Having cooked up half a kilo of white beans in my pressure cooker, I felt I should put some to use immediately and I had an inspiration for bean salad on toast with a Turkish flavour. We were more ...
Salad
Radish Salad
The markets are still full of the larger radishes which are in season earlier than the more delicate little cherry radishes. This refreshing radish salad goes well with many dishes and gives a lovely ...
Spinach Stems Recipes
Turks love their greens and they also hate to waste food. These Spinach Stems recipes are great for using a part of the plant most people throw to either the chickens or their compost.... and they are ...
Lentil, Mint, and White Cheese/Feta Salad with Pomegranate Dressing /Nar Ekşili Mercimek, Nane,ve Beyaz Peynirli Salata
I would be amazed if Leanne Kitchen found a salad like this when she was travelling through Turkey. I absolutely love her book 'Turkey Recipes and Tales from the Road': the recipes are interlaced ...
Wheat Grain Salad with Orange and Fresh Thyme/ Kekikli Portakallı Buğday Salatası
This is just the season to be investigating new salads and this is how I found this one. I always like trying something new. I can't resist a new recipe especially if it uses familiar ...
Purslane Salad with Yogurt & Almonds/Yoğurtlu Semizotu Salatası
I was thinking along the lines of semizotu or purslane as we call it although it doesn't seem to be commonly known, as I was planning on using it in my cooking class in Kuzguncuk. This despite the ...
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 ...