27/04/2016
Boza
Boza has only four ingredients: corn and wheat flour, sugar and water. 300grmiell corn mixes with wheat flour 300g. We 2l boiling water mixes slowly throwing flour in water. Let boil 5 hours, stirring. Let cool and then pour a little yeast and let alone, and 5 hours. 2,5l then adds and cold water, mix well and fine sieve drains. E should stay and 12 hours, then the liquid that remains after 12 hours in every 100gr sugar added juice 1l. In Albania, boza is produced mainly in the northern area of the country, particularly in the area of Kukes. Boza has four main ingredients: corn and wheat flour, sugar and water. Albanian Boza Boza produced differs from other countries because its main ingredient is corn, while in Turkey, Bulgaria, and Macedonia may be wheat, barley, millet and chickpeas.
After production, boza should be stored at a temperature of 2-3 degrees Celsius, at which temperature Boza can be stored for about a month. Boza should not be left to rise after freezing brings water from the separation of dry matter.
- VALUE -
Boza has some health benefits such as the normalization of blood pressure, increased milk production in women who have recently given birth and breastfeeding, and helps in digestion of food in the stomach. Boza is a valuable food for people dealing with physical activity as it contains vitamins A, C, E, and four types B. With the entry of Bulgaria into the European Union, boza became known and spread and the EU starting from myths Bulgarian that boza increases the breasts of women, a fact that is not proven by considering the experience Pacara's, who adds that boza known to increase breast milk in women who are breastfeeding but there is no effect other women.
- Name and pe*******on of drinking -
Boza is an ancient beverage that has its origins in ancient Mesopotamia, where noted that 8000-9000 years ago. Turks brought this drink in the Balkans after the 13th century with the conquest of Anatolia. Boza name comes from the Persian word meaning near miel. Boza that produced at that time was sour and had a small percentage of alcohol, around 1%. In the 17th century Sultan Mehmed IV banned the use of alcoholic beverages in the Ottoman Empire including boza. In the 19th century, Albanian boza, that was smooth and soft, became too demanding, becoming the dominant type of boza and the Ottoman Empire.
Boza sold throughout the country during communism but lost popularity after the fall of communism and the dissolution of the confectionary factories becoming almost unknown in the south. Before the introduction of the drink market Pacara Tirana, Boze had very little production in Tirana. Pacara Boza now sold almost all food Tirana.
Also in the Albanian lands under Yugoslav administration, Boza has been a favorite drink to the massive release of kokakolës confectionery market. During the '70s, start boza remove other refreshment beverage market and in the late 80s, are you saying that only offered in confectionery tradition.