December 2005 Archives
There are several traditional home bread types in Turkey. One of them is called as "bazlama" and it is very similar to Indian "naan". In old days they were cooked on top of large steel sheets. In villages, people still use steel sheets to cook them, but in cities, people use teflon skillets to cook.
Makes 5 servings.
There is an interesting story about caffeine at National Geographics. The story also has a video show with beautiful pictures by Bob Sacha.
Greengrocers of Akhisar, a small city in the Aegen part of Turkey Takashi Itoh, not only cuts the watermelon he serves, but also makes a spectacular display with them.
You can see more pictures of these beautiful sculptures at his website. (Via Turkish Torque)
Correction: I have learned that the carvings are from Japan, not from Akhisar. My apologies .
I really like oatmeal cookies, and my favorites are raisin-cinnamon oatmeal cookies. I found this recipe from a margarine package. It makes about 1.5 dozen large cookies, or 3 dozen small cookies.
As usual, I add all of the dried fruits I found at the home.
When I was searching for new recipes I saw this one. In my country we make it as a salty cake and eat it with afternoon tea.
It is a really easy recipe and makes 6 servings.
This desert is known as a Greek or Middle Eastern desert. However, the best baklava I have ever eaten is from the Southeast region of Turkey so far. It is moist and dissolve in your mouth easily, and not as heavy.
It is relatively easy to make it with a ready-to-use phyllo dough and makes approximately 15 serves.
This bread takes 5 minutes to prepare, some resting time and 25 minutes of baking. It makes 4 servings.
Try it with soup.
Ingredients:
2/3 cups of warm water
5 tbsp warm milk
1 tbsp corn oil
2 cups of all purpose flour
3/4 cups of corn meal
This is a very easy and a light dessert. It makes two servings. In original recipe includes walnut, instead of chestnut. But this months Turkish food blogs' event required something with chestnut.
In Antalya, in Turkey, people dry figs open, and make desserts with boiling them in milk. I like the taste, and I try to make this dessert whenever I have a chance.
Potato gives a good flavour. It is hard to make this bread, but it is worth it.
It makes 16 servings.
Original recipe includes eggplant, and it turns out that zucchini is better since it holds less oil in its body.
It makes two servings and takes 15 minutes to prepare. You can try adding a spoonful of yogurt on top of it.
Even though, the cranberry sauce is a traditional sauce that is served with turkey in Thanksgiving Day, I like to it as a dessert.
It is a light dessert, it is healthy, and it is really easy to prepare.
Ingredients:
1 package fresh cranberry
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
20 oz canned pineapple (drain the water)
1 cup walnut (finely chopped)
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