Pumpkin Soup with Red Cabbage and Cumin Seeds (Balkabağı Çorbası)

3 cups of baked and mashed pumpkin1 onion, chopped3 tbsp olive oil3 cloves of garlic, sliced thinly1/2 cup red cabbage, chopped finely1 banana pepper, chopped3 cups of vegetable stock1/2 cup yogurt1 tbsp paprika1 tsp cumin seeds1 tsp black mustard seeds1 tsp ground black pepper1 tsp pepper flakes1 tsp thyme1 tsp rosemarysalt-We cut the pumpkin you see above into two, took the seeds out with a spoon, and placing the two halves on an oven pan baked...

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Turkish Feta-Potato Rolls (Fırında Sigara Böreği)

Sigara Böreği literally means "cigarette pastry" in Turkish and they are usually deep fried. However, I didn't want to have a heavy snack, so instead I baked them with instructions from my mom.Yufka, Turkish filo dough, is not as thin as the Greek one that you can find frozen at the stores here in States; it is usually round 15-20 inches in diameter. It is not easy to find Turkish filo dough here, but the Greek one is too thin and delicate for me...

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