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Recipes

Molohiya – A Traditional Cypriot Dish

Posted in Recipes by Hulya Erdal

I’ve been feeling a lot of Molohiya love from all my people on Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest over the last few days and so thought I’d better post a recipe up double quick! It’s summertime, I’m back in the motherland and over the last week have been embroiled in some serious Molohiya leaf action. As

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North Cyprus Trip Recipes – Yellow Plum Jam

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Here on the Island, we are well known for our wide selection of jam.  To be honest, as long as it’s labelled fruit, we make it into jam.  This includes Watermelon jam (made from the thick peel not the red bit), Orange jam (made from the thick skin) and our famous Walnut jam, made from

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North Cyprus Trip Recipes – Turlu (Vegetarian stew)

Posted in Recipes by Hulya Erdal

Not sure stew’s really the right word to describe this dish before you all start sweating in your t-shirts and thinking, “Why’s she making stew in summer?!”  Actually, this is one of the most popular and widely eaten vegetarian dishes, not only in Cyprus, but generally around the Mediterranean.  There are a few variations I’m

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Pancake Day Recipes

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No sooner have you given yourself a pat on the back for sticking to your New Year diet, then Pancake day (Shrove Tuesday) comes along and smacks you in the chops like a cold French crepe. Thank goodness it’s only one day and if you can’t have the occasional pancake treat then quite frankly, you

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Kisir – Bulgur (Cracked Wheat) Salad Recipe

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One of the things I love most about Turkish food is the sharing of dishes and real teamwork when cooking, everyone mucks in! Altough I have to say, my mum was a bit of a control freak in our kitchen, it’s was her way or the highway! I fear I may have inherited this maternal

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Turkish Lentil Soup

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This is so warming and delicious, perfect for these cold months and a great pick me up! Consider it the Turkish version of a Jewish chicken soup!  Enjoy as a starter or on its own with lots of crusty bread.

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