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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

Posted in Recipes by Hulya Erdal

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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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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