Turkish Meal
I have a recipe book on Turkish cooking,some pages of which got stuck to each other and my husband thanked God for it. He felt I went about cooking every page except for the non vegetarian ones and stopped only when he pulled me out of the kitchen.
I dont think I did complete justice to the meal as I missed a lot of key dishes that a turk can be proud of but i tried. I would have liked to end with a qahwa or turkish amber tea but like I said, someone did not let me in the kitchen.
The meal has 4 or 5 courses to be precise.
Eggplant dip is similar to baba ghanoush or other similar dips but
has a distinct flavor of yogurt and garlic
has a distinct flavor of yogurt and garlic
Hummus is beautiful chickpea dip common in middle eastern cuisine.
Tahini paste is also homemade, which is simple paste of roasted white sesame seeds, I like to use unpolished sesame which lend a nice flavor and crunch
Chickpea Kebabs would surprise you with the texture and may not make you realise that there is no meat in there with the coarse texture
Green Peas Kebabs are not the same as our harbhara kababs, as I only excluded the meat from this mixture. The taste is different and awesome.
Zucchini Kebabs are more like fritters and yet they are kebabs.
Burghul Pilaf is more like a salad but worked well as a middle course along side the stuffed vegetables
Garnished Rice is as the name suggest beautiful
looking rice
Baklava is famous sweet that is now popular all over the world
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