It’s not often we write about Turkish desserts or sweetie goodness on this blog because neither of us has a particularly sweet tooth. However, the holy month of Ramadan has ended and now, Ramazan Bayramı is once more upon us. And, as this is the time when people tend to indulge in foods of the …
In Turkish, kalbur means sieve and bas means to press. So the little markings on the kalburabastı sweets you can see below are where the dough has been pressed against a sieve to form the pattern, hence the name. We love food; that’s a given. We’ll try anything put before us…but for some reason, acquiring …
As we’re in the second day of Ramazan Bayramı, the three-day festival following Ramazan, it seems only fitting to acknowledge this with a post about one of Turkey’s most famous desserts, künefe. Künefe isn’t a dessert particular to Ramazan Bayramı; it’s just that we don’t get to do many sweetie posts on this blog – …
We were chatting with a friend a few nights ago about how Turkey seems to be rediscovering and embracing old traditions. 11 years ago, we came to Fethiye on holiday and smoked a nargile (water pipe), only to be told by waiters, ‘Oh, we have those just for the tourists. Nobody smokes nargile any more.’ …
The first time we came across aşure was Christmas Day a few years ago. We were doing the rounds, bearing gifts and a few stops had been planned. Then we would return home for Christmas dinner. The visits to Turkish friends were supposed to be a quick, ‘Hello, Merry Christmas and here’s your Christmas gift. …