Thursday, March 10, 2016

Pan Seared Coconut Halibut (Tavada Hindistan Cevizli Halibut)


1 lb halibut fillets
1/2 tsp salt to taste
A pinch of paprika
1 tsp lemon juice
2-3 Tbsp coconut oil, for frying

To prepare the fish, rub with salt and lemon juice. Heat the coconut oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium high heat. Add fish to pan and cook each side 3-4 minutes depending on the thickness of the fillets. Sprinkle the paprika over the sizzling oil in the pan after turning each side of the fillets. Cook until the fish flakes easily with the fork.
Serve hot with Garlic Asparagus if desired.
ENJOY


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TURKCE
½ kg halibut fileto
½ cay kasigi tuz
Bir tutam kirmizi toz biber
1 cay kasigi limon suyu
2-3 yemek kasigi hindistan cevizi yagi, kizartmak icin

Baligi tuz ve limon suyu ile ovalayin.Hindistan cevizi yagini genis bir tavaya alin ve yuksek ateste yagi kizdirin. Baliklarin her iki tarafini da kalinligina bagli olarak yaklasik 3-4 dakika pisirin. Baliklari ikinci tarafini pisirmek uzere cevirince kirmizi toz biberi tavadaki yaga ilave edin ve esit olarak yayin. Baliklarin pismesini catal batirip kolayca ayrilmasina gore ayarlayin.
Sarimsakli Kuskonmaz ile sicak servis yapabilirsiniz.
AFIYET OLSUN


Thursday, March 3, 2016

Quince Compote (Ayva Kompostosu)


2 medium size quince
½ cup sugar
4 cups water
2-3 cloves, optional
1 cinnamon stick, optional

Wash the quince and remove the seeds. Chop them up equally and transfer to a pot. Add the sugar, water and if desired cloves and cinnamon as well. Let the sugar dissolve over medium heat stirring occasionally. Then, once it boils, turn the heat down and cook until the quince gets soft.
You may adjust the water and sugar amount according to your like.
Serve either cold or lukewarm.

P.S. For additional health benefits (vitamins and minerals) add the seeds in and cook with them. You may remove them before consumption.
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TURKCE

2 adet orta boy ayva
1/2 su bardagi toz seker
4 su bardagi su
2-3 karanfil, istege gore
1 adet çubuk tarcin, istege gore

Ayvalari iyice yikadiktan sonra cekirdeklerini cikarin ve esit buyuklukte kup kup dograyin.
Ayvalari ve suyu, arzuya gore de karafilleri ve tarcini bir tencereye alin. Ara sira karistirarak seker eriyene dek pisirin. Kaynayan kompostonun altini kisin ve ayvalar yumusayana dek kisik ateste pisirin.
Su ve seker miktarini arzu ettiginiz sekilde ayarlayabilirsiniz.
Istege bagli olarak ilik ya da soguk servis yapabilirsiniz.

NOT: Ayva cekirdeginin sinirsiz faydalarindan (vitamin ve mineraller) yararlanmak icin konmpostoyu cekirdekleriyle beraber kaynatin. Servis yapmadan once cekirdekleri cikarip atabilirsiniz.