keftedes or eggplant keftedes, the types which is most common vegan is tomatokeftedes – tomato fritters. Click the next ARROW to see the next photo!
Gemista
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This can easily be bell peppers or roasted tomatoes (or even both) it has a combination of herbs and rice. It is normally served with French fries that are thick, which on their own are a delicacy that you must not miss in Greece. This dish sometimes has minced meat in it, so always be sure to ask. Click the next ARROW to see the next photo!
Melitzanosalata
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Here is another dip for you. This dish is done from eggplant and is just like the Middle Eastern dish that is known as baba ghanoush, you can order a little of these dips or other meze and put them together to make a full meal. This is actually common practice in Greece, most especially when drinking is involved. Click the next ARROW to see the next photo!
Briám
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This is an oven-baked dish of mixed vegetables and it is just like the ratatouille which is found in the southern part of France. The vegetables that are use for this dish are different, but they normally include zucchini and potatoes, and you’ll also see eggplant and tomatoes on it too. Click the next ARROW to see the next photo!
Imam bayildi
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This dish name is Turkish and it actually means “the imam fainted”, and as the story goes, the imam in question swooned with lots of pleasure because he was overcome by the flavor coming from this dish when his wife made it for him. You’ll actually understand better immediately you take the very first bite of this melt-in-your-mouth, it is an eggplant that is stuffed with tomatoes, onion and garlic and it is roasted in a good amount of olive oil. Click the next ARROW to see the next photo!
Dolmadhes
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It is very popular in Middle Eastern and some other cuisines, it is a stuffed vine leaves, that is also known as dolmadakia, it is filled with the mixture of herb and rice that is just like the one used in gemista, you can sprinkle it with lemon juice and served cold. Click the next ARROW to see the next photo!
Fava
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It is a specialty of Santorini; you can easily see this appetizer on some other Greek isles. The fact remains that this creamy dip is not done from fava beans! But it’s actually made from puréed yellow split peas, which is a crop that normally grows very well in the fertile, volcanic soil of Santorini. Click the next ARROW to see the next photo!
Spanakopita
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Savoury pies are normally sold on every street corner in Greece and they are the quintessential Greek fast food. Most type has some kind of cheese, but you don’t have to worry because vegans won’t have to feel left out. Spanakopita, when in its nistisimo type, is only filled with spinach.