Cooking the Turkish Way: Including Low-Fat and Vegetarian Recipes (Easy Menu Ethnic Cookbooks)

Cover
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Copyright Info......Page 3
Title Page
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Contents
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Introduction......Page 8
The Land and Its People......Page 10
Regional Cooking......Page 13
Holidays and Festivals......Page 15
Before You Begin......Page 20
The Careful Cook......Page 21
Cooking Terms......Page 22
Special Ingredients......Page 23
Healthy and Low-Fat Cooking Tips......Page 25
A Turkish Table......Page 28
Burnt rice pudding......Page 29
Baklava......Page 30
Appetizers......Page 32
Meat Pizza / Lahmacun......Page 33
Zucchini Fritters / Mücver......Page 35
Spinach-Filled Anatolian Flat Bread / Ispanakli Gözleme......Page 37
Soups and Side Dishes......Page 40
Red Lentil Soup / Kirmizi Mercimek Çorbasi......Page 41
Shredded Wheat Soup with Tomatoes / Domatesli Tel Íerhriye Çorbasi......Page 42
Green Beans with Minced Meat / Etli Taze Fasulye......Page 43
Main Dishes......Page 46
Chicken with Rice, Tomatoes, Peppers, and Tarragon / Domatesli Pirinçli Piliç......Page 47
Dumplings with Yogurt / Manti......Page 49
Lamb Kebabs with Tomatoes, Peppers, and Onions / Tib Kebap......Page 51
Eggplant with Onion and Tomatoes / Ïmam Bayildi......Page 52
Desserts......Page 54
Burnt Rice Pudding / Sütlâç......Page 58
Almond Cream / Keßkül......Page 59
Turkish Delight / Lokum......Page 61
Holiday and Festival Food......Page 64
Flat Bread with Nigella Seeds / Pita......Page 65
Noah’s Dessert / Aßure......Page 67
Baked Meat and Cheese Pie / Tepsi Böre.i......Page 69
Index......Page 71
Photo Acknowledgments......Page 73