We love this Izmir Köfte recipe. It’s Turkish meatballs in tomato sauce with potatoes and peppers. It’s been a long time coming this recipe. A regular evening meal for us, especially through winter. Whenever Barry makes it, I post a photo to our Instagram Stories. And we always get the request, “Can we have your …
Why make a spinach stem salad, you ask? Let’s keep things simple: Most traditional Turkish food is as food should be – you take your ingredients, you make your dish. And if there is anything you have discarded while making your dish, you don’t discard it; you make another dish from it. Well, it makes …
Have you ever tried Turkish coffee (Türk Kahvesi)? For many, it’s an acquired taste. Unlike filter or instant coffee, Türk Kahvesi is unfiltered; grounds and all stay in the cup. As a result of that, a thick, muddy residue will rest on the bottom of the cup. Deeply unpleasant for those that are not in …
Whether you’re someone who, like us, enjoys a bit of everything, or you’re vegetarian or vegan, this Turkish lentil köfte recipe (mercimek köftesi) is great for serving when you have friends over for food. Köfte is the word often associated with the dreaded translation of Turkish meatballs. Well, no meat in this recipe. Lentil köfte …
The vibrant summer colours – the stark contrast of the greens and red – and the zingy flavours of the sumac and the dressing; this Turkish tomato and purslane salad can be eaten as a side. In the sweltering summer heat, where would we be without the light, fresh flavours of a crisp and crunchy …
Roasted green bean salad takes green beans to a whole new level! At the moment, the market stalls around Fethiye are just teeming with beans. Huge mounds of colourful barbunya pods contrasting against piles of super fresh green beans. We just can’t not buy them. And that’s how this roasted green bean salad recipe came …
Lokum Kokoreç and Lokum Döner are places that are trying to appeal to the masses – and succeeding. Most Turks don’t need that appeal. They’re more than aware of how tasty this offal and meat is. Tempting the taste buds – that’s what Yerguzlar Caddesi is becoming an expert at. Yerguzlar Caddesi is the street …
Have you tried a broccoli frittata recipe? Most of the recipes on this blog are Turkish recipes. You know, what with us living in Turkey and everything. We do, occasionally, however, cook dishes of the non-Turkish variety. And more often than not, these dishes will not make it onto these online pages. But there are …
Eggs and spinach for breakfast, anyone? Or lunch or dinner, for that matter. If you’ve never tried this spinach and eggs recipe, we’re sure you’re going to be converts once you do make it. We go through spells where it’s on our menu more than once a week. And that’s no bad thing because this …
Bastions of Turkish cuisine: Both soup (çorba) and legumes most certainly sit comfortably with that description. And in this green lentil soup recipe, we bring the two together to make a hearty Turkish meal. Way back when, we did a post on the main types of çorba (Turkish soup) you see in the eateries of …