Plum Jam (Erik Receli)

2 lb (~1 kg) Plum

700 gr sugar
2 tbsp lemon juice

Wash the plums and slice them in bite sizes or any size you like. In a large pot, place one layer of sliced plums and spread some sugar on them. Then repeat this process till all the plums are placed. Cover the lid and leave for the night.
The next day, place the pot over low heat and cook until you see bubbles. Then turn the heat to medium and simmer for 15-20 minutes, stirring occasionally. To check whether your jam is ready take some jam with a wooden spoon and drop it on a plate. If the drop is dense and it keeps its shape when it cools, add the lemon juice and stir. Otherwise, simmer for a few minutes and repeat the drop test.
Some of the fruits form foam on the surface. If it is the case, remove the foam from the surface with a spoon. The jam will go sour, if foam mix into the jam.
Turn the heat off and transfer the jam to clean and dry glass jars. Close the lids tightly. To keep the temperature, cover the jars with a thick cloth like a blanket and leave them for 2-3 hours. Then keep the plum jams in a cool and dark place.
ENJOY!
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TURKCE
1 kg (~2lb) Murdum erigi
700 gr seker
2 yemek kasigi limon suyu

Murdum eriklerini yikayip, ufak ufak dograyin. Bir tencereye bir tabaka erik bir tabaka seker olacak sekilde, sekerle birlikte tencereye yerlestirin. Tencerenin kapagini kapatip, bir gece boyunca bekletin.
Ertesi gun, kisik ateste kaynatmaya baslayin. Arada sirada karistirin. Kaynamaya baslayinca atesi orta dereceye getirin.Meyvenin cinsine gore kopuk olusmayabilir. Eger kopuk olusursa kopukleri alin. Kopuk recele karisirsa eksime yapar. Yaklasik 15-20 dakika karistirdiktan sonra, recelden bir tahta kasikla alip bir tabaga damlatin, soguduktan sonra damla koyu bir sekilde ve kalip gibi duruyorsa olmus demektir. Limon suyunu ilave edin ve karistirin.
Receli atesten alin ve sicakken cam kavanozlara doldurun ve agzini sikica kapatin. Sicak kalmasi ve sterilizasyon isleminin gerceklesmesi icin, battaniye gibi kalin bir ortu ile recel dolu kavanozlari ortun ve 2-3 saat bekletin. Hazir olan recelleri serin ve karanlik bir ortamda muhafaza edin.
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Shepherd Salad (Coban Salatasi)

2 tomatoes, diced
1 cucumber, chopped
1 small onion, chopped
1 green pepper, chopped (optional)
Fresh parsley (optional)
Fresh dill (optional)
½ cup crumbled feta cheese (optional)
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 tbsp vinegar
½ tsp salt

Mix the olive oil, vinegar and salt in a bowl. Then place the other ingredients in a salad plate and mix them all. (You can chop the cucumbers or onions, in any size you like). Then add the oil-vinegar mixture and mix them all.
You can garnish the shepherd salad with black olives.
ENJOY!
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TURKCE
2 domates, dogranmis
1 salatalik, dogranmis
1 kucuk sogan, dogranmis
1 yesil carliston/ sivri biber, dogranmis (istege bagli)
Taze maydanoz (istege bagli)
Taze dereotu (istege bagli)
½ su bardagi ufalanmis ya da kup kup kesilmis beyaz peynir (istege bagli)
2 yemek kasigi sizma zeytin yagi
1 yemek kasigi sirke
1 cay kasigi tuz

Kucuk bir kasede sizma zeytinyagi , tuz ve sirkeyi karistirin. Sonra diger malzemeleri salata tabagina alin. (Salatalik, sogan ve domatesleri istediginiz sekil ve buyuklukte dograyabilirsiniz.) Uzerine zeytinyagi-sirke karisimini ilave edip, karistirin.
Coban salatasini siyah zeytin ile susleyebilirsiniz.
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Green Salad with Carrots (Havuclu Yesil Salata)

½ lettuce or iceberg, finely chopped
2 carrots, shredded
2 green onions, chopped
½ cup fresh dill, finely chopped
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp vinegar
½ tsp salt

In a small bowl, mix olive oil, vinegar and salt. Then mix the rest of the ingredients in a big bowl. Pour oil mixture on top of the big bowl and mix them all. Place the salad to salad plates and serve.
ENJOY!
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TURKCE
½ marul yada kivircik, ince dogranmis
2 havuc, rendelenmis
2 yesil sogan, dogranmis
½ su bardagi taze dere otu
2 yemek kasigi sizma zeytin yagi
1 tatli kasigi sirke
½ tatli kasigi tuz

Kucuk bir kapta zeytin yagi, tuz ve sirkeyi karistirin. Diger salata malzemelerini salata tabagina alin ve uzerine sirke-sizma zeytinyagi karisimini ilave edip hepsini karistirin.
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Cookies With Walnut (Cevizli Kurabiye)

110-120 gr / ¼ lb butter (soft, at room temperatue)
1 egg
½ cup yogurt
1 cup sugar
3-4 cups flour
1/3 cup raisins
1/3 cup walnuts
½ tsp baking soda

In a large container, place the soft butter and sugar. Mix them evenly with your hands to dissolve the sugar. Then add egg, yogurt, baking soda and half of flour, kneading slowly. Add the remaining flour slowly and knead till the dough does not stick to your hands.
After that, add the raisins in the dough and mix evenly. Then take walnut size pieces from the dough and round them into your palms. Insert a few pieces of walnuts on their tops.
Place them on a greased tray or tray with baking paper making some room between them. Preheat the oven to 350-360 F (180 C) and bake until they turn to light golden brown (approximately 25-30 minutes).
This recipe makes about 35 cookies with walnut.
ENJOY!
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TURKCE
110- 120 gr margarin /butter (oda sicakliginda beklemis, yumusak)
1 yumurta
1 su bardagi seker
½ su bardagi yogurt
3-4 su bardagi un
1/3 su bardagi kuru uzum
1/3 su bardagi parcalanmis ceviz
½ paket / 1 cay kasigi kabartma tozu

Genis bir kapta oda sicakligindaki margarin /tereyag ve sekeri iyice elinizle karistirin. Sonra yumurtayi, yogurdu, un ve kabartma tozunu yavas yavas ilave ederek yogurun. Elinize yapismayan bir hamur elde edene kadar un ilave edin ve yogurun.
Hamur kivamini bulunca, icine kuru uzumleri ilave edin ve karistirin. Hamurdan ceviz buyuklugunde parcalar alip yuvarlayin ve yuvarladiginiz hamurlarin uzerine bir kac tane ceviz parcasi batirin.
Yaglanmis firin tepsisine ya da yagli kagit serilmis tepsiye araliklarla dizin ve onceden isittiginiz 180 C (350-360 F) firinda, kurabiyelerin uzerleri hafifce kizarana dek pisirin (yaklasik 25-30 dakika).
Tariften yaklasik 35 tane cevizli kurabiye cikiyor.
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Eggs With Tomato (Domatesli Yumurta)

2 tomatoes, finely diced / 1 cup crushed tomato
3 eggs, beaten
½ tsp salt
¼ tsp sugar
2 tbsp butter
A pinch of basil on top (optional)

Place butter in a pan and melt. Then add the tomatoes and cook them over low-medium heat till their water evaporates (4-5 minutes). Add salt and sugar. Then add the beaten eggs and cook until the eggs are done.
You can sprinkle dried basil on top. Serve warm.
ENJOY!
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TURKCE
2 domates, kucuk dogranmis / 1 su bardagi domates puresi
3 yumurta, cirpilmis
1 cay kasigi tuz
½ cay kasigi seker
2 yemek kasigi tereyag
Bir tutam kuru feslegen (istege bagli)

Bir tavaya tereyagini koyun, eridikten sonra domatesleri ilave edin ve suyunu cekene dek hafif ateste pisirin (4-5 dakika). Tuz ve sekeri ilave edip karistirdiktan sonra, cirpilmis yumurtalari ilave edin. Yumurtalar pisene dek pisirin.
Isterseniz uzerine kuru feslegen serpebilirsiniz. Sicak servis yapin.
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Banana Milk Shake (Muzlu Sut)

4 bananas
2 cups milk
½ cup purified water
2 tbsp honey /sugar

Place all the ingredients in a food or fruit processor and mix them all. After that leave the milk shake in the fridge for 1-2 hours and serve cool.
You can add some ice to your milk shake.
ENJOY!
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TURKCE
4 muz
2 su bardagi sut
½ su bardagi su
2 yemek kasigi bal /seker

Rondo ya da meyve parcalayicisi yardimi ile butun malzemeleri guzelce karistirin. Buzdolabinda 1-2 saat bekletin ve soguk servis yapin.
Isterseniz, muzlu sute buz ilave edebilirsiniz.
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Turkish Style Lemonade (Limonata)

2-3 lemon
1 cup sugar
2 lt (8-10 cup) water

Wash the lemons and slice them finely with the skins. Place one layer lemon slices on the bottom of a wide bowl (see the picture). Then spread half of the sugar on them (see the picture). Then put another layer of sliced lemons (see the picture) and spread the remained sugar on top (see the picture). Cover the bowl with plastic wraps; make sure it is air and sun light tight.
Leave it all night long (10-12 hours). In the morning, you will see that the sugar is dissolved in the lemon juice. Then with a food processor smash the lemon slices with their skins. Add 8-10 cups of water and mix. Strain the mixture to remove the skins.
You can also adjust the sugar amount at the end. Serve lemonade cool with some ice.
ENJOY!

P.S: To prevent the loss of Vitamin C, keep your lemonade covered and cool. Do not leave it under sun light. Do not use metal spoon to mix. Consume in 30 minutes after serving.
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TURKCE
2-3 limon
1 su bardagi seker
2 lt su (8-10 su bardagi)

Limonlari yikayin ve kabuklarini soymadan ince ince dilimleyin. Genis bir kasenin dibini limon dilimleri ile doseyin (resime bakin) ve uzerini seker ile kaplayin (resime bakin). Uzerine geri kalan dilimleri de yayin (resime bakin)ve sekerin tamamini uzerini ortecek sekilde yayin (resime bakin). Uzerini hava almayacak ve gunes gormeyecek sekilde kapatin.
Bir gece boyunca (10-12 saat)bekletin. Sabah, limonlarin su saldigini ve sekerin limon suyu icinde eridigini goreceksiniz. Rondoda ya da meyve parcalayicida kabuklariyla beraber limonlari parcalayin ve 2 lt su ilave edip karistirin. Bir kevgir ya da suzgec ile suzun.
Seker miktarini ayarlayabilirsiniz. Limonatayi uzerine buz ilave ederek soguk servis yapin.
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NOT: C vitamin kaybini onlemek icin, limonatanin uzerini kapali tutun, sicakta ve gun isiginda birakmayin. Metal kasik ile karistirmayin. Servis yapildiktan sonra 30 dakika icinde tuketin.