If you order piyaz in a restaurant, the odds are that a colourful healthy salad made with beans, tomatoes and hard-boiled eggs will appear in front of you. It's often known as Turkish Bean Salad ...
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Mücver – But not the Traditional Courgette Fritters: These are Made with Leeks/Pirasa
I'm going to say it straight: I am not a mücver fan. But lots of people are so I feel it's appropriate to have a mücver-type recipe on my blog. They look good, don't they? The typical ...
How to make Turkish Fava ….
Fava is one of those dishes that you either love or you don't. It's really that clear. Personally, I love it: there's something about the consistency, soft and melting-in-your-mouth, that I find ...
Chargilled Aubergines with Saffron (or Garlic) Yogurt, Parsley & Pickled Chillies
New Year's Eve saw my first foray into recipes from my new cookbook 'Persiana' by Sabrina Ghayour and once again, it was the picture that enticed me into going down to Kadıköy in quest of pickled ...
Celeriac – Celery Root – with Walnuts in Garlic Yogurt/Cevizli Kereviz Salatası
This salad is yet another variation on the garlic yogurt theme, this time using grated celeriac instead of let's say, carrot or, in summer, chopped cucumber. I had forgotten all about this ...
Kısır/Spicy Bulgur Salad with Tomatoes and Pomegranate Molasses
I think that in the 4-year career of my blog, this is the longest gap that has ever occurred between posts. And the reason is travel. Travel is truly my favourite thing (and luckily, TT's) and I ...
Those Market Beets and Spinach Roots
Would you like to see what I did with those rosy beets and spinach yesterday? Method for the beetroots Cut off the stalks but be careful not to cut too deep into the beet itself as it will ...
Summer Eggplants: different version Patlıcan Salatası/Aubergine Salad
Aubergines or eggplants? Or shall we use the Turkish word patlıcan? Summer eggplants: different version eggplant salad/patlıcan salatası But a rose by any other name, ...