Hot roasted aubergine and cooked onion.
Sesame Seed Salad/Dip
Extremely appetising and refreshing, this can be served with hot pitta or bread to be dipped in. It is a very Anatolian dish which is offered along with kebabs.
Ingredients
5 tablespoons Sesame seed paste
150 ml (1/4 pint) warm water
1-2 cloves of garlic
6 tablespoons lemon juice
4 tablespoons vegetable oil
Salt to taste
Pişmiş Soğan Salatası .Cooked Onion and Carrot Salad.
Sesame Seed Salad/Dip
Extremely appetising and refreshing, this can be served with hot pitta or bread to be dipped in. It is a very Anatolian dish which is offered along with kebabs.
Ingredients
5 tablespoons Sesame seed paste
150 ml (1/4 pint) warm water
1-2 cloves of garlic
6 tablespoons lemon juice
4 tablespoons vegetable oil
Salt to taste
To garnish
1 tablespoon chopped parsley
A few black olives
1 tablespoon chopped parsley
A few black olives
Preparation
Combine in a blender the sesame seed paste, water, garlic and salt and blend. Slowly add the lemon and oil, alternating them, while the blades are in motion, until the mixture looks creamy in colour and texture.
Adjust the seasoning and serve in a bowl with the parsley and olives sprinkled on top.
Combine in a blender the sesame seed paste, water, garlic and salt and blend. Slowly add the lemon and oil, alternating them, while the blades are in motion, until the mixture looks creamy in colour and texture.
Adjust the seasoning and serve in a bowl with the parsley and olives sprinkled on top.
PUF BOREK
1egg
1 soup spoon of olive oil
1 1/2 glasses of oil for cooking
250 grams of flour
250 grams of white cheese or 250 grams ground meat mixed with grated onion
3/4 coffee cup of water
75 grams of butter
Make a dough with the flour,water,egg and oil.Wait 15 minutes.Seperate the dough into 5 equal pieces.Roll the 5 pieces with a pastry rolling pin.Spread melted butter on each surface and place one on the other.Let stand 1/2 hour.
Now roll out the dough as fine as possible into a large disk.On one half of the disk,place small portions of the filling,be it white cheese or meat mixed with onion.The small portions should be spaced about 10 cm apart.Fold the empty half over the filled half.Aroundd the base of each portion of filling cut a half-moon with an aluminum saucer or something similar.Press around the circumference of each mound with your fingers to close it well,then fry the borek in oil.Serve hot.
