Every home should have one: A go to chicken and rice traybake recipe that guarantees to satisfy every time. In Turkey, that recipe is called tavuk kapama. Over the years, our tavuk kapama has developed and been tweaked here and there. So much so that, these days, what we actually have a is a fırında …
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. …
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 …
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, …
We’re going ‘fusion food’ with this vegetarian Mediterranean stuffed peppers recipe. Turkish cuisine is famous for its dolma recipes and peppers stuffed with rice filling is perhaps the most famous of those recipes. But for this recipe, we’re going with the Mediterranean label because, whilst we’re still using Turkish ingredients for our delicious filling, there’s …
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 …
Last Sunday, we were on our way to Çalış market and we were feeling the need for food – right now! Most of the time, we opt for gözleme because we can eat this at the pazar – but last week, we just had the taste for kuşbaşılı pide. When the pide arrived, not only …
In this post, we’re going to be giving you our staple bulgur pilaf recipe – and a staple of the Turkish kitchen; domatesli bulgur pilavı. In Turkey, there is a type of restaurant called Ocakbaşı. You go to these Turkish restaurants when you want to eat grilled meat, cooked on an open barbecue within the …
Turkish rice (şehriyeli pilav) – definitely one of the most famous dishes in Turkey! If you’re familiar with Turkish food, you’ll know that rice features quite heavily in the eating process. A lot of Turkish recipes end with, ‘serve with rice’. If you go to a lokanta (a type of Turkish restaurant), whichever dish you …
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 …