Musakka Recipe

Musakka is an eggplant dish which is cooked in a large region from Mediterranean to Middle East.
In Turkey we call it Musakka, in some region it is called Mousaka or .
The preffered cooking way is fry the eggplants first but if you wish you can cook the eggplants in the oven instead of  frying. Although frying is fatty and unhealthy way to cook but i think that is the thing which make it sooo delicious.

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Etli Yaprak Sarma (Stuffed Leaves with Meat) Recipe

Stuffed vegetables take an important place in Ottoman Kitchen. This is the season of vine leaves so I decided to cook Yaprak Sarma. You can use inside mixture to stuff other vegetables like tomato, zucchini, bell pepper, cabbage.. Yoghurt is great accompany for these dishes.
If you are not fan of meat dishes , you can try the vegetarian olive oil version of Stuffed vine leaves which i will give the recipe later on.
Enjoy!

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Hünkar Pilavı (Sultan's Pilaf) Recipe

Ottoman Sultans definetly had a fine palate.I can imagine hundreds of cooks in Palace Kitchen were trying different mixtures for Sultan to like.
This rice recipe called Sultan's Pilaf which you can find various types of sultan pilaf. Probably each of them has different style. It was a kinda new experiment for my family to mix a lot of different spices in the rice but the result was definetly perfect.
Enjoy!!

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Erikli Kuzu Yahnisi (Lamb with Prune Sauce) Recipe

Yahni is an awesome flavor which is heritage from Ottoman times. It is a cooking type which mean stewing meat,chicken or fish. You can cook it in various types with different vegetables and sauces. Lamb with prune has sweet taste. Enjoy!!

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