Annemin Prenses Tatlisi (Irmik Tatlisi) / Mom's Semolina Dessert

If you were looking for a very light, delicious and easy dessert this is just the thing for you.

Ingredients

8 cups of milk (= 1 liter = 33 fl oz.)
2 cups of semolina
5 gr (0.2 oz ) vanilla powder
2 cups of water
2 cups of sugar (my mom puts 3-4 cups of sugar but I prefer 2)
Cinnamon
Directions

Put semolina, sugar and vanilla to a large pot and add the water and milk on this mixture.

Stir constantly until it comes to a boil. (It should look ticker as in the picture.)









After it comes to a boil. Wash/rinse 2 medium size bowls and leave them wet. Pour the mixture to the wet bowls and wait until they cool down.
After they cool down, put them to the fridge for 4 hours or so.
Since your bowls were wet, you can easily get the dessert out on a plate by putting the bowl on your plate upside down. You can put some cinnamon and crushed walnuts on it.
Afiyet olsun :)
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Malzemeler

1 litre (4 su bardagi) sut
1 bardak su
1 bardak irmik
1 bardak seker (Annem 1,5 -2 bardak seker)
1 paket sekerli vanilin
Tarcin ve kirilmis ceviz

Hazirlanisi

Once seker, irmik ve vanilini bir tencereye koyun ustune sutu ve suyu da ekleyin. Kaynayana kadar surekli karistirarak pisirin. (Kaynadiginida ikinci resimdeki gibi daha yogun bir hal alacaktir.)
Kaynadiktan sonra 2 orta boy tasi islayin ve islak birakin. Islak taslarin icine kaynamis olan tatlinizi dokun. Disarida sogumaya birakin. Iyce soguduktan sonra buzdolabinda 4 saat kadar bekletin.
Taslari islamis oldugunuz icin, taslarin altina bir tabak koyup ters cevirirseniz tatliniz guzelce tabaga cikacaktir. Ustune tarcin ve ceviz kirigi koyabilirsiniz.

Afiyet olsun..:)

Hande'nin Biberli Biftegi / Hande's Beef with Bell Peppers

A very easy, good looking, healthy dish that takes about 20 min.s to cook. I made it up and people seem to like it :)





Ingredients

1 lbs beef
1 red bell pepper
1 green bell pepper
1 tea spoon Garlic / garlic powder
1 tea spoon black pepper
1 tea spoon salt
1 table spoon vegetable oil

*You can add different colored peppers, jalapeno peppers or increase the amounts of materials
as you wish.

Directions

Before you begin cooking, chop your beef and bell peppers as thin stripes.


After you cut all the beef and the peppers, put the vegetable oil to a large frying pan or a pot and cook your meat thoroughly.


You can add garlic powder/ garlic and your black pepper as you cook your meat. When your meat release its juice and begin absorbing it back, add some salt and the bell peppers you've cut to your pot/pan. You can add some jalapeno peppers if you want to spice up your dish. ( Or you can add crushed red peppers.)



After you add your peppers you can add some more garlic powder and stir and leave the peppers in the pot (with medium heat) for about 10-15 min.s. If you want your peppers crisp, you can cook them less. You can add some more salt while you're cooking your peppers.

Then your dish will be ready. It goes great with pita
bread and plain yogurt.
Afiyet Olsun :)

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Malzemeler

1/2 kilo biftek
3 tatli kirmizi etli biber
3 carliston biber
1 dis sarimsak sarimsak/ sarimsak tozu
1 tatli kasigi tuz
1 tatli kasigi karabiber
1 corba kasigi misirozu yagi

*Istege gore aci yesil biber de ekleyebilirsiniz, ve tuz, biber vb. miktarlarini isteginize gore ayarlayabilirsiniz.

Hazirlanisi

Biftekleri ve biberleri serit serit dograyin. Malzemeleri dogradiktan sonra genisce bir tavaya ya da yayvan bir tencereye yaginizi koyup etlerinizi pisirin.
Etlerinizi pisirirken sarimsak tozunu/sarimsagi ekleyin. Etler kendi suyunu salip, tekrar toplamaya baslayincaya kadar tuzunu eklemeyin. Etler suyunu tamamen cekmeden tuzunu ekleyin ve biberleri de tavaya/tencereye koyun.
Biberleri koyduktan sonra 10-15 dk daha orta ateste yemeginizi karistirin. Biberlerinizi diri istiyorsaniz daha az pisirin.
Boylece yemeginiz tamamlanmistir :)
Afiyet olsun :)

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Anneannemin Kuzu Yahnisi / Grandma's Lamb Stew

This is a very delicious dish for spring (i.e. when the lamb meat can be found quite easily..). Please note that it takes an hour or so to cook this recipe. And you need a pressure cooker or a slow cooker to cook your lamb thoroughly.

Ingredients (The amounts you see on the pictures)

2 lbs lamb
2 table spoons of tomato paste
3 cups of water
1 onion
3 cloves of fresh garlic
A hand full of fresh mint leaves
4-5 green onions
3/4 table spoon vegetable oil
1/2 - 1 teaspoon salt

Directions:

Mince your onion and cut the cloves of garlic into 2 and stir them in your vegetable oil. Note that you don't need to add too much oil since your meat will provide the oil you need for your dish.
After 2-3 min.s put your meat that was cut into large pieces (well, you can cut them as small as you want but my grandma and mom cuts them into large pieces). Stir the onions, garlic and lamb together for about 15 - 20 min.s (i.e. until your meat release its own juice and absorb it back.)
Your meat should have a lovely brown shade after this.

Add 2 table spoons of tomato paste and stir it well with
the meat. And add the 3 cups of water to the pot. Add your
salt and close the lid of your pressure cooker.


Wait for at least 30 min.s for the meat to be cooked thoroughly. Note that the amount of time you need
for cooking varies according to the meat.
One more important thing is not to add the salt until you
add your water. It makes it harder to cook the meat if you
add the salt before that.

While your meat is being cooked, you mince the fresh mint leaves and the green parts of your green onions. (You cut the white parts out and don't use them for this dish.)

After you cook your meat for at least 30 min.s, open the lid and add the minced mint leaves and green onions you've prepared before.



Stir them all well and wait for 2-3 min.s before you serve it. Enjoy it with some bread and lettuce salad (use olive oil, lemon juice and salt for dressing).
Afiyet Olsun :)
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Malzemeler (Resimlerde gordugunuz miktarlar)

1 kg kuzu eti
2 kepce salca
1,5 bardak su
1 avuc taze nane yapragi
4-5 tane taze sogan
1 kuru sogan
3 dis sarimsak
3/4 yemek kasigi misirozu yagi
1 tatli kasigi kadar tuz
Duduklu tencere :)


Hazirlanisi

Sogani yemeklik dograyin ve sarimsaklari ortadan ikiye keserek soganla birlikte 1-2 dakika yagda kavurun. Annem ve anneannem etleri oldukca buyukce parcalara ayiriyorlar ve bu sekilde yapiyorlar yemegi. Ancak elbette etleri istediginiz buyuklukte kesebilirsiniz.
Kestiginiz etleri sogan ve sarimsaga ekleyerek birlikte kavurun. Etler suyunu salip tekrar suyunu cekene kadar kavurmaya devam edin. (Bu yaklasik olarak 15- 20 dk aliyor.)
Etleri kavurduktan sonra salca ekleyip etlerin salcaya iyice bulanmasini saglayin. Daha sonra suyunu ekleyerek duduklu tencerenizin kapagini kapatin.

Etler duduklu tencerede piserken yesil soganlarin yesil kisimlarini (evet, yesil soganlarin beyaz kisimlarini ayiriyoruz ve bu yemege koymuyoruz.) ve nanelerinizi cok da buyuk olmayacak sekilde dograyin.
Etleri en az 30 dk duduklu tencerede pisirdikten sonra kapagini acarak naneyi ve yesil sogani ekleyin ve hemen karistirin. Nane ve yesil soganlarin yemegin sicagiyla yumusamasi yeterli olacagindan 2-3 dk bekledikten sonra hemen servis yapabilirsiniz.
Ekmek ve marul salatasi ile mukemmel bir uyum sagladigini tecrubeyle sabitlemis bulunuyorum.
Afiyet olsun :)