Chicken Stew with Onions (Soganli Tavuk Yahnisi)

2 chicken thighs, boneless and skinless, chopped
2 onions, chopped
½ cup tomatoes, crushed or diced
1 tsp tomato paste
2 tbsp oil
1 tbsp salt to taste
2 tbsp flour
3 cups hot/warm water
¼ tsp black pepper
¼ tsp cumin

Cook chopped chicken till the juice evaporates. Then add oil and sauté for 1-2 minutes and stir in onions. Over medium heat sauté for 2-3 minutes and stir in flour. Saute for about 2 minutes, then add tomato paste and tomatoes and cook all for 1-2 minutes. Add water and salt.
Close the lid and simmer over low heat till chicken become soft (for about 20 minutes). Sprinkle cumin and black pepper before serving.
ENJOY

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TURKCE
2 tavuk sarmasi, kemiksiz ve derisiz, dogranmis
2 sogan, dogranmis
½ su bardagi domates, dogranmis/pure
1 tatli kasigi domates salcasi
2 yemek kasigi sivi yag
1 yemek kasigi tuz
2 yemek kasigi un
3 su bardagi sicak/ilik su
½ cay kasigi kimyon
½ cay kasigi karabiber

Dogranmis tavuklari genis bir tencerede suyunu cekene dek cevirin. Suyunu cekince yag ilave edin 1-2 dakika daha cevirince soganlari ilave edin. Orta ateste 2-3 dakika kavurun ve un ilave edin. Yaklasik 2 dakika daha un ile kavurun ve salca ile domatesi ilave edin. 1-2 dakika daha kavurduktan sonra sicak suyu ve tuzu ilave edin.
Tencerenin kapagini kapatip, kisik ateste etler pisene dek pisirin (yaklasik 20 dakika). Servis yapmadan once kimyon ve karabiber serpin.
AFIYET OLSUN

Ana Sayfaya Don

Creamy Biscuit Cake (Kremali Biskuvi Pastasi)

This delicious and easy cake recipe is from my mother and sister.

1 lb Petit Beurre or Social thin tea biscuits
16 oz (~460 gr) Whipped Topping, thawed
½ -1 cup any kind of sauce (syrup) you like (preferably strawberry or chocolate)
Crushed or ground pistachios/hazelnuts/almonds or any other nuts

Crumble the biscuits into the whipped cream and mix them to obtain an even mixture. You can use any shape of Pyrex dish or tray (square, rectangle or circular,…) you like. Place plastic wrap over the bottom of the tray and put the cake mixture in. Gently press over the mixture to fit the tray. Leave it in the fridge at least 3-4 hours, preferably 12 hours.

Take the cake out of fridge and turn it upside down over a serving plate. Pour the sauce (syrup) all over (I’ve used blackberry sauce). Then garnish the surface with any kind of nuts.

ENJOY

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TURKCE

Bu pasta annemle kardesimin yaptigi harika ve pratik bir tarif.

~450 gr Petit Beurre ya da cay biskuvisi

~460 gr krem santi/2 paket hazirlanmis krem santi, oda sicakliginda

½-1 su bardagi istediginiz tur pasta sosu (tercihen cilek ya da cikolata)

Ufalanmis ya da ogutulmus antep fistigi/findik/badem ya da diger kuruyemisler

Biskuvileri krem santinin icine kiriklayin ve guzelce karistirin.Pastanizin hangi sekilde olmasini isterseniz (yuvarlak, kare, dikdortgen,…) ona gore bir tepsi ya da kalip secin ve dibine plastik strec film serin. Uzerine tatlinizi koyun ve uzerinden hafifce bastirarak kalibin seklini almasini saglayin. En az 3-4 saat, tercihen 12 saat buzdolabinda bekletin.

Buzdolabindan cikarinca, pastanizi servis tabagina ters cevirin. Uzerine kullacaginiz sosu dokun (ben bogurtlen sosu kullandim). Sonra uzerini istediginiz sekilde ve istediginiz malzemeyle susleyin.

AFIYET OLSUN

Ana Sayfaya Don

Tortilla Borek

MAIN

5-7 Flour Tortilla, large (Mexican Burrito)
2 eggs

¼ tsp salt to taste
1/2 cup milk
1/3 cup oil (preferably canola/olive oil)
1 tsp nigella seeds (optional)

Filling with Feta cheese
150 gr crumbled feta cheese or Mexican crumbling cheese
½ bunch of parsley or dill chopped (1 cup)

In a bowl, whisk eggs, oil and milk. You will use this mixture between every layer of tortillas and on top of borek. In another bowl combine filling ingredients. Also you can use other fillings for borek. Grease a 3 L (13*9*2 inch) Pyrex dish or smaller. Fill a large bowl with water and soak each tortilla in it to make them softer. Then place one tortilla and if it does not fit your dish, you can trim the edges or tear in half. And then use these pieces to make a layer. Spread 3-4 tbsp of the mixture over each layer and put some of the filling you are using and spread it evenly. Continue layering in the same way; first the liquid mixture and then the filling.
Cover the top with the last tortilla and cut the borek into slices.
Pour the remaining liquid mixture on top and sprinkle nigella seeds (see the picture). Preheat the oven to 375 F (190 C) and cook for about 30-35 minutes, until it turns golden brown. Serve Tortilla Borek warm and it is good to go with Turkish Tea.
ENJOY

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TURKCE

5-6 Tortilla, buyuk boy (Meksika Burrito)
3lt lik Pyrex (borcam) ya da herhangi bir tepsi
2 yumurta
½ cay kasigi tuz
½ su bardagi sut
½ su bardagi sivi yag (tercihen kanola/zeytinyagi)
2 cay kasigi corek otu

Beyaz Peynirli Borek icin Ic
200 gr ufalanmis beyaz peynir
½ demet maydanoz/dereotu , dogranmis

Bir kasede sut, yumurta ve sivi yagini karistirin. Bu karisimi her tortilla arasinda ve boregin ustu icin kullanacaksiniz.
Baska bir kasede ic malzemeleri karistirin. Borek icin farkli ic malzemeler de kullanabilirsiniz.
Buyuk bir kaseyi sui le doldurun ve her tortillayi suyun icine batirip, islatarak yumusatin. Dibini yagladiginiz tepsiye yayin. Eger tortilla tepsinize uymuyorsa, kenarlarindan ya da ordana yirtarak istediginiz sekilde ayarlayip tepsiye yerlestirin. Uzerine 3 yemek kasigi sut karisimindan yayin ve kullandiginiz icten bir miktar alip esit sekilde yayin. Son tortillayi boregin uzeri icin ayirin ve geri kalanlari icin ayni islemi uygulayin.
Son tortillayi boregin uzerine koyunca, boregi dilimleyin ve geri kalan sutlu karisimi uzerine esit olarak yayin (resime bakiniz). Corek otu serpin ve onceden isitilmis 190 C (375 F) firinda, uzeri kizarana dek, yaklasik 30-35 dakika pisirin. Sicak servis yapin.
Tortilla Borek cay ile cok guzel olur.
AFIYET OLSUN

Ana Sayfaya Don

Cheesy Mushroom Egg Casserole (Mantar ve Peynirli Yumurta)

½ lb mushrooms, brushed and sliced
2 tbsp butter/olive oil
1-2 pairs of green onions, chopped (optional)
3 eggs, beaten
1 cup milk
½ tbsp starch
½ cup crumbled feta/ Mexican cheese
½ tsp any kind of seasoning
½ tsp salt to taste

In a skillet, sauté mushrooms with butter over medium heat, till all the water evaporates. Then stir in green onions and sauté over low medium for 1-2 minutes.
Meanwhile dissolve starch in milk and add salt, eggs and seasoning. Mix them all.
Preheat the oven to 350-375F (180-190 C) and place mushrooms in a Pyrex or baking dish and sprinkle feta/Mexican Cheese over them. Finally pour egg-milk mixture and stir gently with a fork to distribute mushrooms and cheese evenly in egg mixture.
Bake for 25-30 minutes, till the surface turns light brown.
Serve Cheesy Mushroom Egg Casserole warm.
ENJOY

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TURKCE
250 gr mantar, fircalanmis ve dilimlenmis
2 yemek kasigi tereyag/zeytinyagi
1-2 tane yesil sogan, dogranmis (istege bagli)
3 yumurta, cirpilmis
1 su bardagi sut
1 cay kasigi nisasta
½ su bardagi ufalanmis beyaz peynir/ lor
1 cay kasigi herhangi bir sevdiginiz baharat karisimi
1 cay kasigi tuz

Mantarlari tereyagi ile bir tavada mantarlar suyunu cekene dek orta ateste kavurun. Ardindan yesil soganlari ilave edin ve kisik ateste 1-2 dakika cevirin.
Bu sirada bir kasede sut ile nisastayi karistirin ve icine yumurta, tuz ve baharatlari ilave edip, karistirin.
Firini 180-190 C(350-375F) isitin. Borcam tepsiye once mantarlari, sonra ufalanmis peyniri koyun ve son olarak yumurtali sut karisimini uzerine dokun. Hafifce karistirin. Uzeri kizarana dek yaklasik 25-30 dakika pisirin.
Mantar ve Peynirli Yumurtayi sicak servis yapin.
AFIYET OLSUN

Ana Sayfaya Don

Garlic Yogurt Sauce (Sarimsakli Yogurt)

1 cup yogurt
2 cloves of garlic, minced
¼ tsp salt to taste
1 tsp olive oil
Black olives and green onion/leek pieces for garnish

Mix yogurt, salt and garlic. Drizzle olive oil on top and garnish with black olives, leek or green onions.
Garlic Yogurt Sauce is good to go over fried vegetables and meats, pastas, with patties and meat dishes.
ENJOY

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TURKCE
1 su bardagi yogurt/suzme yogurt
2 dis sarimsak, dovulmus/rendelenmis
½ cay kasigi tuz
1 tatli kasigi zeytinyagi
Suslemek icin siyah zeytin ve pirasa/yesil sogan sapi

Yogurt, tuz ve sarimsaklari karistirin. Uzerine zeytinyagi dokun ve pirasa sapi ya da yesil sogan sapi ile susleyin.
Sarimsakli yogurt; kizartmalarin ve makarnalarin uzerinde, mucver ve et yemekleri ile cok guzel olur.
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Ana Sayfaya Don

Leeks with Chicken Liver (Tavuk Cigerli Pirasa)

2 pairs of leek (~1 lb), washed
1-½ lb chicken liver, washed, drained and chopped
1 tomato, diced/ ½ cup crushed tomato
3 tbsp oil (preferably canola)
½ cup hot water
1 tsp salt to taste
½ tsp paprika
A pinch of black pepper (optional)

Place chicken livers in a pot and cook them over medium heat, till all the water evaporates. Meanwhile cut leaks in 4 lengthwise and chop. Add oil to livers and sauté for 2-3 minutes. Then stir in leeks and sauté for 3 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Stir in tomatoes, salt, paprika and hot water. Close the lid and cook over low heat till the leeks are cooked (for about 10 minutes). You can sprinkle some black pepper on top before serving.
Leeks with Chicken Liver is good to go with yogurt, cacik and pickles.
ENJOY

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TURKCE
1 demet pirasa (~½ kg), yikanmis
300-500 gr tavuk cigeri, yikanmis, suzulmus ve dogranmis
1 domates, dogranmis/ ½ su bardagi domates puresi
3 yemek kasigi sivi yag (tercihen kanola)
½ su bardagi sicak su
1 tatli kasigi tuz
1 cay kasigi toz kirmizi biber
Bir tutam karabiber (istege bagli)

Tencereye cigerleri koyun ve orta ateste suyunu cekene dek kavurun (3-4 dakika). Bu sirada yikanmis pirasalari uzunlamasina dorde kesip, dograyin. Cigerler suyunu cekince siviyagi ilave edin ve 2 dakika kadar daha kavurun. Ardindan dogranmis pirasalari ilave edin ve yine orta ateste pirasalar kavrulana dek karistirarak pisirin (3 dakika).
Domates, tuz, toz kirmizi biber ve sicak suyunu ilave edin. Tencerenin kapagini kapatin ve kisik ateste pirasalar pisene dek yaklasik 10 dakika pisirin. Servis yapmadan once uzerine karabiber serpebilirsiniz.
Cigerli Pirasayi yogurt, cacik ya da tursu ile servis yapabilirsiniz.
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Ana Sayfaya Don

Basil Salmon (Feslegenli Somon Baligi)

1 lb salmon fillets or steak
1 /3 cup fresh basil or ½ tsp dried basil
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
½-1tsp lemon juice
¼ tsp black pepper
1 tsp salt to taste
1/4 cup parmesan cheese (optional)

Rub fish with salt and mix all the other ingredients, but cheese in a bowl. Dip fish into this mixture. If you have time you can leave fish in the mixture for 1-2 hours in the fridge.
Preheat the oven to 400 F (200 C) and place the fish into a Pyrex dish. Bake for 20-25 minutes. After baking, you can also broil at low heat for 2-3 minutes for golden brown fish. Then sprinkle Parmesan cheese over the Basil Salmon and bake for 2-3 minutes (optional).

You can serve Basil Salmon with lemon wedges, vegetables and potato salad.
ENJOY

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TURKCE
½ kg somon baligi
1/3 su bardagi taze feslegen, dogranmis/1 cay kasigi kuru feslegen
2 yemek kasigi sizma zeytinyagi
½ -1 tatli kasigi limon suyu
½ cay kasigi karabiber
1 tatli kasigi tuz

½ cay bardagi bardagi parmesan peyniri/kasar peyniri, rendelenmis (istege bagli)

Once tuzu elinizle ovalayarak baliklara yedirin. Peynir haric geri kalan malzemeyi bir kasede karistirin ve baliklarin her yerine bu karisimdan surun. Eger zamaniniz varsa baliklari bu malzemenin icine yatirin ve buzdolabinda 1-2 saat bekletin.
Sonra borcam tepsiye baliklari dizin ve onceden isitilmis 200 C (400F) firinda 20-25 dakika, baliklarin uzeri kizarana dek pisirin. Firindan cikarip uzerine rendelenmis peyniri serpin ve 2-3 dakika daha pisirin (istege bagli).

Feslegenli Somon Baligi'ni limon dilimleri, sebze ya da patates salatasi ile servis yapabilirsiniz.
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