Lady's Thigh Kofte (Kadinbudu Kofte)

1 lb ground beef
1big onion, chopped
½-1 bunch of fresh parsley, chopped
½ cup rice, washed and drained
1 cup hot water
1 tsp+ ½ tsp salt to taste
½ tsp cumin
½ tsp black pepper

For Frying:
½ cup canola oil
2 eggs, beaten
¾ cup flour

Boil rice in a cup of hot water and add ½ tsp salt. Leave it to cool.
Cook 2/3 of ground beef in skillet till its color turns to brown over medium heat. Then, stir in onion and the remaining salt. Cook till onions get soft over low heat (3-4 minutes). Finally, stir in the parsley and the spices and turn the heat off.
In a large bowl mix the cooked ground meat mixture, rice and the remaining raw ground beef. You can knead with your hands if you like.
Cover the mixture and leave in the fridge for about 30 minutes.
Take egg size pieces and make egg shapes and flatten with your hands (the shape in the picture). In a frying pan, sizzle oil. Place flour in a wide plate. In another plate beat the eggs. First dip the koftes in flour, make sure the koftes to be covered evenly with flour. Then dip into egg and fry both sides until they get lightly golden brown.
For a thicker coating; after dipping into egg, again dip into the flour and then fry.
This recipe makes about 10-14 Lady’s Thigh Kofte.
ENJOY

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TURKCE
½ kg kiyma
1 buyuk boy sogan, dogranmis
½-1 demet maydanoz, dogranmis
½ su bardagi pirinc, yikanip suzulmus
1 su bardagi sicak su
1 tatli kasigi+1 cay kasigi tuz
1 cay kasigi kimyon
½ cay kasigi karabiber

Kizartmak icin:
½ su bardagi sivi yag (tercihen kanola yagi)
2 yumurta, cirpilmis
¾ su bardagi un

Bir bardak sicak suda pirinci pisirin. Bir cay kasigi tuz ilave edin. Sogumaya birakin.
Kiymanin 2/3 unu bir tavada rengi kahverengiye donene dek orta ateste pisirin. Sonra sogan ve geri kalan tuzu ilave edin. Soganlar pisene dek 3-4 dakika kisik ateste pisirin. Son olarak maydanoz ve baharatlari ilave edip atesten alin. Onceden ayirdiginiz cig kiymayi ve pirinci de ilave edip hepsini buyuk bir kasede karistirin. Isterseniz elinizle yogurabilirsiniz.
Kofte karisiminin uzerini kapatin ve buzdolabinda sogumasi icin 30 dakika kadar bekletin.
Kiyma harcindan yumurta buyuklugunde ve seklinde kofteler yapin ve elinizle bastirarak duzlestirin.
Kizartma tavasinda sivi yagini kizdirin. Genis bir tabaga unu koyun. Ayri bir tabakta yumurtalari cirpin. Kofteleri once una bulayin, sonra yumurtaya batirip her iki tarafini da guzelce kizartin. Koftenin disinin daha kalin olmasini istiyorsaniz yumurtaya batirdiktan sonra tekrar una bulayip kizartabilirsiniz.
Bu tariften yaklasik 10-14 Kadinbudu Kofte cikiyor.
AFIYET OLSUN

Ana Sayfaya Don

Potato Salad with Yogurt (Yogurtlu Patates Salatasi)

4-6 potatoes, boiled
2-3 carrots, shredded
5 tbsp olive oil/melted butter
1 ½ cups yogurt
2 cloves of garlic, minced
4-5 pairs of fresh parsley/dill, chopped
½ lemon’s juice
1 tbsp salt to taste

Peel the boiled potatoes and mash with a fork or blender. Stir in lemon juice, half of the salt and 3 tbsp olive oil/butter. Spread the mashed potatoes on the bottom of a medium size Pyrex dish.
Meanwhile, in a skillet sauté carrots with ½ tsp salt and the rest of the olive oil/butter over medium heat (5-6 minutes). And then, place the carrots over potatoes evenly (see the picture).
In a bowl; mix yogurt, minced garlic and the remaining salt. Spread it all over the carrots and garnish with chopped parsley/dill.
Also you can place the potato salad to serving plates and then pour the yogurt sauce.
ENJOY
***This is a vegetarian recipe.

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TURKCE
4-6 tane patates, haslanmis
2-3 tane havuc, rendelenmis
5 yemek kasigi zeytinyagi/erimis tereyagi
1 ½ su bardagi yogurt
2 dis sarimsak, ezilmis/rendelenmis
4-5 dal maydanoz/dereotu, dogranmis
½ limonun suyu
1 yemek kasigi tuz

Haslanmis patateslerin kabuklarini soyun ve blendir ya da catal ile ezin. Tuzun yarisini, limon suyu ve 3 yemek kasigi zeytinyagi/tereyagi ilave edip, guzelce karistirin. Orta boy bir borcam tepsinin dibine patates karisimini yayin.
Bu sirada bir tavada 2 yemek kasigi zeytinyagi/tereyagi, 1 cay kasigi tuz ile rendelenmis havuclari orta ateste 5-6 dakika sote edin. Sonra, havuclari patatesin uzerine yayin (resime bakiniz).
Yogurt, geri kalan tuz ve sarimsagi bir kasede karistirin ve havuclarin ustune esit olarak yayin. Son olarak uzerine maydanoz/dere otu serpin.
Isterseniz yogurtlu sosu ve maydanozu servis tabagina aldiktan sonra dokebilirsiniz.
AFIYET OLSUN
***Bu bir vejeteryan tarifidir.

Ana Sayfaya Don

Cheese Omelet (Peynirli Omlet)

3-4 eggs
½ cup milk
1 cup feta cheese/crumbling cheese/mozzarella, shredded
2 tbsp butter
¼ tsp salt to taste
Black pepper (optional)

In a bowl beat eggs and stir in the rest of the ingredients, but the butter.
Then, melt butter in a skillet over medium heat and pour the egg mixture. Cook both sides of the cheese omelet till the eggs are cooked (4-5 minutes).
Serve warm with bologna slices.
ENJOY

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TURKCE
3-4 yumurta
½ su bardagi sut
1 su bardagi beyaz peynir/lor/kasar peyniri, rendelenmis
2 yemek kasigi tereyag
½ cay kasigi tuz
Karabiber (istege bagli)

Bir kasede tereyagi hariz butun malzemeleri cirpin. Sonra, bir tavada tereyagini eritin ve orta ateste yagi biraz kizdirin. Yumurta karisimini dokun ve omletin her iki tarafini da toplam 4-5 dakika boyunca pisirin.
Peynirli omleti yaninda salam ya da jambon dilimleri ile sicak servis yapin.
AFIYET OLSUN

Ana Sayfaya Don

Shallow Fried Beef Liver ( Dana Cigeri Kavurmasi)

1 lb (450-500 gr) beef liver, cut into bite size/sliced into strips

1 tsp salt to taste

½ tsp paprika

¼ tsp cumin

½ cup flour

1/3 cup oil for frying

Sprinkle salt, paprika and cumin over the liver and then mix. In a wide plate place the flour and dip the livers into the flour. Shake the excess flour.

Over high heat, sizzle the oil in a skillet and fry the livers for 4-5 minutes, till they are cooked. Place the cooked liver on a paper towel to get rid of the excess oil. Finally, place the shallow fried beef liver in a serving plate and serve warm.

Pilaf and fried potatoes are good to go with Shallow Fried Beef Liver.

ENJOY

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TURKCE

450-500 gr dana cigeri, kup kup dogranmis/ince seritler halinde kesilmis

1 tatli kasigi tuz

1 cay kasigi kirmizi toz biber
½ cay kasigi kimyon

½ su bardagi un

1/3 su bardagi kizartma yagi

Dogranmis cigerlerin uzerine tuz, biber ve kimyon serperek, harmanlayin. Sonra icine un koydugunuz tabagin icinde una bulayin. Fazla unu silkeleyin.

Yuksek ateste kizdirdiginiz yagda 4-5 dakika kizartin. Kagit havlu koydugunuz bir tabaga kizarmis cigerleri koyup, fazla yagin suzulmesini saglayin. Son olarak; servis tabagina alip, sicak servis yapin.

Dana Cigeri Kavurmasini pilav ve patates kizartmasi ile servis yapabilirsiniz.

AFIYET OLSUN

Ana Sayfaya Don

Green Lentil Dish (Yesil Mercimek Yemegi)

1 cup green lentil, soaked in water overnight, washed and drained
3 cups hot chicken stock/hot water and chicken bouillon
1 tomato, grated/ 2/3 cup crushed tomato
2-3 tbsp olive oil
½ cup orzo/vermicelli/angel hair (optional)
1 onion, chopped finely
1 tsp salt to taste
½ tsp cumin (optional)
2 cloves of garlic, sliced (optional)

Soak green lentils in water overnight to decrease the cooking time. Then, wash and drain. In a pot, sauté onions with olive oil over medium heat. Stir in green lentils and cook for 3 minutes.
Stir in tomatoes, garlic (optional) and hot chicken stock/water and chicken bouillon. Bring to a boil and add orzo/vermicelli/angel hair(optional) and salt. Cover the lid and simmer over low heat till the lentils are cooked (20-30 minutes). Sprinkle cumin before serving (optional).
Serve Green Lentil Dish with cacik.
ENJOY

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TURKCE
1 su bardagi yesil mercimek, aksamdan islatilmis
3 su bardagi sicak tavuk suyu/ sicak su ve tavuk bulyonu
1 domates, rendelenmis
2-3 yemek kasigi zeytinyagi
1 cay bardagi tel/arpa sehriye (istege bagli)
1 sogan, kucuk dogranmis
1 tatli kasigi tuz
1 cay kasigi kimyon (istege bagli)
2 dis sarimsak, dilimlenmis (istege bagli)

Yesil mercimegin kolay pismesi icin aksamdan islatin ve yikayip suzun. Tencerede sogan ile zeytinyagini orta ateste sote edin. Sonra, yikanmis mercimekleri ilave edin ve 3 dakika kadar kavurun.
Domates, sarimsak (istege bagli) ve tavuk suyunu/su ve tavuk bulyonu ilave edin. Kaynamaya baslayinca tuz ve sehriyeleri(istege bagli) ilave edin. Kisik ateste kapagi kapali olarak yaklasik 20-30 dakika pisirin. Pismeye yakin kimyon serpin (istege bagli).
Yesil Mercimek Yemegi’ni yaninda cacik ile servis yapabilirsiniz.
AFIYET OLSUN

Ana Sayfaya Don

Turkish Shortbread (Un Kurabiyesi)

1 ½ cups powdered sugar
½ lb (250 gr) margarine/butter, soft at room temperature
½ cup oil
2 cups corn starch
2-2 ½ cups flour
1 tsp/1 package vanilla
½ cup powdered sugar for top

In a large bowl, combine sugar, oil and margarine/butter. Then add starch, vanilla and knead. Add flour slowly and knead to make the dough smooth and soft.
Grab walnut size or smaller dough pieces and round them in your palms. Arrange them over a greased tray or tray with a baking paper. Make at least one inch room between each other.
Preheat the oven to 335-350 F (170-180 C) and bake for about 25-30 minutes. Do not over bake, otherwise they will get brown.
Take them out of the oven and cool. Sprinkle powdered sugar all over before serving.
ENJOY

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TURKCE
1 ½ su bardagi pudra sekeri
250 gr margarin, oda sicakliginda yumusak
1 cay bardagi sivi yag
2 su bardagi nisasta
2- 2 ½ su bardagi un
Uzerine serpmek icin 1 cay bardagi pudra sekeri
1 paket/1 tatli kasigi vanilya

Derin ve genis bir kasede seker, siviyag ve margarini karistirin. Sonra nisastayi ilave edip yogurun. Son olarak vanilya ve unu yavas yavas yedirerek ilave edin. Puruzsuz ve yumusak bir kurabiye hamuru elde edin.
Hamurdan ceviz buyuklugunde ya da daha kucuk parcalar koparip, avuc icinizde yuvarlayin. Yuvarlak toplar elde edin ve hafifce uzerinden bastirin. Yagli kagit serilmis tepsi uzerine ya da yaglanmis firin tepsisine 2-3 cm araliklarla dizin.
Onceden isitilmis 170-180 C (335-350 F) firinda kurabiyeler hafif sararincaya dek yaklasik 25-30 dakika pisirin. Fazla pisirirseniz kurabiyeler kahverengiye doner.
Firindan cikarin ve soguduktan sonra uzerlerine pudra sekeri serperek servis yapin.
AFIYET OLSUN

Ana Sayfaya Don

Broccoli Cheese Soup (Peynirli Brokoli Corbasi)

2 cups chicken stock
2 cups milk
½ cup flour
1 head broccoli (5-6 cups), chopped
3-4 tbsp butter
¼ tsp black pepper
2/3 tbsp salt to taste
300 gr processed cheese/mozzarella, shredded
2 cups cheddar cheese, in cubes or shredded

Melt the butter in a large pot over medium heat, and mix in the flour. Reduce heat to low, and cook, stirring constantly, about 2 minutes. Mix in the chicken stock and milk. Season with salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer about 10 minutes.
In another pot broil broccoli florets in lightly salted water. Cook 3-4 minutes, or until just tender. Remove from heat, drain, and set aside.
Gradually mix the processed cheese/mozzarella and cheddar cheese into the large pot until melted. Mix in the broccoli. Continue cooking about 5 minutes.
Serve Broccoli Cheese Soup warm.
ENJOY

***This is a vegetarian dish.

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TURKCE
2 su bardagi tavuk suyu
1 su bardagi sut
½ su bardagi un
1 bas brokoli, dogranmis
3-4 yemek kasigi tereyag
½ cay kasigi karabiber
2/3 yemek kasigi tuz
300 gr beyaz peynir/kasar peyniri, rendelenmis
2 su bardagi Cheddar peyniri/kasar peyniri, rendelenmis

Buyuk bir tencerede tereyagini eritin ve orta ateste unu kavurun (2 dakika). Sonra tavuk suyunu ve sutu ilave edin. Surekli karistirarak unun sivi icinde esit olarak dagilmasini saglayin. Tuz ve karabiberi ilave edin. Kaynayinca hafif atese alin ve yaklasik 20 dakika kadar pisirin.
Bu sirada baska bir tencere az tuzlu suda brokoliyi yumusayana dek haslayin (yaklasik 3-4 dakika). Suyunu suzun ve biraz sogumasini bekleyin.
Peynirlerin hepsini corba karisimina ilave edin ve karistirarak erimesini saglayin. Sonra haslanmis brokoliyi ilave edin. Hafif ateste yaklasik 5 dakika daha pisirin.
Peynirli Brokoli Corbasi’ni sicak servis yapin.
AFIYET OLSUN

***Bu bir vejeteryan yemegidir.

Ana Sayfaya Don