SISH
KEBAB (Şiş Kebap)
The
term shish kebab comes from Turkish words literally meaning
"skewer"
and "roast meat," |
INGREDIENTS:
• 1 kg. lamb fillet or leg of lamb
de-boned....
• 1/2 cups
olive oil
• Juice
of two onions..
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MARINADE:
Cut the meat into 2-3 cm dices. Toss in a mixing bowl along with oil, cover, and refrigerate
overnight... Add onion juice toss again then cover and refrigerate 24 hours..
Place in prepared
marinade overnight..
When the lamb has marinaded, skewer the lamb cubes
(alternating with the tomato halves, pepper halves and onion
wedges). Sprinkle with salt and oil. Then place the skewers on your pre-heated barbecue (or under the grill)...
.Grill on
barbecue fire for 3-4 minutes..
Turn the skewers and grill for another 3-4 minutes..
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KOFTA
(Köfte)
"Kofta is a popular dish made from ground beef" |
INGREDIENTS
(Quantity: Makes 5 servings):
• 750 gram ground beef (ground extra fine)
• Bread - 3 slices
• 1 teaspoon salt,
• 1/2 teaspoon
ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon cummin powder
• 1 Egg
• 1 large onion
• 1/2 bundle flat leaf parsley-chopped
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Remove the crust of the bread slices and
soak the bread slices in in water for ten minutes. Squeeze the
water
Combine parsley, onion and spices in a
food processor and process until finely chopped.
Mix
together all the kofta ingredients in a
large plate, until well combined . Then
roll the mixture into 20 even balls. Flatten the
balls slightly on the palm of your hand. Their shape will be about 5
cm across and about 1 cm thick (Kofta shape).
Heat
the oil in a large frying pan. Add the koftas. Cook over a high heat
for 2 minutes, then turn them over and cook for a further 2 minutes.
Reduce the heat to medium, and cook for about
5-10 minutes by turning, until both sides browned...
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KARNIYARIK
"Eggplant stuffed with meat" |
INGREDIENTS
(Quantity: Makes 4 servings):
• 4 eggplants
( Asian eggplants, aubergines)
• 2 tbs olive oil
• 150 gram ground meat
• 2 onions (finely chopped)
• 3 tomatoes (skinned
and diced)
•
1 cup water
•
1 bundle flat leaf parsley-chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon
ground black pepper
• Salt
For decoration
•
1
tomato, sliced
•
4
green peppers (paprika) cut into halves in lengthwise
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Cut the ends off the eggplants and
peel them removing three or four strips lengthways,
Soak for half an hour in salt water, wash and dry.
Split the eggplants lengthwise (do not cut them in halves just make a crack enough to stuff the mixture in the eggplants).
In a deep frying pan, heat olive oil on medium-high heat. Add finely chopped onions and sauté for
4-5 minutes.
Add ground meat and sauté another 4 minutes. Add diced tomatoes and
sauté another 1-2 minutes. Add 1 cup water and heat it 15 minutes..
Drain..Save the juice of meat mixture .. Add chopped parsley, salt, and
black pepper. Stir to combine. Put this ground meat
mixture aside..
Brown eggplants in oil lightly for 4-5 minutes turning all round..
Remove from pan reserving oil. Arrange in a baking dish side by side. Then make holes in center with back of a
tablespoon or a knife. Stuff eggplants with ground meat mixture. Place a slice tomato and half of a fried green pepper on top of each split belly
eggplant (decorative tomato slices and green peppers).. Pour the juice of meat mixture
(You had saved) on top and bake them in preheated oven for 30
minutes..
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CIGARETTE
BOREK (Sigara Boregi)
"Sigara boregi is a Turkish cigar shaped pastry made with
white cheese and phyllo (yufka)"
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INGREDIENTS
:
• 2 sheets Phyllo
(Turkish yufka is a thin, round and flat bread similar to lavash, about
40 cm in diameter made from wheat flour.)
• 250 gram white Turkish
cheese (feta cheese), crumbled
• 1/2 bundle flat leaf
parsley, finely chopped
• 1-2 cup oil for frying
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Cut
the yufka sheets in a way that you can obtain 16 triangular-like
or wedge-shaped pieces (each sheet cut into 8 triangles). In a bowl, mix Turkish
cheese (feta cheese) and parsley with a fork. Put one tablespoon of filling near the
base of a triangle:
and fold the corners inside (fold the bottom corners
on some of the filling). Fold up the bottom edge to cover the filling and
roll up the yufka sheet like a cigarette. Soak the open end in the water and close it up.
Fry cigarettes in hot oil for 2-4 minutes, or until
the cigarettes are golden
brown. Use a sieve to remove from oil. Drain on paper towel.
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MENEMEN
"Turkish scrambled eggs
with tomato" |
INGREDIENTS
(Quantity: Makes 4 servings):
• 4
tomato, skinned and chopped
•
4
green peppers (paprika), cut into very small rings
• 1 Onion,
finely chopped
(optional)
• 8 eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 2 tablespoons butter
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Heat the butter in a big skillet.
Optionally sautee the onion until soft
Then, add the pepper rings and cook them a few minutes.
Then, add tomatoes and season with salt and ground black pepper
and fry for another 2 to 3 minutes.
Then, crack the eggs onto the top of the mixture, lower the heat
and cook it as long as the eggs are set as you liked..
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