Mailessian Recipes

The Mailessian cuisine

Written by ninne124

The children always knew when they should return from playing in the river. Whenever the smell of freshly cooked Pekra and chicken hung in the air, the sound of playing would cease. The kids would be standing in a neat row, which would start at the cauldron and twist and turn through the streets.

— Elder Keltiwa

Every country and every culture have their own way of acting, speaking and cooking. The Mailessians take great pride in their dishes and they themselves think, that their cuisine is what makes them stand out in Wodila'hei.
This is a collection of frequently cooked dishes in Mailessi. Such a book is often found in many households, though in many different versions. This is because they're usually handwritten copies of earlier made recipe books from the same family. The specific book is from 721 AK and it was written near the Teina River.

by Ninne124

Family heirloom

The recipe book is an important heirloom in Mailessi, and multiple family conflicts have begun due to disputes over the inheritance of the books.
Many families choose to copy the book into new ones for each child in the family and then keep their own. The problems start when one of the children are given the original one because that declares them as the favourite child.

Conflicts also arise when children have let others, who are not part of the family, in on the recipes. Some parents have disowned their own offspring due to this.
It doesn't happen often that parents go as far as to disown their own children, but if a rival suddenly has your family recipes and your child is responsible? Yeah, then it's not looking good for the kid.

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Mailessian Recipes

Classic Pekra Stew by Ninne124 The Pekra stew is often cooked in low income areas, though fancier versions of the dish can be found on the dinner plates of the richer Mailessians as well. This is a dish that is often cooked for the entire village by the village elders. Servings: 4 Ingredient: 1 whole pekra 2 cups of coconut milk 1/2 chicken Herbs (any you choose) 1/2 onion 1 handfull of pecan nuts Spinach leaves 4 cups of rice Bread with chia seeds Step by step: Marinate the chicken in pekra, milk and herbs. Put a little coconut milk in the cauldron, let the onions, spinach, nuts and herbs simmer for a bit. Pour the chicken and the marinade into the cauldron, let the chicken boil until it's only half raw. Check by slicing. Pour in the rice, if needed, add more coconut milk. Let it slow cook on low heat. Take some pekra and slice it into small bits, pour in. Lastly, grate some of the pekra peel into the cauldron. Check to see if the chicken is done, if it is, the meal is ready.

Roasted fish with rice salad Servings: 4 Ingredient: 2-6 fish (depending on size) Herbs 1/4 onion 2 Avocado Ground Pekra peel 1 cup of mushrooms 3 carrots 2 cups of rice 1/4 cup of cheese Step by step: Fried fish Skin the fish and remove any parts that are not edible. Roll the fish in the herbs and the ground pekra peel. Roast the fish over open fire or fry it on the pan. If you use a pan, make sure to add some whole milk or butter. Rice salad Wash the carrots, then roast them over open fire, chop them after they're slightly crisp on the outside. Chop up the avocadoes and make half of it into a paste, where you also add a small amount of ground pekra peel. Fry, roast or boil the mushrooms. Add it all in a bowl together. Melt a little bit of cheese and pour it on top. by Ninne124 This dish is often eaten as lunch or even as breakfast. If served as dinner, there would also be some kind of bread served on the side with a relish.

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Type

Manual, Culinary

Medium

Paper

Related Locations
Mailessi
Teina River
Purpose
The purpose of the copied recipe books is very simple: pass on the culinary arts of the villages living near the Teina River in Mailessi to their young ones.
Rarity
Every family has a unique take on the different dishes. The specific books are quite rare, as there are few of each family recipe book.

If you even think about sharing these with the neighbour's bloody daughter, I promise you, you're dead - dead - to me young man!

— A mom to her child, when handing over the family recipe book

My grandma is making Pekra stew tonight, so I can't go swimming before dinner. I don't want to miss the food!

— A child to their friend

This is not how we make this in my family!

— A young woman visiting her girlfriend's family

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The Mailessian Flavour

The usual food found in Wodila'hei is quite spicy and flavourful. Mailessians are known for their use of the Pekra as well as the milder but also fuller taste to their dishes.
Though the food is rarely spicy, it's anything but bland. Every dish is full of taste and it's an experience to eat a well-made Mailessian plate of food. They usually focus on the harmony between the different ingredients and many Mailessians feel that spicy ingredients overpower everything, and therefore ruins the dish.

by Ninne124

Common Ingredients

• Pekra fruit
• Whole milk
• Coconut milk
• Goat milk
• Chicken
• Pork
• Fish
• Water snake
• Herbs
• Onions
• Tomato
• Nuts

• Bell pepper
• Cheese
• Goat cheese
• Mushrooms
• Garlic
• Avocado
• Salad
• Spinach
• Carrots
• Rice
• Bread
• Chia seeds