Bulghur Balls with Tomato&Garlic Sauce Recipe

I know it s been long time far from you but my dad had another operation; doctors said even it is a miracle that he is alive. We thank God for that. We stayed long time at hospital; thanks to my all friends and relatives who support us during bad times. I saw real friendship and also fake friends. Anyway now the most important thing is my dad is at home and he is able to eat anything so I made bulghur balls
for today evening which my family love too much. It is easy to make and very tasty.

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Rice with Meat in the Oven Recipe

All my family loved it, so delicious rice. Highly recommended :)
You can serve this as main dish.

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Food&Friends - Zucchini Cake Recipe

Last Friday, I joined a very nice cooking event. First time I cooked out of my kitchen and with other people. It was such fun. The people who didn't cook brought some desserts or drinks. I prepared the table on the terrace, the weather was lovely, so everything was perfect...

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Peymacun Recipe (Turkish style pizza)

This dish originally cooked with ground meat and called "lahmacun", this is the version with cheese, in turkish cheese mean "peynir" so we call this "peymacun" :)
The size is normally bigger, I wanted to make it smaller, it's a nice appetizer, mine is a bit crispy, the way I liked it, if you don't like crispy, you can add a bit water in the cheese mixture or maybe chopped tomato, with tomato juice it'd be softer.

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Turkish Menemen Recipe

This is today's breakfast meal, I love it, easy to cook and delicious. This is the most popular egg dish in Turkey.

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Cornelian Cherry Sherbet

The Sherbet is very important in our culture, at the past we were not serving the raw water to our guests, they were adding some lemon or mint or something. Everything was a chance to make sherbet.
This one is one of that I love, and good chance to drink before summer goes away.
I like the sour taste of cornelian cherry.

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Gavurdagi Salad Recipe

A delicious salad which takes the name from a mountain in Turkey.
It is great accompany especially for kebab and meat dishes.

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Eggplant Kebab Recipe

Last 2 days I noticed I cook kebab:) but we are Turks and love Kebab... what to do :)
But I try to cook it less heavy avoiding using oil.
You can cook this in tray or better if u can cook in clay pots. Easy to make and delicious food.

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Egg Salad Recipe

This is the tradition in my family for Sunday breakfasts, easy and tasty recipe.

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Cokertme Kebab Recipe (Bodrum Kebab)

It is another nice recipe from Bodrum. I have been there recently, it is very nice coast city which is famous with White houses without roof. Nice weather, nice beach, night life, everything is there.
Cokertme is the name of a village in Bodrum and this kebab is specially there.
In some places I ate with fillet meat, and some others with Kofte (burger), I like burger more so I cooked that way.

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Banana&Kiwi Cake

Eid Mubarek to all. The Holy Ramadan ended yesterday and today is the first day of Bayram(Eid). Whole month we fasted, stayed away from bad things :) now time to celebrate it. Everybody is out to visit relatives & friends, the children knocking our door for chocolate :) Due to my dad's sickness we will spend the holiday at home, but we have too many guests so I made something to serve for them.
I am not a dessert & baklava person, so fruit cake is the best for me which is light and sweet :)

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Bodrum Mantı (Fried Turkish Ravioli)

I know it is been a long time since I wrote but I had some reasonable excuses.
My dad suffered a big operation, stayed many weeks at the hospital. While we were thinking he was recovering, there were some complications, thank GOD he is better now, at home.
Hard times also good to understand your real friends, some of friends made me disappointed, some other made me surprised and felt they are more closer to me than I thought before.
Anyway this is life, all the bad and good things are for us. The most important thing is we are healthy now and I'm back with a nice recipe. :)
I tried this at a restaurant by a friend recommendation, and I didn't feel regret at all!!! It is amazing, delicious, called Bodrum mantı, as far as I learnt, it is cooked in Bodrum, which is a port city in the southwestern Aegean Region of Turkey.

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Patatesli Cig Kofte Recipe

I know, I know, again it's been long time that I haven't wrote, but the blogspot was restricted in Turkey and I was in a diet, by the way, I lost 4 kg :)) If I have kept cooking, I wouldn't be able to lose weight, I need to lose still 4 kg more but I cant do long months diet.
Today is Sunday, I am at home, lazy and I was watching a TV channel which is showing traditional turkish foods, I saw it there and wanted to try, I presumed it would be amazing, and yes! it is great, easy to do and tasty. Çiğ mean raw, the original çiğ köfte is made by raw meat, it's not cooked, the meat cook with kneading by a lot of hot pepper, long hours it need to be kneaded with hot. This is alternative veggie, more healthy and same tasty recipe from Antakya, a city in Turkey, near Syria border.

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Om Ali- Egyptian Dessert

I know it is been long time but I was so moody and didn't feel to cook or do anything else, but I am back to life. :)
There are too many recipes in my inbox and please forgive me that I don't think I will be able to read all, they are more than 5000. :)
I had this dessert in Dubai and loved it, easy to make, tasty and light dessert which I like.
By the way, Om Ali means "mum of Ali" :)

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Nice Weekend

I know it is been too long but i felt lazy to write something. I had fully busy weekend with friends and relatives. On saturday , my friends came to my home and they were so eager to taste the foods i cooked , that was their first time, i had a lot of unsucsesful cooking experiencence ,that is why they all were used to think i cant even cook an egg:))
till they tasted the foods i done. Even i didnt let my mum to help me because when someone even touch a bit, it would be "ooo , your mum cooked that" :) i didnt take risk , i done all. I went home around 7 pm on friday, had shopping and preaperad cookie very tasty called Ladies Kisses; I have seen it in Cafe Pepela. Also from friday i cooked cake and Yaprak Dolma . on Saturday i prapeerad Hummus, Eggplant Salad, Chicken Burger, Falafel&Tarator Sauce.


My mum also made a dessert and Borek (pastry), maybe she was doubt that i may fail:) dont know.. but they mostly liked as they told.. And we had nice lunch with chating about old stories in university..

Bon Appetit..

Potato Ravioli (HINGAL)

I am feeling right now that i am in the heaven , while i am tasting potato , butter.. yummy!!

When i was a kid ,we had a neighboor who used to cook "Hingal" , i always loved it , and i felt like i am kid now, the taste the same like she did, her name is Yasemin who was living next door; i have liked her, life is weird, i havent seen her from years , i dont know where she is or what she does, this hingal just made me remember great memories. I guess i am getting old as i started to talk about past:)

She is Circassian , and this Hingal a Circassian food which is also cooked in Cantral Anatolia area of Turkey.

The difference from the usual turkish ravioli is ; hingal bigger than regular turkish ravioli, there are some different shape variations, you can do whatever you like. I used a form that i like.

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Banana Roll Cake

I found this recipe at Food in Life. It is my first trial to make a cake. Was i succesfull?? Honestly the taste was good but the apperance not really.. I dont like so much about sweet, dessert, cakes etc. ; maybe that is why i am not succesful at this kinda things, but i believe i will be better. I brought the cake at the bank today for my colleagues to taste, and everybody seems happy; i dont know if they really liked or just to be nice , but they really seemed happy. Here is the proof :)

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Kavurma

It is Eid , and every Eid my mum make kavurma..

And i have to give recipe. It is sooooo delicious meat. The specialty of this kavurma, it is maden in ;we call "Sac" ; a special iron plate.

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Puff Pastry (Pofuduk Borek)

Eid is going on in all muslim countries with all beauty. People visiting each other, eating dinner, sharing good things with feast sole. In every home there is a hurry to cook something for their guests and to welcome their guests in best way.

I cooked a pastry for guests, sure it is not only thing , i will share most of them with you so you can a bit feel about the feast we are having.

This recipe; i saw my friend Ferhat's blog, he has put inside onion and green pepper but i didnt add , i think you can add whatever you want.

It is really easy&delicious recipe which everybody loved.

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