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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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Lahmacun

After much deliberation over dinner tonight, I shall be making Lahmacun… This is the Turkish equivalent to pizza minus the cheese. It is a soft flatbread made simply from flour, salt and water. Rolled out thinly using a special Turkish stick like rolling pin known as an Oklavi, it is then smeared with a light

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