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From Kofta to Turkish coffee, our library of Turkish recipes offers highlights of this Middle Eastern cuisine.
Middle Eastern style spread for Pita bread. This recipe is very tasty and easy to make. This is a very popular dish in this region. The base is usually...
"Middle Eastern style spread for Pita bread. This recipe is very tasty and easy to make. This is a very popular dish in this region. The base is usually Chickpeas and Tahini, but the flavor added to the base vary widely from one chef to the next. Tahini is a sesame paste, you can usually find it in the Mediterranean section of your grocery store."
Ingredients: ground cumin, feta cheese...
Prep Time:20 mins
Total Time: 20 mins
Another delectable entry for the Zaar World Tour from the enticing World Vegetarian Cookbook by Madhur Jaffrey. This is simple enough to prepare midweek...
"Another delectable entry for the Zaar World Tour from the enticing World Vegetarian Cookbook by Madhur Jaffrey. This is simple enough to prepare midweek and comforting as the first cold air of fall arrives."
Ingredients: white potatoes, pepper, onions...
Prep Time:5 mins
Total Time: 50 mins
Fritters are very popular in the Middle East. They are eaten hot or at room temperature as a vegetable side dish or a meze. It couldn’t be simpler to...
"Fritters are very popular in the Middle East. They are eaten hot or at room temperature as a vegetable side dish or a meze. It couldn’t be simpler to make, but you can dress it up with optional garnishes of black olives, tomatoes, or hard-boiled egg. The perfect use for small, sweet new zucchini. Serve alone or with a creamy garlic-lemon yogurt sauce..."
Ingredients: fresh ground pepper, eggs...
Prep Time:15 mins
Total Time: 35 mins
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Recipe #474696
Ready, Set, Cook! Special Edition Contest Entry. This dish is so flavorful and delicious. It has wonderful spices, such as Cumin and Cinnamon. It has a...
"Ready, Set, Cook! Special Edition Contest Entry. This dish is so flavorful and delicious. It has wonderful spices, such as Cumin and Cinnamon. It has a little Cayenne Pepper for heat. If you like it Spicier, you may add more spices. Cook on the stovetop in a Dutch Oven for 2 1/2 hours or in a Slow Cooker on low for 9 hours. This dish is best served..."
Ingredients: cilantro, cinnamon, cumin...
Prep Time:40 mins
Total Time: 11 hrs 10 mins
This salad takes literally 5 minutes to put together, but sure packs a wallop as far as flavor. You may regularly have these ingredients on hand, making...
"This salad takes literally 5 minutes to put together, but sure packs a wallop as far as flavor. You may regularly have these ingredients on hand, making this a go-to choice for a side salad or a light lunch. DH adds croutons to his sometimes, sort of like a panzanella!"
Ingredients: ground cumin, fresh ground black pepper...
Prep Time:5 mins
Total Time: 5 mins
Recipe #473560
Turkish Red Cabbage Salad with Yogurt Sauce. From turkishcookbook.com
"Turkish Red Cabbage Salad with Yogurt Sauce. From turkishcookbook.com"
Ingredients: extra virgin olive oil, fresh dill...
Prep Time:15 mins
Total Time: 21 mins
A quick recipe for tasty pita.
"A quick recipe for tasty pita."
Ingredients: hot water, quick-rising yeast...
Prep Time:55 mins
Total Time: 1 hrs 39 mins
The story behind this dish is that the Imam (a Turkish official in the Ottoman Empire) fainted when his wife told him she'd used up all the olive...
By evelyn/athens on February 23, 2004
Recipe #84776
"The story behind this dish is that the Imam (a Turkish official in the Ottoman Empire) fainted when his wife told him she'd used up all the olive oil in making this dish. Eggplant is an oil sponge, it loves to soak it up. Having said that, it is also very, very delicious, and if you allow the eggplant to drain well after frying them, you will still..."
Ingredients: dried mint, eggplants...
Prep Time:30 mins
Total Time: 1 hrs 10 mins
Recipe #8968
A recipe I learned from two Lebanese friends. This is my family's most requested dish at get-togethers.
"A recipe I learned from two Lebanese friends. This is my family's most requested dish at get-togethers."
Ingredients: cucumbers, cumin powder...
Prep Time:10 mins
Total Time: 10 mins
There's a large Middle Eastern population in Bayridge Brooklyn and amazing restaurants line the avenues...hummus is served with every dish on the...
"There's a large Middle Eastern population in Bayridge Brooklyn and amazing restaurants line the avenues...hummus is served with every dish on the menu...it's one of my favorite things in the whole wide world...if you haven't tried it, please do. I think you'll love it!"
Ingredients: ground cumin, tahini paste...
Prep Time:5 mins
Total Time: 5 mins
Dress up that ordinary grilled chicken to create an exotic Mediterranean meal that will excite your family and friends. These 4 marinades will transform...
"Dress up that ordinary grilled chicken to create an exotic Mediterranean meal that will excite your family and friends. These 4 marinades will transform your menu into an international culinary delight. Whether you use whole butterflied poussins, game hens, broiler halves, chicken parts or boneless chicken cubes on skewers, you will find the following..."
Ingredients: ground cumin, fresh ground pepper...
Prep Time:8 mins
Total Time: 28 mins
Recipe #8968
A recipe I learned from two Lebanese friends. This is my family's most requested dish at get-togethers.
"A recipe I learned from two Lebanese friends. This is my family's most requested dish at get-togethers."
Ingredients: cucumbers, cumin powder...
Prep Time:10 mins
Total Time: 10 mins
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I do not profess to make these all the time; living in France gives me access to wonderful croissants and other French breakfast pastries, However, these...
By French Tart on September 26, 2008
Recipe #327458
"I do not profess to make these all the time; living in France gives me access to wonderful croissants and other French breakfast pastries, However, these are even BETTER than MOST I can buy at the boulangerie, really! It is a time consuming process to make them, but the results are well worth the effort. The butter-enriched dough can be made the night..."
Ingredients: dried yeast, eggs, warm water...
Prep Time:26 hrs
Total Time: 26 hrs 20 mins
Recipe #284886
This is named after the forth largest city in Turkey.
The trick to this is that you really should let marinate over night for optimum taste.
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"This is named after the forth largest city in Turkey. The trick to this is that you really should let marinate over night for optimum taste. Sumac is also used in this recipe it can be found in any Middle Eastern store or online. The sumac can be omitted but it really should be found and added. It really makes a difference."
Ingredients: cumin, salted butter...
Prep Time:30 mins
Total Time: 40 mins
Originally a turkish dish of spit-roasted meat, döner kebab is now the best-selling fast food in Germany. This version using chicken is adapted from...
"Originally a turkish dish of spit-roasted meat, döner kebab is now the best-selling fast food in Germany. This version using chicken is adapted from Australian Women's Weekly."
Ingredients: cucumbers, dried oregano...
Prep Time:15 mins
Total Time: 1 hrs 15 mins
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Yumurta Piyazi - Gaziantep/ Turkish-Style Egg Salad
"Very simple and fresh-tasting! I used half flat-leaf and half curley-leaf parsley. I fully hard-boiled the eggs, then immediately peeled and sliced..." more
By *Parsley*
on January 30, 2012
Yumurta Piyazi - Gaziantep/ Turkish-Style Egg Salad
"Lovely looking and very good as a part of breakfast. I am partial to Italian flat leaf parsley unless it is a small garnish. I used unrefined extra virgin..." more
By UmmBinat
on January 30, 2012
"I made a couple of changes in this recipe, but then it was made mostly to see if it would be worth making another time for company, & it definitely is!..." more
By Sydney Mike
on September 20, 2011
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