The Turkish Cookbook

This is a light summer salad perfectly paired with roasted meats. The richness of the fatty meats is cut by this light salad, which also adds a wonderful crunch. This salad is also wonderful on the mezze table, its lightness cutting through the richer dishes and small fried plates. The freshness of the cucumbers is balanced by the basil's earthiness, and the dish finishes with a pop of tartness from the lime juice. It is a wonderful summer cooling dish. The Turkish Cookbook is the bible for...

THis is one of the classic soups of Turkey. There are a few fables on how it got its name. The fort states that a woman, Ezo, from...

Zucchini is favoured all over the Mediterranean for its light flavours and the numerous ways chefs can cook them. They are used as...

Some stews are easy, the flavors come together effortlessly with slow cooking. This super simple stew is one of those. Nothing gets...

Turkish cuisine is known for its amazing variety of soups, diverse and beautiful. Here is one that I really loved. Let's begin by breaking down the soup name. "Malhuta" means combined or mixed, and refers to the combination of grains and letils. "Eksili" refers to sour that makes this otherwise heavy soup light and refreshing. So the soup means "refreshing sour mixed soup". And that is what it is. The lentils are almost entirely broken down, forming a creamy base. The couscous adds a soft...

Okra is a favourite in Persian cuisine and through the Ottoman Empire, it has found its way across the region, including Turkey. Okra is...

Every morning in Istanbul my hotel would serve our family these eggs and I fell in love with them. Simple but bursting with flavours from...

This is a simple Turkish meze plate, but one that was so surprisingly good. The start of every meal in Turkey is with a traditional meze...

Zer comes from the Persian word "zerd" which means gold or yellow. The dish gets its colour from the large amounts of saffron, though in...

This is yet another delightful spicy dip from Turkey. This dips is fresh and full of pungent flavors, perfect for grilled meats, as a...