Yogurtlu Basti Food

TURKISH PASTA WITH GROUND BEEF (YOGURTLU KIYMALI MAKARNA) (GLUTE

Steps:

• Bring a small amount of salted water to a boil, add garlic with skin on and cook for 7 minutes. Drain, slip from skins and crush with a fork.
• Stir yoghurt with crushed garlic, mint & freshly squeezed lemon juice until smooth, set in refrigerator.
• Grate English cucumber and set in a sieve, sprinkle with sea salt. Let drain 15 minutes.
• Squeeze out liquid from cucumber and mix with yogurt mixture. Add more sea salt and lemon to taste if needed.
• Bring salted water for pasta to a boil.
• Peel onions. Cut and chop in a food processor until a pulp.
• Heat olive oil over medium high, add onions and reduce heat cooking until transparent.
• Add 1 tbs butter, parsley and lean ground beef and cook until no more pink shows, stirring to break apart often.
• Add Baharat, If using Turkish skip the fresh mint or add fresh mint now. Add sea salt to taste. Cook until done.
• While frying the meat, cook pasta as per package directions. Drain and add lots of butter (2 tbs) & the sweet paprika. Mix.
• Add ground beef and mix with pasta or if preferred place pasta on serving dishes and spoon ground beef over top. Serve with Cakik (yogurt sauce) and a fresh salad.
• Enjoy :D.

YOGURTLU KEBAB - KOFTA WITH TOMATO SAUCE AND YOGURT

Steps:

• Put the tomatoes in a pan with the olive oil, paprika, salt and pepper and sugar and cook over a medium heat for about 15 minutes.
• Add the meatballs from recipe #451292, bring the sauce to a simmer, and cook the sauce and meatballs for another 15 minutes, or until they are cooked through.
• If you are using the toasted pita, then toast it under the broiler until brown and crisp. Break it into small pieces.
• In each individual bowl, put a quarter of the toasted pita pieces, tomato sauce and meatballs over it and top with a layer of the yogurt.
• Garnish with the pine nuts, and finely chopped parsley.

YOGURTLU BASTI

Steps:

• In a bowl, mix the yogurt with the cardamom and ginger and let them infuse while you cook the chicken.
• In a large skillet, fry the onion in the oil till soft. Add the chicken pieces and sauté until the onions are golden and the chicken pieces lightly browned. Add salt and pepper and a cup of water, and cook over low heat-12 minutes for breast meat, 20 minutes for dark-until the chicken is very tender and the sauce reduced, turning the chicken pieces over and adding a little water if it becomes too dry.
• Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the yogurt. Serve sprinkled with almonds.