Thursday, March 5, 2009

Skillet Beef&Potatoes (Etli Patates Tava)

3 potatoes, peeled and chopped
1/3 cup water
1 lb beef strips
2 gloves of garlic, minced
1 onion, chopped
2 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp rosemary
½ tsp black pepper
1 tsp salt to taste

Place potatoes, ¼ tsp salt and water in a wide bowl and cook in microwave covered for 10 minutes. Then drain.
You can also boil the potatoes, instead of using microwave. But it will take much longer.
In a skillet, stir fry beef strips over low-medium heat till their juice evaporates. And then stir in onions and 1 tbsp of olive oil. Add the remaining salt, black pepper and cook till the onions and meat become soft.
In another skillet, stir fry the potatoes with the remaining olive oil. Finally, transfer the potatoes into other skillet and sprinkle rosemary. Combine all and serve warm.
ENJOY

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TURKCE
3 patates, soyulmus ve dogranmis
1/3 su bardagi su
½ kg dana eti, uzun uzun kesilmis
2 dis sarimsak, ezilmis/rendelenmis
1 sogan, halka seklinde dilimlenmis
2 yemek kasigi zeytinyagi
1 tatli kasigi biberiye
1 cay kasigi karabiber
1 tatli kasigi tuz
Patates, ½ cay kasigi tuz ve suyu genis bir kaseye koyun ve uzeri kapali olarak 10 dakika mikrodalgada pisirin. Sonra suyunu suzun.
Mikrodalgada yapacaginiz ayni islemi patatesleri haslayarak da yapabilirsiniz. Sadece biraz daha uzun surer.
Genis bir tavada dana etini suyunu cekene dek kisik ateste kavurun. Suyunu cekince sogani ve 1 yemek kasigi zeytinyagini ilave edin. Geri kalan tuzu, karabiberi ilave edin ve soganlar yumusayip, etler pisene dek kavurun.
Baska bir tavada, geri kalan zeytinyagi ile patatesleri hafif kizarana dek kavurun.
Son olarak patatesleri diger tavaya ilave edin, biberiyeyi serpin ve harmanlayin.
Sicak servis yapin.
AFIYET OLSUN

Ana Sayfaya Don

Green Onion Crab Salad (Yesil Soganli Yengec Salatasi)

½ lb crab/imitation crab meat, chunks
1 cup iceberg/lettuce, shredded
2 pairs of green onions, chopped
1 cup yogurt
1 tbsp mayonnaise/mustard
¼ tsp Italian seasoning/any kind you like
¼ tsp salt to taste

In a bowl, mix yogurt, mayonnaise/mustard, salt and spices. Then stir in the other ingredients and mix them all. Transfer to a serving plate and garnish with green onion pieces.
Keep Green Onion Crab Salad in the fridge.
ENJOY

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TURKCE
250 gr yengec/imitasyon yengec eti, dogranmis
1 su bardagi marul/kivircik, ince dogranmis
2 tane yesil sogan, dogranmis
1 su bardagi yogurt
1 yemek kasigi mayonez/hardal
1 cay kasigi tuz
1 cay kasigi Italyan baharati/istediginiz baharat cesidi

Yogurt, mayonez/hardal, tuz ve baharati karistirin. Sonra diger malzemeleri de ilave edip harmanlayin.
Uzerini yesil sogan ile susleyebilirsiniz.
Yesil Soganli Yengec Salatasi’ni buzdolabinda muhafaza edin.
AFIYET OLSUN

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Mercimek Koftesi (Lentil Pates)

½ cup red lentil, washed and drained
1 cup fine bulgur
2 ½ cups water
1 onion, chopped finely
2 tbsp tomato paste
¼ cup olive oil
½ tsp black pepper
1/3 tsp cumin
1 tsp salt to taste
¼ cup hot water
½ bunch fresh parsley, chopped finely
½ tsp dried mint/3-4 pairs of fresh mint, chopped finely
2 green onions, only green parts chopped finely
Lettuce leaves or arugula
Lemon wedges

Boil red lentil with 2 ½ cup of water. Make sure the lentils are soft but there is still some water in the bottom. Turn the heat of and stir in fine bulgur, close the lid. Leave for at least 10 minutes to make bulgur absorb all the water and expand.
Meanwhile, sauté onions with olive oil over medium heat. And then stir in tomato paste. Saute for 1-2 minutes and add salt and hot water. Transfer to the pot with bulgur and red lentils. Stir in spices, green onions and parsley. Mix them all. If it is cooled enough mix all with your hands and make pates like on the picture above. If the mixture sticks, wet your hands with water occasionally.
Serve Lentil Pates with lettuce leaves or arugula and lemon wedges. Also keep them in the fridge.
ENJOY
 



 

TURKCE
½ su bardagi kirmizi mercimek, yikanmis ve suzulmus
1 su bardagi ince bulgur
2 ½ su bardagi su
1 sogan, kucuk dogranmis
2 yemek kasigi domates salcasi
½ cay bardagi zeytinyagi
1 cay kasigi karabiber
1/3 tatli kasigi kimyon
1 tatli kasigi tuz
1 cay kasigi kuru nane/ 3-4 dal taze nane, ince dogranmis
½ cay bardagi sicak su
½ demet maydanoz, ince dogranmis
2 yesil sogan, sadece yesil kisimlari ince dogranmis
Marul/kivircik yapragi ya da roka
Limon dilimleri

2 ½ su bardagi suda kirmizi mercimegi icinde bir miktar su kalana dek pisirin. Mercimek yumusayip patlasin fakat, butun suyunu cekmesin. Sonra ince bulguru tencereye ilave edin, karistirip kapagini kapatin ve en az 10 dakika bulgurun sismesini bekleyin.
Bu arada bir tavada zeytinyagi ile soganlari orta ateste kavurun ve sonra domates salcasini ilave edin. Biraz daha kavurup tuz ve ½ cay bardagi sicak suyu ilave edin ve atesten alip tenceredeki bulgur-mercimek karisimina ilave edin. Uzerine baharatlari, yesil soganlari ve maydanozu ilave edin. Hepsini guzelce karistirin. Eger yeterince soguduysa elinizle yogurun ve fotograftaki gibi uzunca kofteler yapin. Eger malzeme elinize yapisirsa arada elinizi su ile islatarak yapismasini onleyebilirsiniz.
Mercimek koftesini marul/kivircik yapraklari ya da roka ile ve uzerine limon sikarak ikram edin ve buzdolabinda saklayin.
AFIYET OLSUN

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Turkish Milk Pudding (Muhallebi)

1 lt milk (5 cups)
1-1½ cup sugar
4-5 tbsp flour
125 gr butter/margarine (1 stick)
1 tsp vanilla extract/1 package ground vanilla or mastic/mastic gum
Crushed nuts or cinnamon for garnish

In a pot, sautee margarine/butter and flour over medium heat for about 2-3 minutes. Then stir in milk and sugar and stir continuously. If you’ll use mastic gum, add it. Then stir till the pudding becomes thick, turn heat low and cook for 3-4 minutes. If you’ll use vanilla instead of mastic gum, then add vanilla, stir and turn the heat off.
Transfer the Milk Pudding into glass or porcelain cups and let it cool. Garnish with any kinds of crushed nuts or cinnamon.
ENJOY
P.S: Do not sprinkle the cinnamon right after you pour the pudding into bowls. This would let the microorganisms grow fast contacting the cinnamon with the hot surface of the pudding and this may lead to food borne diseases. Make sure you sprinkle the cinnamon just before serving the cooled pudding.

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TURKCE
1 lt sut (5 su bardagi)
1-1 ½ su bardagi seker
4-5 yemek kasigi un
125 gr margarin/tereyag
1 paket vanilya/1 tane damla sakizi
Ogutulmus ceviz/findik/badem veya tarcin

Tencerede margarin/tereyag ve unu orta ateste kavurun (2-3 dakika). Sonra sut ve sekeri ilave edin ve surekli karistirarak yapismasini engelleyin. Eger damla sakizli yapacak iseniz sakizi icine atin. Muhallebi koyulasip kivamini bulunca, atesi kisin ve 3-4 dakika surekli karistirarak pisirin. Damla sakizi yerine vanilya kullaniyorsaniz vanilyayi ilave edin, karistirip atesten alin.
Muhallebiyi cam veya porselen kaplara paylastirin ve sogumasini bekleyin. Servis yapmadan once uzerini tarcin veya istediginiz malzemele ile susleyin.
AFIYET OLSUN
NOT: Tarcini muhallbiyi kaselere doker dokmez koymayin. Cunku; mikroorganizmalar tarcin ve sicak muhallebinin temasiyla; yuzeyde hizla ureyecektir. Bu durum gida zehirlenmesine yol acabilir. Tarcini servis yapmadan hemen once sogumus muhallebiye serpin.

Steak Fajita

½ lb beef strips
1 onion, sliced circularly
1-2 green peppers, chopped in bite sizes

Marinade:
1 tbsp olive oil
1-2 cloves of garlic, minced
½ tsp salt to taste
¼ tsp cumin
¼ tsp black pepper

Mix all the marinade ingredients and rub the beef strips with it. Then leave the beef strips in marinade and keep in the fridge for about 3-5 hours.
Then in a skillet cook the marinated beef strips over low-medium heat. When their water evaporated, stir in onions and peppers. Sautee for 3-4 minutes, till they become soft. You can sprinkle some salt over.
Steak Fajitas are good to go with Tortillas or Pita Bread.
ENJOY
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TURKCE
250 gr dana eti, 1 cm kalinliginda parmak uzunlugunda kesilmis
1 sogan, yuvarlak dilimlenmis
1-2 yesil biber, lokma buyuklugunde dogranmis

Marine sosu:
1 yemek kasigi zeytinyagi
1-2 dis sarimsak, dovulmus/rendelenmis
1 cay kasigi tuz
½ cay kasigi karabiber
½ cay kasigi kimyon

Butun marine malzemelerini bir kasede karistirin ve et parcalarini bu malzemeye bulayip elinizle ovarak etlere yedirin. Etleri marine malzemesine yatirip buzdolabinda yaklasik 3-5 saat bekletin.
Sonra, genis bir tavada etleri orta ateste suyunu cekip yumusayana dek pisirin. Sogan ve biberleri ilave edip. Karistirarak 3-4 dakika boyunca hepsi pisene dek pisirin. Isterseniz uzerine tuz ilave edin.
Tortilla ya da pide ekmegi ile servis yapabilirsiniz.
AFIYET OLSUN

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Eggs with Sujuk (Sucuklu Yumurta)

2-3 eggs
8-10 slices of sujuk/summer beef sausage, skin removed
A pinch of salt to taste
A pinch of paprika

In a skillet or frying pan cook sujuk/summer beef sausage slices over low heat, till they release the fat and turn a little golden brown. Turn each side with a fork, do not overcook (2-3 minutes is sufficient). Make some room for the eggs and then crack the eggs. Sprinkle some salt and paprika. Cook till the whites are cooked.
Serve warm. Eggs with Sujuk is good to go at breakfast and brunch.
ENJOY
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TURKCE
2-3 yumurta
8-10 dilim sucuk/ summer beef sausage, soyulmus
Bir tutam tuz
Bir tutam kirmizi toz biber

Teflon bir tavada sucuk dilimleri yagini salip hafif kizarana dek kisik ateste pisirin (2-3 dakika). Her iki tarafinin da kizarmasi icin bir catal yardimiyla cevirin. Fazla pisirirseniz kururlar. Sonra yumurtalar icin biraz yer acin ve yumurtalari duzgunce kirin.
Sarilarinin dagilmamasi icin dikkat edin. Uzerine tuz ve kirmizi biber serpin ve beyazlari pisene dek kisik ateste pisirin.
Sicak servis yapin. Sucuklu Yumurta kahvalti icin cok guzel bir alternatiftir.
AFIYET OLSUN