Stuffed balls – İçli köfte

The stuffing 1/2 water glass of chopped walnut Slice 1 onion in to cubes Add 2 table spoon full olive oil into pan and turn on the medium heat add onions Stir a few moments till they get light brown. Then add 200gr (approximately 0.450 pounds) minced meat Add walnuts, 1 teaspoon of salt 2-3…

Apricot cake

125gr (1 stick) butter 1 glass of sugar 2 eggs 1 glass of flour cinnamon 1 taespoonful of baking powder apricots After washing and removing seed in apricots slice them. first butter the pan and place apricot slices on.   In another cup mix butter and sugar well and adding eggs one by one keep…

Apricot jam – 2

1 kg fresh apricot – without seeds in halfs 400gr sugar 1/4 lemon   Put apricot halfs in a pan skin side down on pan. Put sugar on top of each with a spoon. Wait about an hour, till sugar melts. I did not see much fruit water so I added a tablespoon full water…

Apricot jam

1,5kg fresh apricot – without seeds 600gr sugar 1/4 lemon Cut seedless apricot pieces in to cubes. Put them in a pot. Add sugar on top, then wait for about an hour. After seeing sugar is melting away stir all with a spoon and turn heat on in medium-low.     Let it cook slowly.…

Boneless rib eye steak

In a teflon pot add a teaspoonful of butter and pepper, oregano and some seasoning. Turn on the heat less about medium ( around 4) While butter melts add meat and grate some carrots and add some broccoli. Let it cook about 8 minutes then turn the meat mixing carrots and broccoli. let it cook…

Eggplant a la Oya

Ingredients: 1 bell eggplant 1/2kg lamb meat 1 clove of garlic 1 tomato 2 teaspoonful of tomato paste Salt, pepper Vegetable oil to fry eggplant slices Water / lamb broth Remove eggplants both edges with a knife and wash. After drying it cut its skin like thin stripes. Then cut length wise slices. Mean time…

Turkish pumpkin desert

Ingredients 1 kg pumpkin – cleaned and peeled 2 glasses (350-400gr) sugar 100gr walnut crumbs Put slices of pumpkin in a non-stick pan. Add sugar top and cook them till soften on a very very low heat. Do not forget to turn the pumpkin slices up & down so all may cook even. When they…

Turkish way of cauliflower meal

Ingredients: 1 big Cauliflower – about 500-750gr Minced meat – about 250gr (%10-%20fat) 1 onion 1 tomato 1 carrot handful parsley leaves Butter, Salt, pepper Wash cauliflower and split it in to small pieces. Chop onion,tomato, carrot and parsley after pealing and washing them. But a teaspoonful of butter in a pan and add onion…

Pizza a la Oya – CA

Pizza is easy meal to cook especially on Sundays. This Sunday again I’m cooking it. I bought ingredients on Friday from market, since Fridays are cheap days. I most of the time buy pizza dough separately.  I prefer the wet uncooked dough. I tried the precooked once, the taste is not better as the uncooked…

Pirinç Çorbası / Rice Soup

Ingredients for two 1 tomato 1 teaspoon full of butter 2 tablespoon full of  rice salt a few mint leaves 1/2 lemon 2 glasses of water How to cook After removing any labels on it and washing grate tomato with skin on on a plate. Put butter on a nonstick pan with grated tomato and…