This is another of my favorite vegetarian Turkish meze dishes. Had it once in a Turkish restaurant in Tokyo and insisted that Deniz ask his mom how to make it. It’s similar to the American spinach dip, but much more flavorful and healthy. We’ve made it several times since. We adapted this recipe from Deniz’ […]
The word musakka almost always refers to eggplant musakka, at least where I came from. It was surprising to see a cauliflower musakka in this Turkish cookbook we found on Amazon (Sultan’s Kitchen). We already had most of the ingredients at home, it would be mistake not to try this dish! Ingredients 1 large cauliflower […]
When I was in college back in Turkey, it was common for us students to eat cheap fixed menus at nearby restaurants which usually consists of soup, rice, a meat dish, and a dessert. My soup of choice (if there was any choice) was always Ezogelin. Tasty mixture of lentils and bulgur in a tomato-based soup, […]
This is one of my favorite dishes from my childhood. I remember asking my mom if she could make that ‘soup with dots’ since tiny chopped mints pieces looked like little dots on this white soup. Once in a while I make this dish using soup packets by Knorr or Piyale, but this is the […]
One day we were staring at our pantry after a fun but tiresome trip. We did not have the energy to go grocery shopping, but we had to make something to feed ourselves! We had all the ingredients for a hummus dip, but Delphine’s suggestion about adding the black bean turned out to be an […]
One of the things I have done in the past that unintentionally impressed Delphine was to cook a vegetarian dish that I learned from my sister-in-law. Şakşuka (pronounced shakshuka) is a blend of fried vegetables, topped with garlic tomato sauce, which is different than the Tunisian egg dish with the same name. It’s great as […]
After making baklava last week, we ended up with an extra box of phyllo dough. We debated for 10 seconds about what to do with it, and then decided to make borek, a distant cousin of baklava. In borek, you will have layers of dough with a filling. Common fillings are savory ingredients like feta […]
Kısır is a traditional, home-cooked Turkish side dish. It’s made of fine bulgur (chopped, hulled wheat kernels), which are high in fiber and protein and low in fat. After trying kisir and one other Turkish dish (Şakşuka), I fell in love with Turkish cuisine, and insisted Deniz get Turkish recipes from his mom. Below is Deniz’ […]
As someone who was born and raised in Turkey, people always assume I have baklava syrup running in my blood (my cholesterol test results partially confirm this). Moving to the US did not stop me from enjoying this sweet, nutty, crunchy dessert. My cravings were easily satisfied by Baklava King when I was in San Diego […]