December11

It is official holiday now in Turkey because of our religious festival. So I came to my hometown to visit my family. It is a little bit boring since I am accustomed to get up early and study all day. So I am trying to keep myself amused by spending time in the kitchen.
I have seen this zebra cake recipe in Farida’s web site and I liked it so much. For long time I was thinking of trying it so yesterday I and my sisters cooked this delicious cake. Although it was our first zebra cake, everybody liked it very much. What’s more my father ate 3 big pieces of this wonderful cake. You can find the ingredients and directions for zebra cake from Farida’s Web Page. Lastly, thank you Farida for sharing this recipe with us.

November25

Ingredients:
1 lt milk
1 lt water
1/2 cup rice
1 cup sugar
1 tablespoon cinnamon
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November23

Kısır is a well known salad in Turkey and also a variation of this salad is called tabooley in other eastern countries. This photo is from http://yemek.wordpress.com/category/kisir/ I will share my own photo as soon as I make my own salad. Here is a short description of how to make tabooley very easily.
Ingredients:
1 cup fine bulgur
1/2 cup tomato paste
10 green onions cut into small pieces
1 cup chopped parsley
1 cup hot water
1 cucumber
1 large tomato
1 large chopped bell pepper
2 teaspoons hot red pepper
1/2 cup olive oil
1/2 cup vinegar
2 teaspoons salt
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November19

Ingredients:
2 eggs
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup yoghurt
2 cups flour
125 gr margarine
a pack of baking powder
Cream Filling:
500 ml milk
3 tablespoon flour
1/2 cup sugar
1 egg
1 tablespoon margarine
a pack of vanilla
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November15

Ingredients:
4 medium zucchinis
1 cup feta cheese
1/2 cup chopped parsley
1/2 cup chopped dill, fresh ( 1 tablespoon dry dill weed)
1 tablespoon black pepper
3 eggs, beaten
1 cup regular flour
1 cup vegetable oil
salt
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November12


In Turkish language we use the word “baklava” to mean the diamond shape, as the dessert baklava is cut in diamond shape. Anyway, baklava is one of the most famous Turkish desserts. I am going to try to give a simple recipe of making baklava .Here you can find more information about this wonderful recipe : Wikipedia
Ingredients:
3 eggs
1 cup milk
1 cup sunflower oil
1 pack of baking powder
1/2 tablepoon vinegar
a pinch of salt
flour
crushed hazel nuts
200 gram butter
starch
Syrup:
4 cups sugar
5 cups water
1/2 tablespoon lemon juice
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November5

Ingredients:
250 gr butter
2 eggs
1 pack of baking powder
1 cup sugar
400 gr corn starch
all purpose flour
2 tablespoons cacao

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November3

Ingredients:
1 coffee cup water for each person
1 teaspoon Turkish style coffee
1 teaspoon sugar for each cup (it depends on you)
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October31

Ingredients:
1/2 cup rice
6 cups water
1 egg
1 tablespoon flour
1/2 tablespoon salt
2 cups yoghurt
2 tablespoons dried mint leaves (crushed)
2 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon pabrika
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October30

Ingredients:
2 cups wheat
1/2 cup rice
1/3 cup navy beans
1/3 cup chick peas (garbanzo)
2 cups sugar
1 tablespoon starch
1/2 cup sultana raisins
4 dried figs, cut into small pieces
4 dried apricots, cut into small pieces
1 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup chopped hazel nuts
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