Tocană

Tocană, also called tocăniță, is a Romanian stew prepared with tomato, garlic and sweet paprika. It is traditionally eaten with mămăligă, a cornmeal mush. The name is derived from the Latin toccare, giving the modern Romanian toca, and in English the dish is sometimes written tokana. Variations include versions with mushrooms, and others that add meat, such as lamb, or potatoes. The Hungarian dish tokány shares a linguistic connection with tocană, but tokány reflects a Turkic and broader Eurasian steppe culinary tradition, and a dish in the style of tokány is believed to have been prepared by shepherds in Transylvania since the arrival of the Hungarian tribes, so the two are related by name while their culinary traditions differ.