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Swiss Chard with tahini, yogurt & buttered pine nuts
This is a recipe straight out of Ottolenghi's Jerusalem and it pushes all my buttons. I am never quite sure that Swiss chard is what here in Turkey we call pazı but I am proceeding as though it is. ...
Anatolian Spinach with Currants and Pine Nuts/Anadolu Ispanak Ezmesi
I bought this years ago as a decoration never thinking I would one day be using it regularly in my own kitchen! These days my mortar and pestle are my best friends. Isn't that funny? I ...
Almond and Seed-crusted Chicken/Bademli ve Baharat Tohumlu Tavuk
Here is the kind of recipe we are all looking for: low-cal but tasty. Well anyway, that's my take on what we should be looking for these days. It's not a Turkish recipe, just my translation of yet ...
Yogurt Soup with Spinach/ İspanaklı Yoğurt Çorbası
at Ayvacık market on Friday - the vendor didn't want to appear in the photo but I told her - and showed her - her foot was there! that was ok. I loved her display. Here is a really Turkish ...
Lamb in Yogurt /Yoğurtlu Kuzu Eti
Here is another simple but delicious supper dish that I made the other night. The ingredients are not fancy: kuşbaşı lamb with chopped onion and tomatoes but it’s the flavouring that makes ...
Patlıcan Salatası: A Classic Aubergine Meze
Aubergine salad is a classic of the Turkish meze table. Patlıcan Salatası (pron: putt-ler-jun) or Ezmesi /purée . A in Turkish is pronounced u like in umbrella and c is j. You will be served it ...
Haydari – a Minty Yogurt Dip with Garlic
Don’t you just love that moment at the beginning of an evening out when you’re feeling mellow with a glass of rakı in your hand and that tray of meze comes round and you’re sitting outside by the ...