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Hamsili Pilav – A Black Sea Recipe Of Oven Baked Pilaf Encased In Fresh Anchovies

Hamsili pilav is a real seasonal treat that we love to make for friends. Those of you who read this blog a lot will be fully aware that hamsi season is one of our favourite times of year. All those little anchovies swimming amongst the icy currents of the Black Sea and along the Bosphorus. …

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Cooking With Edible Wild Plants The Turkish Way – Bulgurlu Çiriş Otu Yemeği

There’s something really satisfying about cooking with edible wild plants – that knowledge of eating something that has just sprung up at the side of the road, in a meadow, a forest or in the mountains. No one planted it or cultivated it; the seed just came to be there, and, as it starts to …

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Recreating A Street Food Favourite – Our (Tavuklu) Nohutlu Pilav Recipe

Tavuklu nohutlu pilav – There’s something special about stumbling across street food in Turkey when you’re wandering the streets and exploring somewhere new. If you’re someone who loves trying different foods, the great thing about Turkish street food is you can be pretty confident you’re going to really enjoy it. And, more often than not, …

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Turkish Recipes: Baked Stuffed Peppers With Bulgur Wheat Filling

Back in January, we did a recipe for the classic Turkish dolma recipe, biber dolması. In that recipe, green bell peppers are stuffed with a rice filling and then simmered until the peppers are soft. Well, as we’re such big fans of stuffed peppers, we thought we’d share another recipe for them, except this time, …

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Turkish Recipes: Biber Dolması (Stuffed Peppers With Rice)

The first time we came across biber dolması (Turkish stuffed peppers), we were staying with a Turkish friend and his family for a few days. Early in the day, mum was already preparing the evening meal and I remember glancing at the hob and seeing a pan with a glass lid, steam hissing through the …

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Domatesli Bulgur Pilavı – A Recipe For Turkish Bulgur Pilaf With Tomatoes

In this post, we’re going to be giving you our staple bulgur pilaf recipe; domatesli bulgur pilavı. In Turkey, there is a type of restaurant called Ocakbaşı. You go to these restaurants when you want to eat grilled meat, cooked on an open barbecue within the restaurant. Our favourite meals, whenever we go to places …

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Stuffed Courgettes Recipe – Kabak Dolması

At the moment, there are loads of these almost spherical courgettes on Fethiye market and we absolutely love them. Kabak dolması – stuffed courgettes – is on the menu for this article. The spherical courgettes are not overly common in these parts of Turkey and the last time we went to the market with our …

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Favourite Meze Dishes? Kısır Is There For Us

Question: When is tabbouleh not tabbouleh? Answer: When it is a Turkish bulgur salad dish made with slightly different ingredients and called kısır. What Is Kısır? Kısır is made from the fine bulgur wheat (cracked wheat). When we’ve written about other Turkish meze recipes, we’ve no doubt said a particular dish is a favourite – …

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