Turkish Style Pickles (Salatalik Tursusu)

For a ½ gallon jar:

~2 lb pickling cucumbers

2 Tbsp salt

1 ½ -2 cups vinegar

1 head of garlic (10-15 cloves)

Filtered water

Wash the cucumbers and cut the stems off. Peel the garlic. Try to fit as many cucumbers as you can in a glass jar (1/2 gallon). Add the garlic cloves in between. Then, add salt and vinegar on top and fill all the way up with filtered water making sure the cucumbers are all immersed in water. Close the lid and shake it upside down to mix up the vinegar and salt.

Store in a dark and cool place up to 7-10 days. Depending on the storage temperature, the pickles would be ready to eat by then. Refrigerate after opening the jar.

ENJOY

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TURKCE

2 lt.'lik kavanoz icin:

1 kg kornison salatalik

2 yemek kasigi tuz

1 ½ -2 su bardagi sirke

1 bas sarimsak (10-15 dis)

Filtre su

Salataliklari yikayin ve saplarini kesin. Sarimsak dislerini soyun. Tercihen cam kavanoza (2 lt’lik) salataliklari dizin. Aralarina da sarimsaklari serpistirin. Uzerine sirke ve tuzu ilave ettikten sonra, kavanozun agzina kadar su ile doldurun. Kavanozun kapagini kapatin ve ters duz edip sallayarak tuz ve sirkenin iyice karismasini saglayin.

Karanlik ve serin bir ortamda yaklasik 7-10 gun icerisinde (ortamin sicakligina bagli olarak) tursu yemege hazir duruma gelecektir. Kapagini actiktan sonra buzdolabinda saklayin.

AFIYET OLSUN

Ana Sayfaya Don

Sopska Salata (Bulgaria)

2 tomatoes, chopped

1 cucumber, chopped in cubes

1 small onion, chopped

1-2 green or red peppers, roasted or raw, chopped (optional)

1/2 cup Bulgarian sirene cheese or feta cheese, shredded/crumbled

2-3 Tbsp oil (traditional: sunflower, lux: extra virgin olive oil)

1-2 Tbsp vinegar (traditional: red wine vinegar, lux: balsamic)

Salt to taste

 

Place tomatoes, cucumber, peppers and onion in a large bowl and toss. Mix oil, vinegar and salt to taste in a small bowl until blended. Toss dressing with vegetables, transfer into a serving bowl. Top with crumbled cheese. Serve fresh.

ENJOY

 

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TURKCE

2 domates, dogranmis

1 salatalik, dogranmis

1 kucuk boy sogan, dogranmis

1-2 yesil ya da kirmizi biber, kozlenmis ya da cig, dogranmis (istege bagli)

1 cay bardagi Bulgaristan sirene peyniri/beyaz peynir, rendelenmis

2-3 yemek kasigi sivi yag (geleneksel: aycicek yagi, luks: sizma zeytinyagi)

1-2 yemek kasigi sirke (geleneksel: uzum sirkesi, luks: balsamic sirke)

Tuz

 

Domates, salatalik, sogan ve biberleri genis bir kasede harmanlayin. Kucuk bir kasede; tuz, sirke ve siviyagi iyice karisana dek karistirin. Salata sosunu sebzelerin uzerine dokun ve nazikce karistirin. Servis tabagina alin ve uzerine rendelenmis sirene/beyaz peyniri koyun. Bekletmeden servis yapin.

AFIYET OLSUN

 

Ana Sayfaya Don

Cucumber Salad with Yogurt (Yogurtlu Salatalik)

2 big cucumbers (~1/2 lb), sliced diagonally thin
1 cup plain yogurt
½ tsp dried mint/1 tsp fresh dill
2 green onions, chopped (optional)
1/3 cup walnut
1 tbsp lemon juice
1-2 cloves of garlic, pressed
½ tsp salt to taste

In a bowl; mix yogurt, salt, green onions, mint/dill and garlic. Take cucumber slices in a salad plate and drizzle with lemon juice. Then, pour the yogurt mixture over and garnish with walnuts. Serve Cucumber Salad with Yogurt beside any kind of meat, chicken and vegetable dish.
ENJOY

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2 buyuk salatalik (~250 gr), yuvarlak dilimlenmis
1 su bardagi yogurt
1 cay kasigi kuru nane/1 tatli kasigi taze dere otu, dogranmis
2 yesil sogan, dogranmis (istege bagli)
1/3 su bardagi ceviz, ufalanmis
1 yemek kasigi limon suyu
1-2 dis sarimsak, dovulmus
1 cay kasigi tuz

Bir kasede tuz, yogurt, nane/dere otu, yesil sogan ve sarimsagi karistirin. Dogranmis salatiklari salata tabagina alin ve limon suyunu uzerinde gezdirin. Yogurt karisimini uzerine dokun ve cevizleri serpin.
Yogurtlu Salatalik Salatasi’ni her cesit et ve sebze yemeginin yaninda servis yapabilirsiniz.
AFIYET OLSUN

Ana Sayfaya Don

Greek Salad (Yunan Salatasi)

2 ripe tomatoes, chopped bite sizes
1 cucumber, chopped in bite sizes
1 onion, sliced circularly (preferably red)
1banana/green pepper, sliced
2-3 pairs of fresh parsley, chopped (optional)
½ cup feta cheese, crumbled or diced
6-8 black olives/kalamata olives
3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 tbsp vinegar
1 tsp salt to taste

Place the tomatoes, cucumber, parsley, pepper and onions in a salad plate. Drizzle vinegar and extra virgin olive oil and sprinkle salt. Then, toss with black/kalamata olives and feta cheese.
Greek Salad is good to go with any kind of meat and vegetable dish.
ENJOY

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TURKCE
2 olgun domates, dogranmis
1 salatalik, dogranmis
1 sogan, halka halka dogranmis (tercihen mor sogan)
1 carliston/yesil biber, halka halka dogranmis
2-3 dal maydanoz, dogranmis (istege bagli)
½ su bardagi beyaz peynir, ufalanmis/ kup kup kesilmis
6-8 tane siyah zeytin
3 yemek kasigi sizma zeytinyagi
1 yemek kasigi sirke
1 tatli kasigi tuz

Domates, salatalik, biber, sogan ve maydanozu salata tabagina alin. Uzerine sizma zeytinyagi, tuz ve sirkeyi ilave edip guzelce karistirin. Uzerine beyaz peynir ve siyah zeytin koyarak servis yapin.
Yunan Salatasi her turlu et ve sebze yemeginin yanina yakisan bir yaz salatasidir.
AFIYET OLSUN

Ana Sayfaya Don