Jasmine’s Recipes

Cream Cake

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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Zucchini Patties With Cheese (mücver)

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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Baklava

November12

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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Mushroom Cookies

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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Turkish Coffee

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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Rice and Yoghurt Soup

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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Noah’s Pudding (Ashure)

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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Cacao Cookies

October27

This weekend I went to visit my sister as usual. She is a teacher and living in İstanbul. She is going to join the Celebration of 85. Anniversary of the Establishment of Turkey’s Republic. Anyway, she was supposed to write a short speech about the Republic. She offered me to cook these cookies if I help her with the speech. I accepted with pleasure. These are her cookies, I recommend you to try this recipe.

Ingredients:

For the dough;
200 gr margarine
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 tablespoons cacao
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
a pack of baking powder
all purpose flour

1 cup sugar
2 cups water
coconut

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Savory Pastry

October26

Ingredients:

2 eggs
1/2 cup oil
1 cup yoghurt
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon  salt
all purpose flour

300 grams soft white cheese
parsley ( finely chopped)

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Turkish Ravioli (Mantı)

October13

Ingredients:

Filling: 250 gr minced beef,1 onion (grated),15 gr finely chopped parsly,salt, pepper
Dough: 200 gr flour, 1 teaspoon salt, 125 gr water, 1 egg
Boiling: 6 cups water, 1 teaspoon salt, 100 ml chicken stock,
Sauce: 750 gr yoghurt, 3 cloves garlic,2 tablepoons butter, 2 teaspoons pabrika, 2 teaspoons mint

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