Okra Stew with Olive Oil (Zeytinyagli Bamya)

1 lb okra, fresh or frozen
1 cup tomato, diced/crushed
1 onion, sliced in strips
2 tbsp olive oil
½ cup hot water
1 tsp salt to taste
1 tsp lemon juice
½ tsp sugar
Black pepper

In a pot, sauté onions with olive oil over medium heat. Stir in tomato and sauté for 2 minutes. Then, add okra and cook for about 3-4 minutes or until okra changes color. Stir in hot water and bring to a boil. Add salt, sugar and lemon juice.
Close the lid and cook over low heat until the okra gets soft (about 15-20 minutes). Do not over cook, otherwise okra will come apart.
Sprinkle black pepper on top and serve Okra Stew with Olive Oil warm or cool.
ENJOY

***This is a vegetarian dish.

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TURKCE
½ kg bamya, taze/dondurulmus
1 su bardagi domates, dogranmis/pure
1 sogan, piyazlik dogranmis
2 yemek kasigi zeytinyagi
½ su bardagi sicak su
1 tatli kasigi limon suyu
1 tatli kasigi tuz
1 cay kasigi seker
Karabiber

Bir tencerede, zeytinyagi ile sogani orta ateste kavurun. Sonra domatesi ilave edin ve 2 dakika kadar kavurun. Bamyayi ilave edin ve 3-4 dakika ya da rengi degisene dek kavurun. Sonra sicak suyu ilave edin ve kaynamaya baslayinca tuz, limon suyu ve sekeri ilave edin.
Kapagini kapatin ve kisik ateste bamyalar yumusayana dek pisirin (yaklasik 15-20 dakika). Fazla pisirip bamyalarin parcalanmasina izin vermeyin.
Servis yapmadan once uzerine karabiber serperek servis yapin.
AFIYET OLSUN

***Bu bir vejeteryan yemegidir.

Ana Sayfaya Don

Baked Tuna Steaks (Firinda Ton Baligi)

1 lb tuna steaks
2 tbsp olive oil
1 potato, sliced round
½ tsp basil
½ tsp paprika
1 tsp garlic powder/2 gloves of garlic, minced
1 tsp salt to taste
Peas for garnish

Preheat oven to 425 F (220 C).
Skin the tuna steaks. Sprinkle with salt, spices and garlic. Rub with your hands. Place foil over a Pyrex Dish and grease with some of the olive oil. Place the Tuna steaks and pour the remaining olive oil over. Arrange potato slices. Then cover with foil. Bake for 30-40 minutes and then remove the cover and broil on low for 5-10 minutes or until they become lightly brown.
Serve Baked Tuna Steaks with peas.
ENJOY

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TURKCE
½ kg Ton Baligi, dilimlenmis
2 yemek kasigi zeytinyagi
1 patates, yuvarlak dilimlenmis
1 cay kasifi feslegen
1 cay kasigi kirmizi toz biber
1 tatli kasigi sarimsak tozu/2 dis sarimsak, dovulmus
1 tatli kasigi tuz
Suslemek icin bezelye

Tonbaliginin derisini ayirin. Elinizle ovarak tuz, sarismak ve baharatlari yedirin.
Borcam bir tepsiye aluminyum folyo serin ve uzerine biraz zeytinyagi dokun ve dibini yaglayin. Balik dilimlerini yerlestirin ve geri kalan zeytinyagini baliklarin uzerine dokun. Patates dilimlerini aralara ya da uzerlerine yerlestirin. Uzerini tekrar aluminyum folyo ile kapatin.
Onceden isitilmis 220 C (425 F) firinda 30-40 dakika pisirin. Sonra uzerini acin ve acik olarak sadece ust kizartma ayarinda yaklasik 5-10 dakika daha uzeri kizarana dek pisirin.
Servis tabaklarina bezelye koyarak servis yapin.
AFIYET OLSUN

Baligin Faydalari icin tiklayin

Ana Sayfaya Don

Cheese Lasagna (Peynirli Lazanya)

12 pieces lasagna noodles
2 cups ricotta cheese
2 cups cheddar/mozzarella, shredded
½ cup Parmesan Cheese, grated (optional)
4 cups spaghetti/Italian/tomato sauce
2 eggs, beaten
1/3 cup hot water
1 tsp salt to taste
Basil/thyme/black pepper (optional)

Preheat oven to 350 F (180 C). Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add lasagna noodles and cook for 10-12 minutes or until al dente; drain.
In a bowl combine egg, ricotta and other cheese and seasonings (optional). Spoon ½ cup of the sauce in the bottom of a 9x13 baking dish. Place a layer of 3 cooked noodles over the sauce, and spread one third of cheese mixture on top, cover with 3 noodles. Repeat twice with 1 ½ cup sauce, cheese mixture and noodles. Finish with the remaining sauce and cheese mixture. Pour 1/3 cup hot water.
Cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes. Then remove foil and bake for 20 minutes more. Let stand for 5-10 minutes before serving.
ENJOY

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TURKCE
12 parca lazanya
2 su bardagi lor/rikotta peyniri
2 su bardagi kasar/cheddar peyniri, rendelenmis
½ su bardagi Parmesan peyniri, rendelenmis (istege bagli)
4 su bardagi spagetti/Italyan/domates sosu
2 yumurta, cirpilmis
1/3 su bardagi sicak su
1 tatli kasigi tuz
Feslegen/kekik/karabiber (istege bagli)

Firini onceden 180 C (350 F)’ye isitin. Lazanyalari buyuk bir tencerede hafif tuzlu suda 10-12 dakika yumusayana dek haslayin. Suzun.
Bir kasede, yumurta, peynir cesitleri ve baharatlari (istege bagli) karistirin. Yarim su bardagi sosu 23x33 cm buyuklugundeki firin tepsisinin dibine yayin. 3 tane lazanyayi uzerine koyun ve peynirli karisimin 1/3’unu uzerine yayin. Uzerine 3 tane lazanya yerlestirin. Bu islemi; 1 ½ sos, peynir karisimi ve lazanya olarak 2 defa tekrarlayin. En uzerine kalan peyniri yayin ve sosu dokun. 1/3 su bardagi sicak suyu tepsinin kenarindan dibine dogru dokun.
Uzerini aluminyum folyo ila kaplayin ve yaklasik 30 dakika pisirin. Sonra folyoyu kaldirin ve 20 dakika daha uzeri acik olarak pisirin. Firindan cikardiktan sonra 5-10 dakika bekletin ve sonra servis yapin.
AFIYET OLSUN

Ana Sayfaya Don

Flower Cookies (Cicek Kurabiye)

1 cup sugar
250 gr (~2 sticks) margarine/butter, at room temperature
2 tbsp cocoa
1 egg
½ tsp baking powder
1 package vanilla/1 tsp vanilla extract
1 ½ cup starch
1 ½ -2 cups flour

In a large bowl combine sugar and soft margarine/butter. Then crack the egg in. Start kneading and add starch, baking powder and vanilla. Then add flour slowly while kneading. Form a soft lump of cookie dough.
Divide ¼ of the dough and add cocoa in it. Knead until the cocoa dissolves and the dough becomes even. Garb hazelnut size pieces and round them in your palms. Continue till both the plain and cocoa dough are used up. Then, place one cacao in the center and 5-6 plain balls around it. Then press gently them to stick together and form a flower.
Preheat the oven to 350 F (180 C) and arrange the cookies over an oven tray with parchment paper, making some room between each other. Cook for 15-18 minutes. Make sure they do not get pink. They should remain white. Take them out and cool over a cooling rack.
This recipe makes 25-30 Flower Cookies.
ENJOY
P.S: You can use food coloring to make different colored cookies.

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TURKCE
1 su bardagi seker
250 gr margarin/tereyag, oda sicakliginda
2 yemek kasigi kakao
1 yumurta
1 paket/1 cay kasigi kabartma tozu
1 paket vanilya/1 tatli kasigi vanilya ekstrakti
1 ½ su bardagi nisasta
1 ½-2 su bardagi un

Genis bir kasede once seker ve margarine/tereyagini guzelce karistirin. Ardindan yumurtayi ilave edin. Nisasta, kabartma tozu ve vanilyayi ilave edin ve yogurun. Sonra yavas yavas unu ilave ederek yumusak bir kurabiye hamuru elde edin.
Sonra hamurun ¼ unu ayirin ve kakaoyu ilave edip, kakao esit olarak dagilana dek yogurun. Hamurdan findik buyuklugunde parcalar alip elinizle yuvarlayin. Hem beyaz hem de kakaolu hamuru yuvarladiktan sonra; bir kakolu topun etrafina 5-6 tane beyaz gelecek sekilde cicek yapin ve birbirlerine hafifce bastirarak yapistirin.
Firini onceden 180 C (350 F)’ye isitin. Yagli kagit serilmis firin tepsisine kurabiyeleri aralikli olarak dizin ve pembelesmelerine izin vermeden 15-18 dakika pisirin. Firindan cikarin ve sogumasini bekleyin.
Yaklasik 25-30 tane kurabiye cikiyor.
AFIYET OLSUN
Not: Degisik renkte kurabiyeler yapmak icin gida boyasi kullanabilirsiniz.

Ana Sayfaya Don

Pilaf with Vegetables (Sebzeli Pilav)

1 ½ cup rice, washed and drained
1 carrot, chopped
1 potato, chopped finely
1 cup peas, frozen or fresh
½ cup corn kernels (optional)
2-3 tbsp butter
3 tbsp canola oil
2 ½-3 cups chicken stock/broth
¼ tsp sugar
1 tbsp salt to taste

Chop carrot into cubes or round; chop the potato in small cubes as well. Heat the oil in a large skillet and cook first potatoes, then carrots until they become soft.
Boil the peas about 3-5 minutes and drain. Set the vegetables aside.
Melt the butter in a pot and stir in rice. Cook for about 2-3 minutes over medium heat. Add hot chicken stock, salt and sugar into pot. Stir and bring to a boil. Then reduce the heat, close the lid.
When the pilaf is about to absorb the water (when a little water remains), stir in gently the peas, carrots, potatoes and corn kernels (optional). Close the lid and cook till all the water is absorbed. Open the lid cover the pot with a paper towel and close the lid over paper towel. Leave for a rest 10 minutes.
Sprinkle black pepper over if desired.
ENJOY

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TURKCE
1 ½ su bardagi pirinc, yikanmis suzulmus
1 havuc, dogranmis
1 patates, kup kup dogranmis
1 su bardagi bezelye, dondurulmus ya da taze
½ su bardagi misir tanesi (istege bagli)
2-3 yemek kasigi tereyag
3 yemek kasigi sivi yag
2 ½ -3 su bardagi tavuk suyu
½ cay kasigi seker
1 yemek kasigi tuz

Havucu kup seklinde ya da halka halka dograyin. Patatesi de kup seklinde kucuk kucuk dograyin. Bir tavada sivi yagda once patatesleri sonra havuclari yumusayana dek kavurun. Bezelyeleri 3-5 dakika haslayin ve suyunu suzun.
Tencereye tereyagini alin ve pirincleri ilave edin. Pirincler tane tane olup ayrilmaya baslayana dek yaklasik 2-3 dakika orta ateste cevirin. Sicak olan tavuk suyu, tuz ve sekeri ilave edin karistirin ve kaynamaya baslayinca kapagini kapatin, hafif ates alin.
Pilav suyunu cekmeye yakin havuc, patates, bezelye ve misiri (istege bagli) ilave edin karistirin ve kapagini kapatip, iyice suyunu cekene kadar pisirin. Pistikten sonra tencerinin agzini kagit havlu ile ortup uzerine kapagini kapatin. Yaklasik 10 dakika kadar dinlendirin.
Uzerine karabiber serperek servis yapabilirsiniz.
AFIYET OLSUN

Ana Sayfaya Don

Spinach and Potato Frittata (Ispanak ve Patatesli Omlet)

2 tbsp olive oil
2 potatoes, chopped
1 cup torn fresh spinach
2 tbsp green onions, sliced
1 tsp garlic, minced
4 eggs
1/3 cup milk
½ cup Cheddar cheese, shredded
salt and pepper to taste

Heat olive oil in a medium size skillet over medium heat and place potatoes, cover, and cook about 10 minutes, until tender but firm. Mix in spinach, green onions, and garlic. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cook for 2 minutes, until spinach is wilted.
Beat together eggs and milk in a bowl. Pour into the skillet over the vegetables. Sprinkle with Cheddar cheese. Lower the heat, cover, and cook 5 to 7 minutes, or until eggs are firm.
Serve Spinach and Potato Frittata warm.
ENJOY

***This is a vegetarian dish.

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TURKCE
2 yemek kasigi zeytinyagi
2 patates, dogranmis
1 su bardagi ispanak, dogranmis
2 yemek kasigi yesil sogan, dogranmis
1 tatli kasigi sarimsak, ezilmis/rendelenmis
4 yumurta
1/3 su bardagi sut
½ su bardagi Cheddar/kasar peyniri, rendelenmis
Tuz ve karabiber

Orta buyuklukte bir tavada zeytinyagini orta ateste isitin ve patatesleri ilave edin. Kapagini kapatin ve yaklasik 10 dakika boyunca patatesler yumusayana dek pisirin. Ispanak, sarimsak ve yesil sogani ilave edin. Tuz ve karabiber serpin. Ispanak solana dek 2 dakika kadar pisirin.
Bir kasede sut ve yumurtayi cirpin ve tavadaki sebzelerin uzerine dokun. Uzerine Cheddar/kasar peyniri serpin. Atesi dusurun, kapagini kapatin ve yaklasik 5-7 dakika ya da yumurtalar pisene dek pisirin.
Sicak servis yapin.
AFIYET OLSUN

***Bu bir vejeteryan yemegidir.
Ana Sayfaya Don