Carrot Salad with Yogurt (Yoğurtlu Havuç Salatası)

Carrot salad with yogurt is one of the greatly respected rakı companions. Mainly for this reason, that it's highly associated with consumption of alcohol, it's made rarely at homes by women who do not want to cause an increase in rakı consumption of their husbands, because any reason is a good reason to have rakı. Therefore, carrot salad with yogurt is made usually for big dinner parties or special occasions like New Year's eve or bayram dinners....

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Vegeterian Zucchini Boat (Kabak Bayıldı)

Remember that eggplant dish with a funny name, İmam Bayıldı (the priest fainted)? Kabak bayıldı is the "zucchinized" version of the same dish. Unlike imam bayıldı, which was originated in the Palace kitchens, kabak bayıldı was created in regular, non-imperial kitchens, yet inspired by the eggplant version.In the very traditional way of preparing kabak bayıldı, zucchinis are deep fried before the stuffing process; however, I choose not to for...

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Tomato Pilaf (Domatesli Pilav)

One of the indispensable dishes of summer time dinner tables. It goes well with any kind of grilled meat and olive oil dishes.serves 62 cups of rice1 small onion, finely chopped3 tbsp olive oil or butter3-4 juicy tomatoes, diced and preferably skinned or 1 can of petite diced tomato1 tsp salta pinch of sugar (1/4 tsp or a little more)1 tsp black pepper (optional)4 cups of water or stock (vegetable, chicken or beef)finely chopped parsley to garnish-According...

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