Turkish Recipes
5 recipes
Turkish Red Lentil Soup
Red lentils cooked soft with onion, carrot, and tomato paste, blended smooth and finished with dried mint bloomed in olive oil. Lemon at the table does the rest of the work.
Simit Sesame Rings
Turkish street bread: twisted dough rings dipped in thinned grape molasses and pressed into sesame seeds, baked until the crust is dark and the seeds toast through.
Mercimek Koftesi Red Lentil Patties
Turkish red lentil and fine bulgur patties worked with softened onion and red pepper paste, then shaped by hand and eaten cold in lettuce leaves with lemon. The lentils are cooked dry so the bulgur can absorb what is left.
Menemen
Turkish eggs stirred loosely into softened green peppers and cooked-down tomato until just set. It is served in the pan it was made in, soft and loose rather than firmly scrambled.
Haydari Yogurt Dip
A thick Turkish meze of strained yogurt whipped with raw garlic, dill and mint, finished with a spoonful of warm chile butter poured over the top.