Rasol
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Rasol is a Romanian dish
Romanian cuisine
Romanian cuisine is a diverse blend of different dishes from several traditions with which it has come into contact, but it also maintains its own character...

 made from meat, potatoes, and several other vegetables, boiled together. The meat can be both from a bird (usually a chicken, but also duck, goose or turkey
Turkey (bird)
A turkey is a large bird in the genus Meleagris. One species, Meleagris gallopavo, commonly known as the Wild Turkey, is native to the forests of North America. The domestic turkey is a descendant of this species...

; all are traditionally domesticated in Romania) or may be pork or beef. For bird meat, usually a whole chicken is used, cut into pieces; for the other case, the leg is usually used for this dish (that part of the pig's leg is actually called rasol, usually using the plural rasoluri). Potatoes (peeled) and carrots, tomatoes and onions are boiled whole together with the meat. It is usually served together with some of the resulting soup, and with mujdei
Mujdei
Mujdei is a spicy Romanian sauce. It is made from garlic cloves crushed and ground into a paste, salted and mixed energetically with vegetable oil . Depending on regional preferences and the dish it is served with, water, vinegar, or other ingredients may be added...

 or horseradish
Horseradish
Horseradish is a perennial plant of the Brassicaceae family, which also includes mustard, wasabi, broccoli, and cabbages. The plant is probably native to south eastern Europe and the Arab World , but is popular around the world today...

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