Paella (paella) is a hallmark of Spanish cuisine презентация

A single recipe of this dish not at all, as in all provinces paella is cooked in different ways. There are more than 300 varieties of paella, but the most popular are: mixed paella (paella mixta), paella Valenciana (paella valenciana) and seafood paella (paella de marisco). The paella add the meat, chicken, different varieties of sausages, fish, seafood, and sometimes vegetarian paella, and even soup-paella (paella caldosa). There is paella with black rice - its colored with squid ink. Constant ingredients in cooking "Spanish rice" only the rice, flavored with saffron, wine and olive oil.

The other version of the origin of paella is associated with the Arabic word that means "remnants": paella invented the servants of Moorish kings, who ate the remains after the feast, gathering everything together and cooking with rice. There are also romantic version, which is associated with the phrase "para ella", translated as "for her". For this version of paella came up with a poor fisherman waiting for his beloved. Of the few supplies he had prepared a dish of rice and fish, calling it a "para ella".