KEBAB IN THE OVEN DISH (TEPSI KEBABI)

This one is a success story! If you feel like home made kebab, this one is a perfect recipe for you as it is also quite easy to make!

Ingredients:

ingredients

1 kg minced meat from calf

1 green pepper, chopped fine

1 red pepper (paprika), chopped fine

1 onion, chopped fine

2 tomatos, in small cubes

tomatos in small cubes

2 teeth of garlic, chopped fine

Half the bundle of parsley, chopped fine

Pimento

Pepper

Salt

Method:

1. Mix all the ingredients and spread it in an oven dish.
2. Decorate with tomato and pepper.
3. Cook it in the oven at 180 degrees for about half an hour to forty minutes.

yummy

HOLIDAYS IN CUNDA ISLAND

Dear friends,

It has been a long since I have posted here but it was quite a busy summer for me!

During the summer holidays of my husband, we’ve visited the lovely Cunda island, which is located in the northwestern Aegean Sea. The island is linked with a narrow road to Ayvalik, a summer town in Balikesir. 

It is quite a calm place, not like the popular summer resorts like Bodrum and Cesme. We stayed in a fancy little suite villa which we enjoyed very much! (here's the link if you are interested: Cundavilla Suit Hotel) If you go to Cunda to party, you might be disappointed. If you go there to enjoy the cold sea and the food, then you will definitely like Cunda! To be more specific, Cunda is a place for you if you like Aegean cuisine (this is the cuisine that you can find in Greece, in the Greek islands as well as in the western parts of Turkey) and cold sea. And raki and fish :)

We tried to dine (and have lunch too) at different restaurants all the time in order to have a proper idea of the culinary tradition in the island. If you like mezzes, Cunda island is a place to be! I think the restaurants have a standard in taste and in quality. Except for one particular restaurant, the prices are also quite okay. As for the portions are concerned, a couple of restaurants failed in my eyes but still it is not too bad. All in all, everything we ate in Cunda was extremely tasty! 

Here are a few pictures that I made during our holidays in Cunda! 

They look delicious, they are delicious!!!

SPINACH BEET WITH MEAT AND PULSES

This one is really delicious! 

If you want to make it veggy, you can simply omit the meat from the recipe and I am sure it will be just as delicious! 

If you don’t find spinach beet, you can replace it with spinach. Here's a look at the spinach beet:

spinach beet

 Give it a try! Pulses are healthy stuff!

Ingredients: (serves 6)

1/3 glasses of chickpeas, boiled

chickpeas

1 glass of wheat for noah’s pudding (this is a direct translation! :p), boiled

500 grams of lambs meat, cubed

lambs meat, cubed

2 spoons of butter

1 onion, chopped

onion, cubed

2 spoons of tomato paste (salça)

1 kg of spinach beet, chopped

spinach beet, chopped

1 – 2 glasses of warm water (depends of how thick / dry / watery you like your dish to be)

Salt to your liking

Method:

1. Heat a big pot and take the meat in it until the meat soaks the water it releases during cooking process.
2. Add the butter and the onions and cook two minutes more.
3. Add the tomato paste, chickpeas and the wheat.
4. Add the water and boil some.
5. Add the spinach beet and mix. Let it cook for a minute and then turn the fire off.
6. Add salt to your liking.

step 5

deliciousness!