Best recipe Pumpkin Pie Recipe

Kiss your kids every night even they already in sleep

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....Merhaba from Turkey....

Have an energetic early week! ^,^ 
How I remember when I was working a few years ago..... sometimes I hate Monday. Usually I should planned and arranged something at weekend before what could made me so exciting when I start my day at Monday...for example I watched cinema after work at Monday so I booked ticket earlier on Saturday or Sunday. And We usually had 50% discount for cinema at Monday! Or I made outside lunch appointment with my friend. My Office actually provided us lunch in canteen... so eating lunch outside sometimes can refresh me and made me more energetic doing my work for the rest of that day....

Well..... that was me back then years ago. And now, with wonderful and lovely little family I have... busy at home and provide my family with good food and happiness is my biggest obsession ^,^
Every time I tried some new recipe I would ask my husband what did he think about that food.... And he always teases me with his face and expression just like masterchef jury judge the foods... (^,^)

Now let's talk about our weekend dessert.... Pumpkin! Yes... as I mentioned on an earlier post... we are still in fall and pumpkin season.... A few days ago I made my pumpkin cheesecake bars no-bake, and it was gone in a flash.
And yesterday I made this yummy pumpkin pie... My kid loves it, husband likes it and this is becoming my favorite too ^,^ Try it..maybe it'll become fave on your family too...

And I will include this post into Indonesian Food Blogger Cookblog challenge with Pumpkin theme. Yaaayy...finally IDfb gather cook challenge again (after few long empty period).....
If you are Indonesian and have cooking/ baking blog...join them as well here

Pie crust; For pie crust this time I tried pate brisee from Martha Stewart.com. Feel free to use our own crust recipe or you can check my other pie crust recipe here and here.

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Orek Tempe / Indonesian Sautéed tempeh with soy sauce

Sometimes we forget to appreciate things we already have until it gone

Selam Everybody..... merhaba from Turkey....

Today I'll post about something which recently become "treasure food" after I live in Turkey, it's tempeh. Yes, this healthy fermented soybeans becomes staple protein source for Indonesian people for decades as well as tofu. You will find tempeh in everyday menu in Indonesia, morning to night. Snack to main dish. We have many food variant made from this tempeh. We fry, steamed, braised, even grilled/ barbecue it.

I never made my own tempeh when I was living in Indonesia--no body does ^,^ . Many tempeh industries already provides tons of tempeh for us daily, fresh. So..here I am.. make my own "treasure food" here ^,^
Making tempeh seems easy... but you need some experiences to be succeed. You should maintain and care about temperature during fermentation, it should around 28 ~ 30 deg C. And most important thing to notice is cleanliness and hygiene during process, because spores of fungus Rhizopus oligosporus need hygiene environment to grow.

I made my own tempe since 2009 and failed twice or three times as I remember. Now making tempeh - Alhamdulillah- is no more fail for me. I even sell to some Indonesian friends here too... yes..practice make perfect..

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No Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars

Selam everybody...... Merhaba from Turkey....

Previously I made pumpkin pie spice because I already have a plan to get into "pumpkin season" for my family... Yes.. fall still around and pumpkin is everywhere ^,^
And since in Turkey I can not find caned pumpkin puree so this is also my reason I made my own pumpkin puree.... You also can check my homemade pumpkin puree.

And this is my first recipe using my homemade pumpkin puree, no bake pumpkin cheesecake bars.. The combination of my "gingery" gingersnap cookie with fragrant pumpkin spice together with pumpkin and cheese cream make this dessert bars become new favorite in our house--especially my husband ^,^

I add some chocolate flavor in it so it's just even yummyly better. Put them in air tight container and keep back in freezer if you have some left over, thawed them few minute in fridge before serving. Next time I will flush with caramel sauce for different twist flavor..you can try it too for your family! (^,^)

Make 12 bars

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Best Homemade Playdough

It's all about Children,

Children... they are in fact who always wiser and more mature than us, the parents.

They are actually who teaching and mentoring us to be a better person everyday.

No matter how bad we are as their parents, they are always be the best children we ever have.....

We owe to them always... Children who everyday become the victim from how bad we control and manage our own emotion.

The children who burnt by residue of our incompetence for trying to be an adult human being.

Actually the children who suffer and endure the consequences of worst days we made day by day...

The children who probably sacrificed their future just because we couldn't contrive our own.

But they are still laughing and giving us so much love.. They always make our life happy and bright.

Assalamu'alaikum..... Merhaba from Turkey....

Cold and mostly cloudy and rainy days.. sunny and warm day outside no longer there accompany our kids playing outside the house. My kid is pretty much active and easy to get bored in something, so outdoor activity is her favorite thing to do. But this mid fall when raining almost everyday make her outdoor activity (mostly in playground) become muddy and wet.. I don't mind the dirty part... but when it follow by illness and flu after it...that makes me try to keep my daughter stay inside for a while.

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Homemade pumpkin Puree

Selam everybody.....Merhaba from Turkey....

Today I'll share my homemade pumpkin puree. Maybe because pumpkin pie or anything using pumpkin puree is not popular dessert/dish here in Turkey, canned pumpkin puree is not something easily to find here. 
So this makes an advantages for me living here, I can learn making anything from scratch. Just like I make my Indonesian food e.g tofu and tempeh and many other more--things I never made before in my life when I was living in my homeland!

So here I am today make my own pumpkin puree. I found pumpkin is in season this fall.... since I live in Turkey I learnt about what fruits, vegetables or fish available on farmer market base on it's season. I made a list here too.

Living in four season country adjust me on some new skills and knowledge.. of course I enjoy it as much as I love living in my own homeland. While something in season here the price is cheap so I learnt to store things in season now and keep in my freezer--but of course with certain long life for consuming.
Just like this pumpkin now. I make them puree and store in my freezer so I have ready use pumpkin puree anytime I need it.

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Season table list for fruits vegetables and fish in Turkey

Month	Fruits	Vegetables	Fish
Jan	Apple, pear, quince, pomegranate, banana (local), orange, grapefruit, lemon and citrus family	Celery, cauliflower, cabbage (white and red), broccoli, carrots, turnips, beetroot, leeks, spinach, kale, radish (white - red - black)	Mackerel, bluefish, sea bream, bonito, mackerel, mullet, anchovies, çinekop (small bluefish), mullet, red.
Feb	Apple, pear, quince, banana (local), oranges, grapefruit, lemons	Celery, cauliflower, broccoli, carrots, turnips, beetroot, leeks, spinach, kale, radish (white - red - black)	Shield, red mullet, sea bream, mackerel, salmon, flounder, (mackerel, bluefish and bonito)
Mar	Apple, banana (local)	Broccoli, carrots, turnips, beetroot, leeks, spinach, kale, radish (white - red - black)	Mullet, sea bass, halibut, mullet,
Apr	Green plum, raw almond/ çağla (almond) çağla . pict from Marmaris agaclar	Fresh onions, fresh garlic, asparagus, green beans, smartweed, purslane, samphire, poppy, tangled, the crocus, hibiscus, mustard, dandelion, nettle, dandelion, radish sprouts, the Cnicus, wild spinach	Shield, coral, sea bass, swordfish, red sea bream, mullet
May	yeni dünya,   Green plum, almond (almond), yeni dünya / "malta eriği" , strawberries, blackberries yeni dünya	green/ spring onions, fresh garlic, asparagus, green beans, artichokes, baby carrots, grape leaves, smartweed, purslane, sea böğrülce, the weasel, tangled, the crocus, hibiscus, Haradalen, dandelion, nettle, dandelion, radish sprouts, blessed thistle, wild spinach	Sea bass, red mullet, flounder, mullet, swordfish, red, scorpion fish
Jun	Green plum, yeni dünya, strawberries, cherries, apricots, peaches, mulberries, blackberries, raspberries	Fresh onions, fresh garlic, asparagus, fresh beans (until the middle of the month), artichokes, baby carrots, grape leaves, purslane, lamb with spinach, green beans, peas, zucchini, okra, black-eyed peas, pepper, bell pepper, cucumber	seabeam family, sea bass, red mullet, mullet
Jul	Apricot, peach, yellow plum, cherry, raspberry	Green onions, fresh garlic, purslane,  green beans, peas, zucchini, okra, chinese long bean, pepper, bell pepper, cucumber, tomato, eggplant, bean, green pepper, carrots ,	Sardines, mullet,
Agts	Apricot, peach, cherry, red plum, damson plum, raisins, sunflower, wild pear,	Purslane, zucchini, green beans, okra, black-eyed peas, pepper, bell pepper, cucumber, tomato, eggplant, bean, green pepper, carrots	Gypsy bonito, sardines, swordfish, coral, sea bream, dentex fish,
Sept	Red plum, damson plum, raisins, sunflower, wild pears, hazelnuts, pistachios, peanuts, apples, olives, blackberries, cranberries, rosehips, black currant	Pumpkin, pepper, bell pepper, cucumber, tomato, eggplant, bean, green pepper, carrots, turnips, mushrooms	Sardines, swordfish, bonito, bluefish, sea bream, red fish
Oct	Raisins, peanuts, apples, olives, blackberries, cranberries, rosehips, black currant, hawthorn, blueberry, walnut, pear, banana (local), grapefruit, tangerines, lemons	Tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, black carrots, turnips, mushrooms, spinach, jerusalem artichoke, leek, cabbage (red and white), radish (white - red - black)	Bonito, bluefish, mackerel, swordfish, anchovies, sardines,
Nov	Grapes, apples, olives, cranberries, rosehips, black currant, hawthorn, blueberry, walnut, pear, banana (local), grapefruit, tangerines, lemons, pomegranates, quince,	Carrots, turnips, spinach, sweet potato, leek, cabbage (red and white), radish (white - red - black), red beets, turnips, kale, pumpkin, celery, cauliflower	Bonito, bluefish, mackerel, swordfish, anchovies, sardines, tuna
Dec	Apple, pear, banana (native), grapefruit, lemons, pomegranates, quince, orange, orange family	Carrots, turnips, spinach, sweet potato, leek, cabbage (red and white), radish (white - red - black), red beets, turnips, kale, pumpkin, celery, cauliflower	Mackerel, bluefish, bonito, tuna, mullet, anchovies, sea bream

* Dill, lettuce, parsley, mint, arugula, watercress, chard available in four season

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Yayla Çorbası (Turkish yogurt soup)

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

Getting cold here in my town, feel hesitate doing outdoor activities.... for me of course I don't mind at all stay inside and do my daily housework... but with one very active kid, going out to park / playground is a must even not everyday though.... No matter how much I try to make her busy doing thing inside she still gets bored easily. I wish we live in like my homeland...where kids could play outside on alley safely. Neighbors watch each other to their kids....  

Well.... no complaint about where I live or where I wish to live in.... I am just grateful what I have now and enjoy my life with my family here.....
And for these chill days.. I always try to make something that can comfort us e.g soup. Many kind of soup in Turkey, and like other 4 seasons countries each season has it's own comfort soup.

And my today post is Yayla Çorbası or "highland meadow" soup. The name of Yayla took from word "yaylalar" or high mountains meadows in northern of Turkey where grazing is at its best and high quality yogurt and dairy products abound. In Turkey, this soup is considered a good menu to fight cold because it has mild and minty flavor which easy and light for your stomach.

So if you want to have healthy and comfort soup during your chill days here I share my yayla Çorbası recipe. I like my yayla Çorbası has light and not really thick. So if you compare with other recipes mine has less rice and flour in certain amount of stock (about 1,2 lt). But if you want to go with thicker soup, you may reduce the stock/ broth. And with 2 egg yolks I guarantee you'll have best creamy and yummy yayla Çorbası 

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Gingersnap cookies recipe

Merhaba from Turkey..

Today is cookies day for my family.... It's like almost more than 3 months since last Eid al-fitr I didn't make any cookies. So today I'll refill my empty cookie jars which are stored clean in my cupboard for these few months (^,^)

And for this fall I choose spicy cookies ginger bread cookies cause I think it's suit with this season. For today I make gingersnap use Alton Brown's recipe in FoodNetwork. I made this cookies before this and it was turn great. I like more crunchy version than chewy one. For more crisp and crunchy texture for this recipe said you can add more baking time.

You can check my other version of gingersnap here.

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Bal Kabağı Tatlısı (Turkish Pumpkin Dessert)

Selam everybody.... Merhaba from Turkey...

What's in season now? 

Red-orange color?

Apples?

Thick and colorful sweater?

Pumpkin?

Hard blowing wind?

In my house, it's " flue with cough season".... so sad. Autumn always comes with those seasonal sickness. 

First person who brought it from outside was (like always) my husband. Maybe because he's the only one in our house who interact with many people outside. So he is easily infected (maybe) from somebody outside there then my kid can not far away from her father whenever he's in home... So you can guess who's gonna get next..

  

With two sick people around me I MUST stay healthy... I think every mom MUST stay fit and healthy all the time (^,^) .. if you understand what I mean.. A mom is like everything is her family. Mom is a chef, accounting, laundry and cleaning department, baby sitter... you mention it... a mom is a motor who must work 7/24 ... Imagine if that motor broken....

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Tavada Böreği / Borek pastry in pan

"Start your day with good breakfast"

Selam everybody... Merhaba from Turkey....

Are you a mom who always wandering around the web or cookbooks looking for rich, quick and healthy breakfast variety everyday? 
With a growing kid around the house, no wonder if you are in situation like that. Especially my kid is "no same meal in a raw" type... You know what I mean?

Different from my husband, he likes to have egg almost everyday for is breakfast, no matter just boiled egg, omelet, with sücük (Turkish spicy sausage).... just egg enough for him.

And this tavada böreği (borek pastry cook on pan) is now become my new list for quick breakfast idea. It's easy and fast to prepare yet freshly yummy. 
As other typical turkish börek you can vary the filling with anything you like such as, potato, spinach, any kind of cheese or even minced meat.

But for easy and quick version I just use cheese and filling, optionally you can add chopped parsley as well.

Serve 4~6 portion.

Ingredients:

• 3 phyllo sheets (for börek pastry)
• 300 ml milk
• 2 Tbsp yoghurt
• 1 large egg
• 100 ml sunflower oil
• 100 gr butter, melted
• salt and pepper to taste
• Crumbled cheese, either ricotta or white cheese
• margarine/ butter for brush the pan

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Resep Tahu Tek khas Surabaya (Surabaya style Tofu in peanut sauce)

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

You know, Indonesia has many many traditional food and each regions or city has their own typical food as well. 

And my today post is "Tahu Tek" , it's one of Indonesian traditional meal originally from Surabaya city-East Java. Tahu means tofu in Indonesian language. People call "tahu tek" maybe because the seller (mostly mobile traditional street vendor, we call it "gerobak") make a typical noise sounds  " tek..tek..tek..tek" very loud and shrilly along kampoong/ alleys. That sound comes from the wok clink with fork or spatula by the seller to get attention.

Surabaya is "the home" of "tahu tek" . You can find this food seller more than 2 or 3 sellers almost at the same time in same alley, it's different from in other city. You should go to a certain place where one seller have open a stall.

The typical of "tahu tek" is they use scissors instead of knife to cut everything during the serving with a very noisy sound they make...clak...clak...claakk. (^,^)

Another unique thing about this "tahu Tek" is they only sell this food only at night, in many kampoong/ alleys you probably can meet this "tahu tek" seller upper 8 or 9 pm. I have no idea why...but for me (also for my families) the taste would be different if you eat it at noon or morning... This tahu tek kick your appetite when it ate beyond 9 pm or even midnite! it's REALLY... ! So I call it "midnite snack" (^,^)

I am original from Surabaya..so I know almost everything about this my favorite food (^,^) 

poto sent by my sister

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Membuat lontong di magic jar (how to make rice cake in rice cooker)

Ingredients:

• 2 cups rice, wash and drain
• 8~10 cups of water (water can be reduced according to how hard rice cake you wanna go)
• half lemon juice (optional). this helps your rice cake has a longer life time

Things you'll need

• 1 loaf pan (10x20x7 cm)
• plastic wrap larger than loaf pan ( I use plastic pouches and cut the sides to open wide)
• rice cooker.

How to:

1. Put all ingredients in your rice cooker. Push the "cooking" mode button and let it cook until the button up to "warm" mode. 
2. Open the lid, with wooden spoon mix the rice inside rice cooker while push the soft rice between back of wooden spatula and rice cooker pan in order to make it almost like a puree. Close the lid and push button to "cooking" mode again. Let it cook until button goes up to "warm" mode.
3. Do same method like no.2. Repeat 3 times or 4 times.
4. Cover you loaf pan with plastic wrap, move your puree rice one wooden spoon at a time while press it hard to compress the rice cake and make it solid mass. Cover with plastic wrap and once again press it hard with something flat and let it cool at room temperature. 
5. The rice cake will harder after keep in fridge few hours. Your rice cake is now ready to eat.

*Sorry I didn't include step by step picture, maybe next time I'll attach how to make it step by step so you will have better illustration.

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Aşure tarifi / Ashure / Noah's Pudding / Turkish mix fruits, grains and nut dessert for special occasion Aşure day

Aşure Gününüz Mübarek Olsun Dualarınız kabul Olsun

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 😍💛

Aşure Günü or in Arabic ʻĀshūrā’ (عاشوراء) day is the 10th day of Muharram month (first month in Islamic calendar). In Islamic believed many important occurrences happened in this month. This month also important for Muslims and we also do Fasting a couple days in this month.

In Turkey, people make this aşure in Aşure day (Aşure Günü). Aşure or ashure is Turkish dessert congee made from mix dried fruits, grains, and nuts. Besides serve among the family, this dessert is generally shared among neighbors, relatives, and friends. Also calls Noah's pudding

And this year is my first time making this aşure... for few years before mostly I got this sweet congee from my neighbors. From some aşure I got from them I saw the ingredients is very much vary from each person, neither the grains they mix in or the dried fruits or nuts and even topping when they serve.

But when you go to the traditional market to buy "aşure packet/set" generally it's consists of whole wheat grain, dried apricot, dried figs, golden sultana/ raisins, hazelnuts, almond and peanuts with clove and cinnamon as spices.

You can really vary add or cook this aşure with ingredients you have but still, it should mix from grain (whole wheat), dried fruits (fig, apricot, raisins) and nuts (white bean and chickpea)... the rest are really according to your taste. This aşure or Noah's pudding should have a cinnamon aroma. Some people add few cloves but others didn't.

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Pierre Hermé’s éclairs recipe

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Selam everybody......merhaba from Turkey

Any pastries dessert is most requested in our house- beside cookies of course (^,^). Profiterol is most frequent dessert I made, yes...we are chocolate lovers! Any choux pastry with yummy cream and chocolate flush.... we never have left over.. (^,^)

And my today post again about choux pastry... I made this éclairs last weekend.. so it's a bit late post..it's okay ^,^
And since we love chocolate a lot... I made this éclairs double chocolate... chocolate pastry cream with chocolate yummy sauce. I tried many recipe for making puff pastries and all turned great for me most all time..but for this éclairs I try to use Pierre Hermé’s Eclair Recipe.. You already can imagine how this dessert would turn to be, right?

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Tempeh/ Tempe Nedir? (What is tempeh?)

Turkiyenin her yerine Tofu (tahu) ve Tempeh satışı. Ürün hakkında bilgi için Sms veya Email arayınız.

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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.

Tempe, dunanın en çok sağlık gıda ürün, aslen Endonezyanın geleneksel bir soya ürünüdür.Doğal kültürleme ve kontrollü fermentasyon işlemlerinden onra bir çeşit kek şeklini alır.Tempe Soya ürünleri arasında benzesiz bir yere sahiptir.Bugünün Endonezyasında, özellikle Java adasında Soya Proteini açısından vazgeçilmezdir.Tempe,Tofu gibi Soya fasulyesinden yapılır ancak beslenme özellikleri ve dokusal nitelikleri bakımından farklı karaktere sahiptir.Tempenin fermentasyon süreci yüksek protein,vitamin ve diyet lifi açısından yüksek içerik sağlar.Bu yüksek içerik sebebiyle dünya vejeteryan mutfağının gözdelerindendir.

Bugünün Endonezya kökenli, ve protein elyaf kaynak Java, adada özellikle popüler. Tofu gibi, tempe soya fasulyesinden yapılmış, ancak farklı beslenme özellikleri ve dokusal nitelikleri ile bir bütün soya ürünüdür. Tempeh en fermantasyon süreci ve bütün fasulye alıkoyma o protein, diyet lifi, vitamin yüksek bir içerik vermek olduğunu . Sıkı bir doku ve bu yaş gibi daha belirgin hale gelir dünyevi bir lezzet vardır. Çünkü besin değerinin, tempeh bir et analog olarak kullanılan vejetaryen mutfağı, dünya çapında kullanılmaktadır.

Check my homemade Tofu here.

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General Tso's Chicken Recipe

" I didn't have any clue how to be a parent until I'm dealing with my kid daily now"--me

Selam everybody..... Merhaba from Turkey....

Fall officially comes..... Everyday is raining and dark mostly this whole week. I have no complaint at all..weather come and go..changing as nature calls... But I get a little clueless dealing with my kid... she seems boring stay inside house whole day these few days....
I already tried to make her busy start making her play dough, buy her new puzzles (she bored already with her old solved puzzles), drawing, coloring.....anything that across my mind that kinder garden teachers mostly do.
Tell me if you have any idea how to "home schooling" 3 y.o kid... ^,^
If we were in my homeland, she could play outside during the day...plays with chickens, sheep, cats or even climbs small trees around my mom's house and with many other kids in my "kampoong" ^,^

So lately I don't want to spend too much time at kitchen...although yes she loves follow me doing things in kitchen..I like it ..but our kitchen is too small-just like design for 1 person only in it!! 
Of course I want her to have fun also with me in kitchen... she is just small girl, she always brings her step stool to kitchen to reach kitchen table..if so.. no more space for me to move freely...really..our kitchen that small... I think around 2 x 1,5 m square.... Hope we can move to our own soon, Ameen. ^,^

Well...enough my "daily report" for now.... just I hope few years later she will remember the time we spend together daily (^,^)

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Turkish Baklava easy Recipe

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Selam...Merhaba from Turkey everyone.....

Sacrife feast has just finished few days ago... It was happy holiday for me and family. Just like in Ramadhan bayram (Eid al-fitr) as tradition, we visited families and relatives and some close friends.... Ate a lot of baklava and chocolate candies! :)
Yes, in Turkey baklava is served traditionally during major Islamic feast like Eid al-fitr or Eid al-adha together with turkish delight, chocolate and candies.

Baklava is a rich sweet pastry made of many layers of phyllo dough filled with finely chopped nuts between a few layers soaked in thick sugar syrup (or honey)
Every people in the Middle East, Eastern Mediterranean, Balkans, and Caucasia; Turks, Arabs, Jews, Greeks, Armenians, and Bulgarians introduce baklava as their national dessert. When we consider that all of these regions once belonged to the Ottoman Empire, it is possible to think of Baklava as an Ottoman dessert.

Well, I won't talk about baklava history... it could be such long long writing and we must read many valid sources you can googling or go to local library. I need rest and you need recipe, right? (^,^)

For Kurban bayram (eid al-adha) last week beside I made this cevizli baklava (baklava with walnut filling) I also made Şöbiyet baklava. Both turned to be great bayram's treats (^,^)

Here I will share my easy recipe on how to make baklava at home. Why I call it easy? cause I use ready bought phyllo dough for baklava. Some people (including my mother in law) still made their own yufka, but for me, rolling the dough into such a veerrryyyy thin and looks transparent is not my skill (YET) ^,^

Indeed.. homemade baklava mostly have slightly thicker layers than store bought baklava in patisseries..it's all about "ROLLING" the dough..hehehehe..

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Şöbiyet Tatlısı / Turkish Sobiyet Baklava Recipe

"Kurban Bayramınız kutlu olsun....Happy Eid al-Adha 1436 H"

Assalamu'alaikum..... Merhaba from Turkey...

Eid al-Adha or feast of sacrifise or in Turkey calls Kurban bayram is the great festival of Islam to honors the willingness of Ibrahim to sacrifice his son as an act of submission to Allah's command, before God then intervened, through his angel Jibra'il and informs him that his sacrifice has already been accepted.

The Sacrifice Feast comes about 70 days after the Ramazan Festival. The meat from the sacrificed animal is preferred to be divided into three parts. The family retains one third of the share; another third is given to relatives, friends and neighbors; and the remaining third is given to the poor and needy.

Like Ramadhan bayram (Eid al-fitr) traditionally baklava and other sweets also serve in Kurban bayram here in Turkey. Generally people make at home or buy künefe or baklava or Rıvani or turkish delight and chocolate sweets and other sweets for serve to the guests.

I didn't make baklava at last Ramadhan bayram, so I promise my self I would make some baklava at Kurban bayram or next ramadhan bayram.... So here my homemade Şöbiyet baklava recipe using ready bought baklava phylo sheet. There 's no reason using store bought phylo sheet but for practical and easy way to make delicious baklava with very thin phylo layer and crunchy in every sheet.

Yufka or phylo sheet for making baklava dessert is different for making börek pastry. Phylo sheet for making baklava we call it baklavalık yufka, it has very much thin, dry and almost transparent layers while phylo sheet for making börek pastry has thicker and slightly moist layers.

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Indonesian food recipe, Bandung style steamed fish dumpling /Siomay Khas Bandung

“Being a mother is an attitude, not a biological relation.” ― Robert A. Heinlein

Selam everybody.... Merhaba from Turkiye..

Siomay (some people also call somay) is steamed fish dumpling serve with mix vegetables and tofu, flush with peanut sauce, kecap manis (sweet soy sauce), chili sauce and lemon juice or kaffir lime. So it's deliciously sweet-sour spicy dish.

Siomay is ubiquitous in Indonesian cities, It can be found in street-side food stalls, mobile carts, bicycle vendors, or even in restaurants. But the most popular place is in Bandung (West Java) so people call it siomay Bandung.

This food derived from Chinese cuisine shui mai (or shumai or shaomai). Beside influenced by Dutch cuisine (in Dutch colonial long time ago), Indonesian cuisine also had influence by other countries like India, Arabic, and Chinese. 

And my today's post is Bandung style siomay. I use haddock fish fillet mix with shrimps, but optionally feel free to use chicken minced mix with shrimp/ fish. But my suggestion if you mix with chicken, use bigger portion of fish/ shrimp than chicken meat. 

For other vegetables complements, usually people use bitter gourd/ bitter melon, white cabbage- boiled and rolled, boiled potato. There's also tofu and hard-boiled eggs. 
Enjoy your siomay with lime juice (mostly from kaffir lime), sweet soy sauce and chilly sauce.

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