Adana Kebab Recipe
Ingredients:
700g Beef mince
1/2 cup Onion (chopped)
2-3 Red chilis (chopped)
3 tbsp Coriander (fresh chopped)
2-3 Green chilies (chopped)
1 tbsp Mint (fresh chopped)
Salt to taste
1 tbsp Red chili powder
1 tbsp Cumin powder
1/2 tbsp Coriander powder
1/2 tbsp Black pepper powder
1 tsp Paprika powder
1 tbsp Pomegranate seeds (dried)
Directions:
In a chopper add mince, onion, red chili, green chili, coriander, mint and chop it.
Then add salt, red chili powder, paprika powder, cumin powder, coriander powder, black pepper, pomegranate seeds and chop again until well combined.
Keep the prepared mince for at least 2 hour in refrigerator.
Make kababs and thread them on wooden skewers.
Heat oil in a pan and cook kababs from both sides until fully cooked.
Take a large chapatti, put salad and mint chutney and top it with kababs.
Preparation Time:20 minutes Cooking Time:30 minutes Serve:4 persons Turkish Chicken Skewers Recipe
Ingredients:
Marination process
2 Chicken Breast
1/2 cup Yogurt
1 tsp Cumin powder
1 & 1/2 tsp Paprika
1/2 tsp Cinnamon powder
1/2 tsp Chili flakes
1 tbsp. Lemon juice
Salt to taste
Tomato sauce:
2 tbsp. Olive oil
1/2 cup Cherry Tomatoes
2-3 Tomato Paste
3-4 Water
Salt to taste
Black pepper to taste
White pepper to taste
1 tbsp. Mint leaves
1 tsp Basil leaves
Oil for frying
Directions:
In a bowl add yogurt, cumin powder, paprika, chili flakes, cinnamon powder, lemon juice, salt, olive oil and mix well.
Add chicken strips and mix well.
Keep it in refrigerator for 2 hours or overnight.
In a pan heat oil, add cherry tomatoes.
Sauté for a minute. Add tomato paste and water then mix it. Add salt, black pepper, white pepper and cook for 2-3 minutes on low flame.
Add mint leaves and basil leaves. Serve it with cooked chicken.
Preparation Time:10 minutes Cooking Time:10 minutes Serve:3-4 persons Turkish Manti Recipe
Ingredients for dough:
3 cups All purpose flour
1 cup Warm water
1 tsp Salt
1 Egg
Ingredients for filling:
250g Beef (minced)
1/2 cup Onion (grated & squeezed)
1 tsp Black pepper
1 tsp Red chili flakes
1 tsp Salt
1 tbsp Parsley
Ingredients for yogurt sauce:
1 cup Yogurt
2 Garlic cloves (minced)
Salt a pinch
Ingredients for butter sauce:
2 tbsp Butter
1 tbsp Olive oil
2 tsp Red chili flakes
1 tsp Dried mint
For boiling Manti:
4-5 cups Water
1 tsp Salt
1 Mint spring
Directions:
Mix flour, egg and salt in a bowl.
Add water gradually, mix well and knead a tough dough.
Make a ball from it, roll it out little thick, cut it into strips and then make small squares out of it.
Take beef mince add onion, black pepper, red chili flakes, salt, parsley and knead until well combined.
Fill it in squares and seal them from corners.
Note: make sure your dough doesn’t get dry before filling.
Boil water in a steamer, add salt and mint leaves in it and steam Manti for 40 minutes on low flame.
Directions for butter sauce:
Melt butter in a pan, add olive oil, dry mint, red chilies and stir.
Take it off the flame after 20 seconds or else it will burn.
Directions for yogurt sauce: In a bowl mix yogurt, garlic and salt.
Mix well and your yogurt sauce is ready.
Shift Manti in a serving plate, pour some yogurt and butter sauce on top and serve.
Preparation Time:30 minutes Cooking Time:45 minutes Serve:5-6 persons Vermicelli Kunafa Recipe
Ingredients:
2 & 1/2 cup Vermicelli
1 cup Butter (melted)
1/2 cup Mozzarella cheese
1/2 Cottage cheese
1 & 1/2 cup Cream
1 & 1/2 cup Milk
2 tbsp Sugar
2 tbsp Cornstarch
1 tbsp Rose water
Ingredients of sugar syrup:
3 cups Sugar
1 & 1/2 cup Water
1/2 tsp Lemon juice
Directions:
Take vermicelli in a bowl and roughly cut them. Pour melted butter and mix well with your hands.
In a separate bowl mix milk, cream, sugar, cornstarch well.
Turn on the flame and boil the liquid, cook on low flame until gets thick.
Add rose water, mix it well and turn off the flame.
Add mozzarella cheese and cottage cheese in it and mix it well.
In a pan add water, sugar and cook until sugar gets dissolved.
Cook it until thicken and keep on stirring. When syrup is ready add lemon juice in it.
Now make a base with half of the vermicelli in a dish, press it to level the dough well.
Pour the cheese mixture on the top and level it with a spoon.
Cover it with the other half of the vermicelli and brush with a melted butter.
Put the dish in a preheated oven at 200 degree for about half an hour.
It’s ready when kunafa is golden and crunchy in the surface.
Evenly pour the syrup over the kunafa as soon as it comes out of the oven.
Garnish with chopped pistachio and your kunafa is ready to serve.
Preparation Time:20 minutes Cooking Time:30 minutes Serve:8 persons Easy Turkish Baklava Recipe
Ingredients of dough:
1 egg
1/2 cup Vegetable oil
1 cup Milk & Water (mix)
4 cup All-purpose flour
2 & 1/2 tsp Baking powder
Salt a pinch
2 cup Butter
2 tbsp Corn starch
2 cup Flour
Ingredients of honey syrup:
1 cup Sugar
3/4 cup Water
1/2 cup Honey
4 Cloves whole
1/4 tsp Vanilla essence
2 tbsp Lemon juice
Ingredients of filling:
1 cups Walnuts (crushed)
1 cup Pistachio (crushed)
1 & 1/2 tsp Cinnamon powder
Directions of dough:
In a large bowl add flour, vegetable oil, egg, salt, baking powder and knead a smooth dough with water and milk mixture. And rest it for 15 minutes.
Divide dough in to 4 portions and make balls of each portion and further divide it into 5 balls.
Cover with plastic wrap or damp cloth preventing it from drying out.
Mix cornstarch and flour together in a bowl.
Dust the workplace with cornstarch mix and the roll the ball into circle. And set aside.
Dust again with cornstarch mix and roll out 4 more dough balls.
Stack them on each other and dust each layer with cornstarch mix so they don’t stick together.
Now gently roll all five layers together until they’re paper thin for about 10-12 inches in diameter.
Directions of honey syrup:
In a pan heat water, add sugar, honey, cloves, lemon and mix well.
Boil on medium heat until sugar is dissolved and stir continuously.
Remove from heat and let it cool.
Directions of baklava:
In a bowl mix walnut, pistachio and cinnamon powder well.
In a baking pan place 10 dough sheets on one another and butter each sheet well.
Add a layer of crushed nuts, cover it with five more dough sheet and sprinkle crushed nuts on each sheet.
Now cut it into diagonal shape before baking.
Bake at 160 degree for 1 hour or until the top gets golden.
Remove from oven and immediately pour cooled honey syrup evenly over the hot baklava.
For best result let it sit for 4 to 6 hours on room temperature and serve.
Preparation Time:30 minutes Cooking Time:1 hour 15 minutes Serve:5-6 persons Doner Kebab Recipe
Ingredients:
1 kg Beef steak
2 Pita bread
1/3 cup Soya sauce
1/3 Balsamic vinegar
1/4 cup Olive oil
1/4 Worcestershire sauce
1 tbsp Garlic (minced)
1 tsp Black pepper
1/2 tsp Salt
1 tsp Red chili flakes
2 tbsp Italian seasoning
1 tbsp Honey
2 tbsp Oil
Ingredients for Yogurt garlic sauce:
1 cup Yogurt
1/2 tsp Garlic (minced)
1/2 tsp White pepper
Salt to taste
1 tbsp Lemon juice
1 tsp Mint (dried)
1 tbsp Tahini sauce
Ingredients for chili sauce:
4-5 Tomatoes (chopped)
1 small Onion (grated)
4-5 Red chilies whole
2 Garlic cloves (chopped)
1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
1/2 tsp Sugar
Salt to taste
1/2 tsp Black pepper
2 tbsp Ketchup
Directions for salad:
Cabbage shredded as required
Salad leaves shredded as required
Red onion sliced as required
Cucumber sliced as required
1/4 cup Lemon juice
Directions for steak:
In a bowl add soya sauce, balsamic vinegar, olive oil, Worcestershire sauce, garlic, black pepper, salt, red chili flakes, Italian seasoning and honey.
Mix it all well and marinate your steak in it for 1 to 2 hours.
Heat oil in a pan, cook steak on it for 12 to 13 minutes until half done.
Let it cool for 10 to 20 minutes, cut thin slices of it and cook it again for 4 to 5 minutes and set aside.
Directions for yogurt sauce:
In a bowl add yogurt, garlic, white pepper, salt, lemon juice, mint and tahini.
Mix it all well and your sauce is ready. Set aside.
Directions for chili sauce:
In a chopper add tomatoes, onion, red chilies, garlic, vinegar, sugar, salt, black pepper and ketchup.
Blend all these ingredients well and make a fine paste.
Direction for salad:
In a bowl add cabbage, ice burg, red onion, cucumber and lemon juice.
Mix it well and set aside.
Assembling:
Cut pita bread in half and make a pocket.
Fill it with meat strips, veggies and yogurt sauce. And serve with chili sauce.
Preparation Time:40 minutes Cooking Time:15 minutes Serve:4-5 persons Turkish Pide Recipe
Ingredients:
4 cups Flour
1 tsp Salt
1 tbsp Yeast
1/2 cup Milk
1 egg
1/4 cup Oil
2 tbsp Yogurt
Water as required
1 tbsp Garlic paste
700g Mutton Mince
3 tbsp Oil
1 tsp Paprika 1 tsp crushed red chili
1 tsp cumin powder
1 tsp Black Pepper
Salt to taste
1 cup Onion
1 tsp Paprika
1 cup Tomatoes
1/2 cup Coriander leaves
1/2 cup Capsicum
Directions:
-In a bowl add flour, salt, yeast, egg, oil, yogurt, milk and mix all well. Gradually add water and knead a soft dough and rest it for 1-2 hours in a warm place.
-In a pan heat oil, add mutton mince and cook until its water about to dry.
-Add garlic paste, black pepper, salt, crushed red chili, zeera powder, paprika and cook until mince dries out.
-Let it cool.
-In a bowl add cooked mince, add onion, tomatoes, capsicum and coriander leaves and mix well.
-Punch down the dough and divide it into 6 equal parts.
-Take 1 part and roll it in an oval shape.
-Apply mince mixture leaving the sides.
-Now join the dough and give it a boat shape.
-Apply egg wash.
-Sprinkle some onion seeds and sesame seeds.
-Bake it for 15-20 minutes at 180°C.
-Before last five minutes take out and sprinkle some mozzarella cheese and bake for another 5 minutes.
Preparation Time:2 hours Cooking Time:20 minutes Serve:6-8 persons Lamb Pie Recipe
Ingredients for pie crust dough:
2 & 1/2 cup All-purpose flour
1 tsp Salt
1 cup Butter (chilled cubes)
Water as required (chilled)
Ingredients for lamb fillings:
500g Lamb mince
1 tbsp Oil
Salt to taste
1 tsp Black pepper
1 tbsp Garlic (chopped)
1/2 cup Onion (Chopped)
1 tsp Cumin powder
1 tsp Coriander powder
1/2 tsp Cinnamon powder
1 tbsp Oregano
1 tsp Paprika
1/2 cup Tomatoes (chopped)
1/2 cup Capsicum (chopped)
3-4 tbsp Tomato paste
1 cup Yogurt (for serving)
Mint as required
1 Egg (beaten)
Red chili flakes as required
Mozzarella cheese as required
Directions for pie crust:
In a bowl mix flour and salt and chilled butter cubes.
Mix into the flour until pea-sized pieces remain.
Add the water a tablespoon at a time, stirring it with a fork.
Only add enough water to moisten the flour and make dough into a ball like shape.
Wrap it with a cling and refrigerate for an hour.
Directions for filling:
In a pan heat oil add lamb mince, salt, pepper and cook until it changes color.
Add garlic and cook for another 2 to 3 minutes.
Now add onion and cook until translucent.
Now add cumin, coriander, cinnamon, oregano, paprika and sauté for a minute.
Then add tomato paste, chopped tomato, capsicum and cook for 3 to 4 minutes.
Assembling:
Roll the pie crust on the baking sheet, spoon the lamb mixture into the center of the pie crust leaving a one-inch border.
Fold the pie crust in center creating a border.
Brush with egg wash and then bake for about 15 to 20 minutes or until pie is golden brown.
Garnish with cheese and mint and serve hot with yogurt.
Preparation Time:10 minutes Cooking Time:30 minutes Serve:2-3 persons Turkish Kebab Recipe
Ingredients:
1 cup Tomato (seedless)
1 cup Red capsicum
6-7 Garlic cloves
3-4 Green chili
1 kg Beef
1 cup Onion (finely chopped)
1 cup Coriander
Salt to taste
2 tsp Red chili powder
2 tsp Black pepper
1 tbsp Cumin powder
1-2 tbsp Oil
Directions:
-Squeeze out all the water from beef and onion.
-In a chopper add tomato, garlic, red capsicum, green chilies and chop it well.
-Add beef mince, onion, coriander leaves, black pepper, salt, cumin powder and red chili powder. Mix all together well.
-OPTION 1: Dip the wooden skewers in water for 6-8 minutes.
-Take hand full of beef mixture and roll it in kebab shape on a skewer and place kebab on a baking tray.
-Bake for 10-12 minutes at 190°C. apply oil on both sides and bake again for 6-8 minutes on 190°C.
-OPTION 2: Heat the oil in a pan and add beef mixture. Spread evenly and turn on the flame.
-Cook on a medium low heat for 8-10 minutes. Then cut the slices and flip them.
-Cook from the other side until tenders.
-Serve with rice or chapati.
Preparation Time:15 minutes Cooking Time:20-25 minutes Serve:4-5 persons Kazandibi Recipe
Ingredients:
1 cup Milk
1/2 cup corn flour
1/2 cup rice flour
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 egg yolk
5 cups milk
1 & 1/2 cup caster sugar
2-3 tbsp butter
3-4 tbsp caster sugar
Directions:
Heat milk in a pan and bring it to boil.
Add sugar and let it dissolve.
in a bowl add milk, corn flour, rice flour and whisk it well.
Add corn flour mixture in boiling milk and whisk it continuously.
Cook until it gets thicken.
In a Pyrex dish spread butter well, and spread the sugar.
Turn on the flame and let the sugar melt in the dish.
Add 2-3 spoon of thicken mixture over the melted sugar and mix it well.
Add the remaining mixture and cook for 4-5 minutes on medium high flame.
Let it cool then keep it in refrigerator for 4-5 hours or overnight.
Garnish it with pistachio.
Preparation Time:10 minutes Cooking Time:30 minutes Serve:4-5 persons