Kıymalı börek (Turkish style minced meat pasty)

Merhaba From Türkiye 👋

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Börek in Turkish refers to any meal made from Yufka (phyllo dough). Thinly rolled pastry, often the paper-thin variety known as yufka, is wrapped around various savory fillings or arranged in layers . The myriad types of börek are unmatched delicacies when cooked to perfection. Boreks can be fried, baked, cooked on a griddle or boiled. Traditionally it was said that no girl should marry until she had mastered the art of börek making. Preferred fillings are cheese, minced meat, spinach and potatoes. In the form of rolls filled with cheese or minced meat mixtures and fried, böreks are known as "Sigara (cigarette) boregi". Böreks should be light and crisp, without a trace of excess oil.

Börek's type also named by it shape... Like I made today known as Kol böreği  is prepared in long rolls, either rounded or lined. Generally filled with minced meat or you can vary them with feta cheese, spinach or others. This Börek is commonly eaten during breakfast or brunch with hot Turkish-style tea or with ayran.

Now I will share my recipe how to make this Börek at home

 Ingredients for filling:
- about 500 gr minced meat (you can use beef or lamb)
- 2 big onions, finely chopped
- 2 stalks of leek, finely chopped
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 tsp cumin powder
- 1 tbsp butter

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Chicken Popcorn recipe

I was looking for something that can appetite my kid... you know, if you have kids..you always trying something that can make them eat nicely. I remember she likes fried chicken a lot especially crunchy one (^,^)... So I come up with this chicken popcorn.

The tiny chunk make them has more crunchy coating which is my daughter loves it much. and that small chunk very much make her easy to bite.
And here is my recipe based on my Crunchy (brined) Fried Chicken with tiny adjustment.

 Ingredients:

• about 500 gr chicken meat, skinless, boneless. 
• Pinch salt and pepper to taste
• 2~3 Tbsp all purpose flour

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(Not so) Natural Red Velvet Swiss Roll cake

And my today post is Red Velvet Roll Cake. I use beets puree for give natural red color but with a little "cheating" (^,^)... I also add few drop red gel food color. It's because I saw my batter before baking it was not as red as I hope. Maybe for next experiment, I will increase amount of beets puree for this recipe.

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Green Tea Macarons with Green Tea Chocolate filling recipe

It's like a curse for me.... or you can call it addicted.... I'm talking about baking (and eat) macarons (^,^)

Yes, once I successfully baked nice macarons these previously weeks... my mind keep thinking to bake them again and again with many idea on flavors and variation. But I'm still afraid to try other recipe .... maybe next time. You know..after long journey with many recipe's trial and error until I finally decided this recipe which suit for me... I don't think I have any dare to try other method in this nearly time....hehehehe..
Even Actually I want to try Italian meringue method for making my next macarons. But major reason is I still don't purchase candy thermometer yet.... Maybe next time , Inshaallah (^,^)

Do you like green tea? Green tea is made from the leaves from Camellia sinensis that have undergone minimal oxidation during processing. Green tea originated in China, but it has become associated with many cultures throughout Asia. Green tea has recently become relatively widespread in the West where black tea has been the traditionally consumed tea.

Green tea has become the raw material for extracts used in various beverages, dietary supplements, and cosmetic items. Many varieties of green tea have been created in the countries where it is grown. These varieties can differ substantially due to variable growing conditions, horticulture, production processing, and harvesting time.

Many claims have been made for the beneficial health effects of green tea consumption, but they have generally not been borne out by scientific investigation; excessive consumption is associated with some harmful health effects.

My today post is Matcha/ Green tea macarons with matcha Chocolate filling. The aroma during I bake this macarons it's just like soul therapy for me (^,^) . It has mild refreshing scent inside my house and since it's winter now, I didn't open any window, the scent stay long about few hours more... hhmmmm... I think you should try it too (^,^)
And here my recipe that I've been using until now before I decide to use other recipe/ methos (^,^)

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Bolu Gulung Keju / Swiss Roll with cream cheese filling

Resep dalam bhs Indonesia ada di bagian bawah






Selam everybody...Merhaba from Turkiye.. (^,^)

I know many people love Roll Cake aka swiss roll....and I guess not a few of us either got struggled to make it one perfectly. 
Some end up with crack during rolling it--that's common problem on making roll cake. I know.. I've been there before..or even until now sometimes I have that problem.

But I never give up on things...no no no..not me! (^,^) . I kept learning, trial and error on some recipe and technique so I can determine what kind factors which make sad face on us when making this unique delicacy dessert. I am not an expert person who can tell you what to do or not to do to make roll cake perfect. And I'm not guarantee either after you read my review you will 100% success making it... I just share according my last trial and error making this roll cake.. So if you have something on your mind...speak out to me..I'll be very happy and thankful. 

Bolu Gulung Keju / Swiss Roll with cream cheese filling

The recipe in my humble opinion is one important key to make perfect roll cake. Most roll cake recipe require less flour than liquid (from eggs, oil/ melted butter, etc) to make it flexible enough to handle.... But again..I'm not expert in this field. You may do trial and error also on some different recipes.

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İşkembe Çorbası / Turkish style tripe soup

Merhaba From Türkiye 👋

First of all, I'd like to thank you for visiting my blog. I hope you can come back, again and again, to check up on any beyond Indonesian or Turkish food or something sweets that you might love. Your comments and emails brighten my days and make this simple blog thing worthwhile 😍💛

Beside in Turkey, this tripe soup is a common meal in Balkan area, Bulgaria, Greek and eastern Europe. Made of cow's tripe (dana İşkembe-turk) cooked in terbiyeli sauce and served with garlic-vinegar sauce. Terbiyeli sauce made from mixture of egg yolk, lemon juice, garlic, and flour. 

The taste of this soup is simply fresh and comfort meal during winter like nowadays. I serve it with sprinkle of parsley and a lot of flake red chilly.... hhhmmmm.....My husband can drink this soup with one loaf of medium bread alone without anything else, he just loves it!  it's instantly become my first favorite Turkish soup as Asian person

In Bursa, there are some lokanta (restaurant) which serve only soup as their menu. Their special menus are İşkembe Çorbası and Kelle paça çorbası (sheep head meat soup) and they are remarkably good! And if you eat something very delicious in a restaurant, you couldn't ask the chef what's ingredients he putted there and how to cook it nicely , could you? (^,^) --which I sometimes do to street food vendor..with a joke of course. Sometimes, they answer my question..sometimes they answer it with SMILE only (^,^)

Well, this İşkembe Çorbası recipe I get from searching on Internet, watching Turkish cooking show on TV, asking around my Turkish friend, my mother in law and neighbors (which mostly they don't cook this at home so they mostly don't have any idea exactly how to cook it ). The taste I tried to resemble as close as I can like at the restaurant. Try it, and I believe you will like it too (^,^)

Serve about 6 shares

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Red Velvet Macarons with Cream Cheese filling

Selam Evrybody...Merhaba from Turkey.

The recipe I use my lemon macarons recipe with few adjustment. That is also my basic macarons recipe and I'm quite happy with it. I was doing trial and error with some Red velvet macarons recipe, but finally end up with my recipe here. 

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Balado Tempe (Indonesian Tempeh cooked in sambal sauce)

Tempeh (/ˈtɛmpeɪ/), is a traditional soy product originally from Indonesia. It is made by a natural culturing and controlled fermentation process that binds soybeans into a cake form, similar to a very firm vegetarian burger patty. Tempeh is unique among major traditional soy foods in that it is the only one that did not originate from the Sinosphere cuisine.

It originated in today's Indonesia, and is especially popular on the island of Java, where it is a staple source of protein. Like tofu, tempeh is made from soybeans, but it is a whole soybean product with different nutritional characteristics and textural qualities. Tempeh's fermentation process and its retention of the whole bean give it a higher content of protein, dietary fiber, and vitamins. It has a firm texture and an earthy flavor which becomes more pronounced as it ages. Because of its nutritional value, tempeh is used worldwide in vegetarian cuisine, where it is used as a meat analogue.

And because tempeh has become part of our people in ages, we have so many kind of menu variant made of this tempeh. Start from light snack until the main course with variety in process and spices. You will never boring with this full of nutritious meat substitute.

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Red Velvet Steamed Cupcakes with cream cheese topping

Selam Everybody.... Merhaba from Turkey...

This is actually my cupcake version of my previous post but with a minor adjustment. You know I love steamed cake. It somehow gives us a soft dense texture but with moist yummy cake. You can check my other steamed cake in "steamed" category. Please do try steam your cake and taste the different. 

My today's post is Red Velvet Steamed Cupcake with cream cheese topping. If you are red velvet lover... you come to the right page because I have some other red velvet recipes which I believe will become indulgence your taste. 

 Make about 12 cupcakes

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Best Spinach Cake / Cake Bayam, lezat dan bergizi

Resep Dalam bhs Indonesia ada di bagian bawah

Selam everybody.....Merhaba from Turkey.

Are you parent who frustrated dealing with your kids who hated their vegetables? Welcome on my board ... ! My kid, made me so proud  when she was easily eat her carrot or enjoyed her greens, tomato and more, but that was when she's around 30 months old! 

I remember her 1st solid food at 7 month old was spinach rice porridge with chicken liver. And during that complementary feeding, she ate many kind of food without rejected anything. I know, if she didn't like something, she gave me sign with her "wanna vomit" expression. I mean, she was not really picky on food, until she turns 2 yo.

Well...now I'm dealing with picky, easy to boring and difficult to eat the greens and fruits. She only like eats carrot but it is also not much... She loves chicken only. Sometimes eats sausage much, sometimes hate it. Sometimes like to eat fish, sometimes throw it away..... 😩

What to do?? I just try to understand her and keep trying changing as many menu as I can. and try to put any vegetables in every meal I made as much as I can. I made banana cake, carrot cake, fried crispy fish, spinach pastry, leek pastry..anything! Some recipe I already shared here, you can browse around if you would.

And now I'd like to insert spinach in a cake. She like eating cake--even not really much as I wish. But at least I try to put green as many as I can in anything I made... After made this cake, not only her who like it so much...even her baba! ... well double happy of me 😍

And here my Spinach cake recipe. Try it and tell me what you think...

For Spinach puree:

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Turkish Dessert: Fırın sütlaç (#Turkish bake rice pudding)

Resep dalam bhs İndonesia ada dibagian bawah

Selam everybody.....Merhaba from Turkey.

Today I will introduce you to one of Turkish dessert which I believe can cheer up you and family after dinner. It's also our family's fave dessert 

This dessert made from rice and milk with strong cinnamon flavor. There is also non bake version of this sütlaç but I prefer bake version. With slightly burn on the surface gives such a wonderful caramelized taste...it's just tooooo good to skip it after dinner dessert.

I had previous post about this sütlaç before that you can check here. You can use that recipe or this one..  Or you can try  Fırın sütlaç with mastic gum here....Just tell me which one you prefer. Serve cold even better with sprinkle  of cinnamon powder.

Ingredients:

- ¾ cup rice, washed and drained
- 1 ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 1 cinnamon stick
- Pinch of salt
- ± 700 ml milk
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch, dissolved in water.

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Kentang Isi (Stuffed Potato)

Today I'd like to share one of my family daily menu. This meal is very easy and nutritious..... Like me, who has kids at home must be very much dizzy to arrange nutritious menu for them, right?

This is also very practical for our children's lunch box or just for family picnic. You can vary the stuffing ingredients with your family's favorite. Start of vegetables until meat or even you have canned tuna.

Ingredients:

• 6 medium sized potatoes
• Boneless chicken about 200 grams, boiled and cut into small pieces (or shredded)
• 2 medium carrots, boiled and cut into small cubes
• 2 green onion, thinly sliced
• 1 tablespoon butter at room temperature
• 1 tbsp milk powder
• cheddar cheese 100 gr + 100 gr (grated), more if you like
• garlic powder around 2 tsp
• pepper powder 1/2 tsp or to taste
• salt to taste
• small pinch of sugar
• chopped celery for sprinkling

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Rose Flavor Swiss Roll Cake / Bolu gulung Mawar

Hai everybody..... Merhaba.
It's nice weekend today. Yes, even temperature outside still around 10 or 15 Celsius but sun so bright and cloud. Just hoping spring will come soon ^,^
Last two days ago I got migraines :( . Migraine is a condition that causes attacks (episodes) of headaches. Other symptoms such as feeling sick (nausea) or being sick (vomiting) are also common. Between migraine attacks, the symptoms go completely.

Very rarely I get it since last year, it was very disturbing  and annoying you know since I have active kid who needs me all day long, so I couldn't really rest. I didn't want to consume any painkiller or any drug whatsoever. I just drank warm milk with honey and ginger cause I think it was just because "period thing" ... I need to keep my body warm and relax, that's all... Hope I will not get it so often.

Well, Alhamdulillah today I feel better and what's make me more vibrant is sunny day !(^,^) So before going out to park with my kid, I try to make something for tonight dessert. Then I'm thinking to make swiss roll cause some FB friends have something like cooking/ baking together event with 'pink roll cake theme'... so why don't I join that also.... so voalllaa.. I make this Swiss Roll Cake with Rose flavor. I use rose aroma drop which very common to use here in any turkish dessert. For filling I use rose jam and whipped cream. If you want to use this recipe of course you can vary the rose flavor and jam with other flavor you like.

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Ember-Roasted #eggplants puree with meat sauce -- #Hünkar Beğendi (Sultan's Delight)

Selam Everybody..Merhaba...

Actually is very fresh yet cold today due to snowing today, so I decided to walk out of house a little with my kid..then suddenly end up to butcher because I remembered I didn't have meat stock and I want to make something that my husband likes it's, Hünkar Beğendi

Hünkar Beğendi, literally means Sultan(king)'s Favorite. So maybe this meal was one of Sultan's favorites during the Ottoman emperor. I can not find any further literature about this meal, so if you, my readers know more about it, please do share with me here😊

Hünkar Beğendi is a puree made of roasted eggplant served with gravy meat over it. Traditionally people use lamb or goat meat for the gravy but some also using beef meat.
Anywaaaayyyyy...... this Sultan's favorite is also one of my husband's favorite also. so I call this also "Husband Beğendi" haha..... 😊

Serve about 2 shares.

Ingredients and how to make

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