A most popular dish with chicken: Chicken Rice! I’m going to show two ways in Turkish Cuisine we make. First Chicken Kapama “Tavuk Kapama” / “Mişöriz – Mishoriz”; second one “Tavuklu Nohutlu Pilav”. Ingredients For Chicken Kapama: 1 whole chicken except breast part or about 8-10 pieces of drumstick 2 tbsp butter 1 onion 4…
An easy vegan friendly iftar/dinner menu with local traditional dishes from the Southeastern part of Turkey Gaziantep. The main dish is “Muceddere” A bulgur rice with green lentils. Muceddere or “Müceddere” as we write in Turkish, is a meal on its own, full of flavor and nutritious. But I wanted to serve it with mom-style…
Maklube or Maqluba is a festive meat & rice dish that is served upside down and garnished with a colorful salad and yogurt on the side. It is a very popular dish in The Middle East and Turkey. I will show you how I make maqluba with the best tips to make it perfect! Ingredients…
In Turkey, we have many street foods on the rush like simit, lahmacun, çiğköfte, and of course doner kebab. But there is one street food that will comfort you like you are eating at home is “Tavuklu Nohutlu Pilav” Chicken Rice with chickpeas. You can see this street food on every corner, usually near the…
I made 30 minutes meal in this episode. Beginning with a traditional tarhana soup, leek dish with ground beef, and whole wheat spaghetti with tomato paste sauce. As a side dish I take out pickled cabbage that I made before and as a dessert 2 ingredient fig pudding which is a traditional dessert we call…
Turkish pilaf with orzo “Şehriyeli Pilav” is our favorite side dish at home that goes well with almost any Turkish dish. With browned orzo in butter, it has a nutty taste and with hints, it is very fluffy. Pilav has an important role in Turkish cuisine. There is no good Turkish menu that is complete…
