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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Beetroot Leaf Sauté with Chickpeas and Potato
I'm not translating this one into Turkish because in fact, despite the Turkish-sounding ingredients, it's an Observer recipe from Nigel Slater, veteran English food writer. It comes from the Observer ...
Hummus with Lemon Sauce/ Limon Soslu Humus
We all seem to love hummus! Amazing when you think that way back we'd never heard of the stuff. Did your mother use chickpeas? Did anyone know what tahini was? We were just getting used to garlic, for ...
Springtime in Istanbul: how do we know?
.....when we see the following fruits at our local markets or manav/greengrocers: papaz eriği or sour green plums: a springtime delight! These are 'süper'! First of all, ...
Boza: Another Extraordinary Turkish Drink
Just when you think you have discovered the ultimate Turkish food or drink, along comes boza. all very nostalgic at Vefa Bozacısı Boza is a very special drink that I will forever ...
Courgettes with Chickpeas in Lemon and Mint
I always think it must be very easy to be vegetarian here in Turkey because what with the abundance of fresh vegetables here, the cuisine includes so many non-meat dishes. Think of all those meze for ...