Ciulama

{{Short description|Dish that can be mainly found in Romanian and Moldovan cuisine}}

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| alternate_name = Topală

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| main_ingredient = Poultry
Mushrooms
Flour
Butter
Onions
Parsley root
Carrots

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Ciulama is a dish that can be mainly found in Romanian and Moldovan cuisine. The name of this dish is hypothesized to come from Turkish (çullama), however it is entirely unrelated in form and bears no resemblance to the latter. It is prepared from meat (especially poultry){{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7q3kOJDzKqUC&q=Ciulama&pg=PA181 |title=The Fifth Impossibility: Essays on Exile and Language - Norman Manea |date= 29 May 2012|isbn=978-0300179958 |access-date=2013-08-15|last1=Manea |first1=Norman }} or mushrooms{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p-xzTvplnI8C&q=Ciulama&pg=PA64 |title=From My Heart to Your Kitchen: Family, Friends, and the Food We Love to Eat - Laura Laird |date= May 2011|isbn=9781617395765 |access-date=2013-08-15|last1=Laird |first1=Laura }} in white sauce. The sauce is made from a flour roux (known locally as "rântaș") with milk, cream, soup or a combination thereof. Typical seasonings include but are not limited to white pepper and nutmeg.