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, … [Read more...]
Turkish Recipes
This is a chronological list of all of the Turkish recipes on our blog. If you're looking for something specific, then you might find it more easily if you take a look at our complete Turkish Recipes Index.
The Turkish Coffee Experience – How To Make It, How To Drink It
March 31, 2020 21 Comments
Have you ever tried Turkish coffee (Türk Kahvesi)? For many, it's an acquired taste. Because, unlike filter coffees and the instant varieties, Türk Kahvesi is not filtered. As a result of that, a thick, muddy residue will rest on the bottom of the Turkish coffee cup. Deeply unpleasant for those … [Read more...]
Lentil Köfte Recipe (Turkish Mercimek Köftesi)
March 20, 2020 12 Comments
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. Lentil köfte signals springtime for us. The weather in Fethiye is gradually losing its … [Read more...]
Purslane & Tomato Salad Recipe – A Tasty Bowl Of Summer Colour
August 21, 2019 Leave a Comment
In the sweltering summer heat, where would we be without the light, fresh flavours of a crisp and crunchy salad? A few days ago, on the Sunday market in Çalış, it was semizotu (purslane) that caught our eye. It was just asking to be made into a purslane and tomato salad (domatesli semizotu … [Read more...]
Spinach And Eggs Recipe – Breakfast, Lunch Or Dinner
March 24, 2019 27 Comments
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 dish is … [Read more...]
Turkish Green Lentil Soup Recipe – The Proof Of The Pudding Is In The Eating
February 24, 2019 14 Comments
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 (soup) you see in the eateries of … [Read more...]
Garlic Yoghurt With Carrots – Sarımsaklı Yoğurtlu Havuç Salatası
October 10, 2018 16 Comments
Turkish garlic yoghurt with carrots (sarımsaklı yoğurtlu havuç salatası) is a meze dish that we usually only have the pleasure to eat in the home. You sometimes get to eat this tasty Turkish carrot salad on the Blue Bays boat trips around Fethiye but, for whatever reason, the Turkish restaurants we … [Read more...]
Menemen – A Recipe For Turkish Scrambled Eggs With Tomatoes & Vegetables
September 15, 2018 2 Comments
Traditional Turkish menemen; the first time we came to Fethiye on holiday, a local guy we'd met described one of his favourite Turkish breakfast recipes to us. Cue the dreamy face that comes over most Turkish people (usually males) as they list the ingredients of meals cooked by their mum! Because, … [Read more...]
It’s Melon Season – Time To Indulge In Refreshing Melon Salad (Kavun Salatası)
August 10, 2018 Leave a Comment
What to eat? The temperatures are soaring, it's humid, the appetite isn't up to much. But you know you've got to replenish your weary body. And, if you're anything like us and you love your food, you'd like to actually sit and enjoy putting those energy-giving calories back in! Thank goodness then … [Read more...]
Erik Tavası Recipe – Turkish Cooking With Seasonal Fruit
May 25, 2018 Leave a Comment
Seasonal cooking - it's just the best. The best because when the food markets are abundant in a particular seasonal fruit or vegetable for just a few weeks, we get over-excited and buy far too much of it for two people. And that's when we're forced to get creative and learn new recipes. This is a … [Read more...]
