Vegetarian and Minty Cannellini Beans (Zeytinyağlı Naneli Kuru Fasulye)
Cannellini beans, referred to as dry beans or simply as ‘the dry,’ along with rice is THE traditional Turkish dish. If there’s …
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Antalya Bean Salad (Antalya Usulü Piyaz)
Piyaz is what we call bean salads in Turkey, but the term is actually Persian and means “onion.” Piyaz is …
Chickpea Rice with Chicken (Tavuklu Nohut Pilav)
In Orhan Pamuk’s 2014 novel A Strangeness in My Mind, we read Istanbul and Mevlut’s story, a street vendor …
Green Lentil Salad (Yeşil Mercimek Salatası)
If you are a lentil lover, this could be one the most delicious and nutritious salads. While studying for …
Almost Turkish Recipes: Sautéed Spicy Beet Greens
Beet greens, stems and leaves, although usually discarded, are in fact quite healthy, sweet, and delicious when cooked in simple …
Mushroom and Green Olive Salad (Yeşil Zeytinli Mantar Salatası)
Back in the day when I used to live in Ankara, on my way home I used to stop …
Poached Eggs with Sautéed Spinach (Ispanaklı Poşe Yumurta)
This is my recipe for merging two of my favorite comfort foods: sautéed spinach with eggs, for which spinach …
Peppers with Cheese (Lorlu Biber)
A great Thracian specialty! Just like menemen, peppers with cheese can also be served as a side dish, main dish, …
Easy Moist Chocolate Cake (Kakaolu Islak Kek)
This is my interpretation, or I’d love to say improvement, of an ’80s classic, moist cocoa cake which was, …
Cheese and Olive Cake with Sesame Seeds (Susamlı, Peynirli ve Zeytinli Kek)
This is my new homesickness and feel-good cake! 1 cup yogurt 3/4 cup olive or sunflower oil 3 eggs …