Best Recipes from Turkey and the Middle East
By cascoly
Turkish and Middle Eastern food is varied and influenced from east and west creating tasty fusions.
Simple Lamb & Eggplant Stew
- 1 T mild, brown Turkish pepper paste [or subst 1 T asian pepper paste]
- 1 t hot red pepper paste [or subst Tabasco sauce to taste]
- 1 eggplant, cubed and salted
- 1 lb lamb cubed
- 1 med onion diced
- ½ c red wine
- ¼ cup fresh parsley, chopped
Saute eggplant in olive oil, 5-10’, add lamb and sauté another 5-10’. Add pepper pastes, red wine and mix briefly. Reduce heat, add 1 c water, cover and simmer on low for 2 hrs.
Add parsley before serving
Lamb - Eggplant Casserole
4 eggplant slices, cut full length, 1” [salted]
4 4”x4”x1” slabs cut from lamb leg
1 lg tomato, sliced
Saute eggplant in olive oil, 5-10’, layer in casserole. Place lamb slice on each , the slices of tomato,. Bake in 350 deg oven, covered, 1 hour . “Made since the time of Noah we were told when this wasserved to us.”
Turkish and Mideastern recipes
Turkish and Mideastern recipes from our Online Database. We provide a searchable online database to help you pick or design new recipes.
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Acili Paste [by email]
| CHILE + ONION + GARLIC + CILANTRO + NONE
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Brandied Lamb [by email]
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Caper - Mint Slaw
| 2 cup cabbage, sliced or grated 1 carrot, grated 5 pepperoncinis, chopped ? cup parsley, chopped ? cup mint, chopped 1 T capers 2 T mayonnaise 3 T rice vinegar ? cup virgin olive oil
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Carrot & Pine Nut Salad [by email]
| CARROT + PINE NUTS + OLIVES + LEMON + BASIL + FETA + NONE
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Chicken with Feta & Summer Squash
| chicken + medium summer squash + olive oil + anaheim pepper, diced + scallions, minced + tomatoes + garlic, minced + feta cheese, crumbled + egg + fresh rosemary + fresh cilantro
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Chicken with Grapefruit [by email]
| GRAPEFRUIT + PARSLEY + YOGURT + OREGANO + GARLIC + BIRD
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Eggplant Lamb Casserole [by email]
| EGGPLANT + + LAMB
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Eggplant Lasagna [by email]
| EGGPLANT + FETA + YOGURT + PORK
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Eggplant Lentil Soup [by email]
| CARROTS + EGGPLANT + LENTIL + GARLIC + PARSLEY + PAPRIKA + NONE
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Filo triangles [by email]
| SPINACH + FETA CHEESE + OREGANO + NONE
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Fish Coos Coos [by email]
| + CAYENNE + CORIANDER + CUMIN + CARRAWAY + GARLIC + FISH
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Greek Lamb Roast [by email]
| POTATO + GARLIC + ROSEMARY + THYME + OREGANO + RED WINE + LAMB
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Greek Sandwich mix [by email]
| TOMATO + ONION + OLIVES + FETA + PEPPERONCINI + LEMON + NONE
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Kleftika
| Lamb + onions + tomatoes + cinnamon + oregano + potatoes + mozzarella cheese
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Lamacun [by email]
| TOMATO + GARLIC + LAMB
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Lamb Enchiladas [by email]
| ONION + YOGURT + CINNAMIN + MINT + LAMB
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Lemon Cucumber Salad [by email]
| CUCUMBER + LEMON + TOMATO + PARSLEY + NONE
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Lentil Salad [by email]
| LENTIL + + NONE
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Lentil Tabbouli
| 1 cup lentils, cooked , drain & add 1 T olive oil. ? cup parsley, chopped ? cup mint, chopped 3 T olive oil cayenne or other red pepper ? cup onion, sliced thin 1 tomato, chopped
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Mideast pilaf
| rice, mushrooms, mint, yogurt
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Mideastern Lamb w/ yogurt [by email]
| + YOGURT + LAMB
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Mint Mint Coos Coos [by email]
| LENTILS + COOS COOS + MINT + NONE
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Moussaka Stew [by email]
| EGGPLANT + TOMATO + OREGANO + YOGURT + LAMB
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Mushroom Pilaf [by email]
| CARROT + RICE + MUSHROOM + RAISINS + COCONUT + NONE
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Peanut Pepper Pilaf [by email]
| RICE + BELL PEPPER + CHILES + PEANUTS + YOGURT + NONE
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Pecan Mushroom Orzo
| mushrooms pecans cilantro feta cheese onion orzo wine olive oil
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Ribs Tagine [by email]
| + CARDAMON + GINGER + CUMIN + HONEY + CORIANDER + SAFFRON + PORK
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Salad with phyllo package [by email]
| FETA CHEESE + PHYLLO + + NONE
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Shashlik [by email]
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Short Ribs Pepper Pot [by email]
| ONION + GARLIC + CILANTRO + CHILE + BEEF
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Syrian Chile Paste [by email]
| + CHILI + CAYENNE + NONE
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Tagine [by email]
| ONION + POTATO + CARDAMON + SAFFRON + LAMB
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Tahini Gamehens [by email]
| ONION + TAHINI + PEANUT BUTTER + YOGURT + PARSLEY + TARRAGON + PAPRIKA + BIRD
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Twice Cooked Eggplant [by email]
| EGGPLANT + CARROT + CUMIN + NONE
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Zucchini-Eggplant Casserole [by email]
| ZUCCHINI + EGGPLANT + TOMATO + FENNEL + CORIANDER + GARLIC + CUMIN + YOGURT + BEEF
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Lamacun - Turkish Pizza Knead T yeast/t sug&salt/1.5c h2o/2c flour; rise h. Roll/top w 2c feta&greens/egg/4T butter; 15m@450F/230C. Srv w lemon. Alternate topping: 1/2c minced lab, 2T minced onion, sauteed - oregano, 1/2c tomatosauce
Mantar tavuk guvec – Mushroom chicken guvec This hearty dish can be made in any type of oven-proof pan, but clay or earthenware pots are preferred because they impart a heady, earthy aroma to the stew. The secret to preparing güveç is the slow cooking in the closed pot, which brings out the flavors of all the ingredients. The meat, vegetables and spices are mixed together and placed in the pot, which is then covered with a pottery lid, but today many people use a sheet of aluminum foil instead. Traditionally güveç is baked in a pit oven, but a regular, modern oven works just as well for home cooking.
Adi Nasik - cooked eggplant, either plain, or with yogurt as a base, topped with sauted lamb (spices, chile, 1 t tomato puree), garnished with tomato, fresh peppers)
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Trabzond - peste - fruit leather with findik [hazelnuts]
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loveofnight 3 months ago
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