Turkish Appetizer Recipes
09/02/08: Turkish-style Fried Calamari (Kalamar Tava).
28/12/07: Beetroot Dip (Pancar Ezme).
18/12/07: Mushroom Manti (Mantar Manti).
08/12/07: Fried Eggplant with Cheese (Peynirli Patlican Kizartmasi).
02/12/07: Shrimp Coctail in a Basket (Hamur Sepetinde Karides Kokteyl).
28/11/07: Potato Cigarette Borek (Patatesli Sigara Boregi).
22/07/07: Roasted Eggplant, Green Pepper & Tomato Dip (Lutuka).
01/07/07: Fried Mixed Vegetables with Sauce (Karisik Sebze Kizartmasi).
26/06/07: Sesame Seed Chicken (Susamli Tavuk).
03/06/07: Cig Kofte (Yalanci Cig Kofte).
13/05/07: Red Pepper Spread (Zengin).
15/12/06: Turkish-style Zucchini Gratin (Kabak Graten).
10/12/06: Hummus (Humus).
08/12/06: Creamy Yogurt Dip (Haydari).
05/12/06: Caviar-stuffed Eggs (Havyarli Yumurta Dolmasi).
03/12/06: Amulet Borek (Muska Boregi).
02/12/06: Zucchini with Walnut Dip (Cerkez Kabak).
29/11/06: Roasted Red Pepper Cheese Rolls (Kozlenmis, Peynirli Kirmizi Biber).
26/11/06: Shrimp in an Orange Basket (Portakal Sepetinde Karides).
26/09/06: Fried Cauliflowers and Carrots (Karnabahar ve Havuc Kizartmasi).
12/08/06: Cigarette Borek (Sigara Boregi).
28/07/06: Fried Zucchini with Yogurt Sauce (Kabak Kizartmasi).
21/07/06: Haydari with Feta Cheese (Beyaz Peynirli Haydari).
13/06/06: Mamzana.
04/06/06: Muhammara.
13/05/06: Haydari with Carrots (Havuclu Haydari).
09/05/06: Yogurt.
14/04/06: Red Pepper Paste (Kirmizi Biber Salcasi).
11/03/06: Ali Nazik.
04/03/06: Potato Pate (Patates Koftesi).
28/12/05: Black Olive Pate on Bread (Zeytin Ezmeli Kanepeler).
11/12/05: Potatoes with Caviar (Havyarli Patates).
10/12/05: Stuffed Mushrooms (Mantar Dolmasi).
29/10/05: Olives with Garlic (Sarimsakli Zeytin).
16/10/05: Lentil Pate (Mercimek Koftesi).
28/08/05: Tarator.
24/07/05: Chicken with Walnuts (Cerkez Tavugu).
12/06/05: Fried Eggplant & Green Pepper (Patlican Biber Kizartmasi).
08/05/05: Fava.
26/03/05: Kisir.
22/03/05: Cacik.
20/03/05: Zucchini Pate (Mucver).
28/12/07: Beetroot Dip (Pancar Ezme).
18/12/07: Mushroom Manti (Mantar Manti).
08/12/07: Fried Eggplant with Cheese (Peynirli Patlican Kizartmasi).
02/12/07: Shrimp Coctail in a Basket (Hamur Sepetinde Karides Kokteyl).
28/11/07: Potato Cigarette Borek (Patatesli Sigara Boregi).
22/07/07: Roasted Eggplant, Green Pepper & Tomato Dip (Lutuka).
01/07/07: Fried Mixed Vegetables with Sauce (Karisik Sebze Kizartmasi).
26/06/07: Sesame Seed Chicken (Susamli Tavuk).
03/06/07: Cig Kofte (Yalanci Cig Kofte).
13/05/07: Red Pepper Spread (Zengin).
15/12/06: Turkish-style Zucchini Gratin (Kabak Graten).
10/12/06: Hummus (Humus).
08/12/06: Creamy Yogurt Dip (Haydari).
05/12/06: Caviar-stuffed Eggs (Havyarli Yumurta Dolmasi).
03/12/06: Amulet Borek (Muska Boregi).
02/12/06: Zucchini with Walnut Dip (Cerkez Kabak).
29/11/06: Roasted Red Pepper Cheese Rolls (Kozlenmis, Peynirli Kirmizi Biber).
26/11/06: Shrimp in an Orange Basket (Portakal Sepetinde Karides).
26/09/06: Fried Cauliflowers and Carrots (Karnabahar ve Havuc Kizartmasi).
12/08/06: Cigarette Borek (Sigara Boregi).
28/07/06: Fried Zucchini with Yogurt Sauce (Kabak Kizartmasi).
21/07/06: Haydari with Feta Cheese (Beyaz Peynirli Haydari).
13/06/06: Mamzana.
04/06/06: Muhammara.
13/05/06: Haydari with Carrots (Havuclu Haydari).
09/05/06: Yogurt.
14/04/06: Red Pepper Paste (Kirmizi Biber Salcasi).
11/03/06: Ali Nazik.
04/03/06: Potato Pate (Patates Koftesi).
28/12/05: Black Olive Pate on Bread (Zeytin Ezmeli Kanepeler).
11/12/05: Potatoes with Caviar (Havyarli Patates).
10/12/05: Stuffed Mushrooms (Mantar Dolmasi).
29/10/05: Olives with Garlic (Sarimsakli Zeytin).
16/10/05: Lentil Pate (Mercimek Koftesi).
28/08/05: Tarator.
24/07/05: Chicken with Walnuts (Cerkez Tavugu).
12/06/05: Fried Eggplant & Green Pepper (Patlican Biber Kizartmasi).
08/05/05: Fava.
26/03/05: Kisir.
22/03/05: Cacik.
20/03/05: Zucchini Pate (Mucver).
44 Comments:
Hi Binnur,
First and foremost this is a great site and amazing recipes. Thank you. Second, by any chance do you have a recipe for imam bayildi?
Thanks. Have a great day.
Meriem
Sorry to have bothered you, Binnur, nevermind, I found it. You already posted the imam bayildi recipe. Sorry. Thanks to you and your daughter for a great site and amazing recipes.
I have tons of recipes for Hoummous, but there should be at least one on here . . . any soon?
Hi,
There are a ton of Turkish Appetizer Recipes, Humus is one of them and
I will post it soon:)
Binnur
Are you able to add some dips to your appetizer recipes? A local turkish restaurant has the most amazing dips, they all taste so good and I would love to make them at home, some of them are carrot, beetroot and fetta based. Yum!
hey i was wondering if you know how to make chicken or pork tava like the ones you find throughout Adana. I miss them so much!
Sure, I will post more appetizers in a few weeks for Christmas. I hope you will find them yummy too:)
If you are asking about chicken saute I will post it soon. And more chicken dishes too...
Dear Binnur,
Dear Binnur,
I would like to congratulate your web page and your effort. It is very nice job for introduce our Turkish taste to everybody. Thanks to you and your daughter for this great web page.
Best wishes,
Muge
Hi Muge,
I really appreciated what you wrote, thank you very much:)
Binnur
I'm looking for a Turkish spice called Kinzi, which is used in Acika. Do you know what the english name is? It looked brown with a green tint in its powdered form.
Thanks,
California
I don't know anything about kinzi, actually I never heard this word
before. It is not a Turkish word:)
I'm not sure of the origin of the word "Kinzi" or that I am even spelling it correctly, but that is how it's pronounced in Hendek, Turkey.
Basically, it's a spice used in my mother-in-law's Acika recipe. My husband translated the recipe, but couldn't translate the spice "Kinzi".
Do you have a tasty Acika recipe you can post with spices here in America that I could substitue for my Turkish recipe?
California
Hi,
Acuka and Muhammara are the same appetizers, they just have different regional names. Western Turkey calls it Acuka, and southeastern regions call it Muhamara, I already posted Muhammara, here is the address;
http://www.turkishcookbook.com/2006/06/muhammara.php
I hope you can find there what you are asking:)
I believe Acika and Acuka are two different things. Acika is the version of acili ezme (the name is used in Caucases). And Armenians and Azeris call coriander (or cilantro) KINZI (kisnis in Turkish).
Anna Durmus
Greetings Binnur!
I am trying to find a recipe for PATLICAN SOSLU..it is an appetizer..The only description I have is "cubes of eggplant baked with olive oil and mixed vegetables"
I know there are many variations of Palican appetizers, was just wondering if you knew of this one.
Thanks so much!
Betty
Hi Betty,
You are absolutely right there are so many varities of eggplant dishes
and appetizers in Turkish cuisine. It is very hard to tell which one
you are asking about:) I already have some up (search for eggplant in
the google search box on the right), but I will continue to post more
eggplant appetizer recipes..
great site with some fantastic recipes i went to a turkish restaurant recently and had a chicken dish made with almonds, honey, apricots etc i cant remember what it was called but it would be good if you could find something for me? thanks x
Hi,
Sounds like a delicious dish:) I wish I knew the name or what kind of dish it is, is it a main dish or appetizer or salad? Turkish cuisine
offers so many different kinds of dishes it is hard to count them...
if you can give me a bit more info, hopefully I can help you out:)
Sevgilerimle,
Binnur, I don't see any cacik recipe's on your site. I make a red cacik that I used to get in Adana. Do you know the proper name for it? Or is it simply "kirmizi cacik"? Thanks!
Hi,
I already posted a basic Cacik recipe, it is in the Side dish section, here is the address;
http://www.turkishcookbook.com/2005/03/cacik.php
I never heard "kirmizi cacik" is it beet with yogurt and served as an appetizer?
Binnur,
I will give you two recipe's for the price of one (free).
Red Cacik "Roy Baba":
Ingredients:
one 32 oz (907g) container plain Yogurt.
one red pepper
one clove garlic (minced)
Put 1 layer of cheese cloth across a standard strainer. Pour yogurt into cheese cloth. Set strainer in another bowl to catch the water and put in refridgerator over night. The yogurt will be thick enough for a spoon to stand in it. Roast and skin the red pepper. I have done it in a pan on the stove, or on a grill. If you cook it until the skin just blackens in spots the skin comes off easily. (If you know a BETTER way please let me know.)Peal and chop the red pepper. Stir the red pepper and garlic into the yogurt. Refridgerate for at least two hours, stir and serve.
Thick Cacik:
Ingredients:
one 32 oz (907g) container plain Yogurt.
one clove garlic (minced)
One average size cucumber
one tablespoonful mint
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup water
1/4 cup hot water
Put 1 layer of cheese cloth across a standard strainer. Pour yogurt into cheese cloth. Set strainer in another bowl to catch the water and put in refridgerator over night. The yogurt will be thick enough for a spoon to stand in it.
At the same time, peel the cucumber and chop into pieces smaller than 1cm. Put cucumber into small bowl. Add water until cucumber is just covered. gently mix in salt. Put into refrigerator overnight. (this makes the cucumber tender I am told)
In morning drain water and rinse cucumber. Add cucumber and garlic to thick yogurt. If you have fresh mint, chop until fine and mix into yogurt.(about 1 Tbsp) If you have dried mint, mix with hot water for 20 minutes, then drain and mix into yogurt mix. Refridgerate for at least two hours, stir and serve.
I was served both of these at "arab" resturants in Adana. One waiter thought I was going to stab his hand with a fork when he tried to take the red one away before I was done. Try them and if you like them feel free to post them.
Hi Heimagin,
Thank you for letting me post my very own recipes! :P I don't need to try them because I already know both recipes that you send. They are very common and none of them is called red cacik. As you said "Roy
Baba" is a Turksih appetizer under an Arab name. First one is
"Yogurtlu Kozlenmis Kirmizi Biber" the second one is "Suzme Yogurtlu
Salatalik". I'll post both of them, but I don't know when. I have
another way to make the second recipe but the result is the same:) I also will post another version of it eaten with Chicken Doner within a few weeks. There is so many varities of appetizer recipes like many other dishes in Turkish Cuisine. Even adding of small ingredient gives the dish significant differences and every region of Turkey has so many different kinds of dishes and names. This variety of dishes seems
endless to me:) Turkish women are very creative. They love to cook and cooking is a way to express themselves:)
I already posted Roasted Red Pepper and Roasted Eggplant recipes, you
will find an easy way to peel the red pepper, otherwise the skin
doesn't come off easily, here is the address:
http://www.turkishcookbook.com/2006/07/mamzana.php
I also posted a Creamy Yogurt recipe under the Yogurt recipe, here is the address:
http://www.turkishcookbook.com/2006/05/yogurt.php
I recently had the opportunity to try some Turkish food and my most favorite is what I am here looking for a recipe for. I have no idea what the name is but they were little balls made with carrots and perhaps walnuts and they were covered with coconut....any idea of what these were?
Hi,
What you are asking is Havuc Tatlisi (Sweet Carrot Balls). I did notpost it yet, but I'll post it for you soon:)
ACIKA is georgian way of saying(perhaps in Georgian).My grandma is from Hendek with Georgian Background.Thanks a lot for the recipe,i miss a lot that taste :)
Esra
Hi Esra, thank you for the information, that helps a lot:) You're very welcome, hope you enjoy it as much as I do:)
Merhaba Binnur, Could you post a recipe for soslu patlican? I can't seem to find one but I know it had a spicy sauce with tomatoes, green pepper, garlic, onion and parsley. Thanks!
Hi,
We love Eggplant and we cook it so many different ways. I have a few
on the waiting list... I'll post them for you in the future:)
Hi,
Would you share some of your favorite pastirma recipes? Thanks. Dean
Hi Dean,
Sure, I would love to share some pastirma dishes, I'll post them in the future:)
I also can't wait for the Havuc Tatlisi recipe...my favorite
Any chance you have a recipe for media dolma... or even just the stuffing?
Thanks
Hi,
I have a long request list. But I have already planned to post it..hopefully soon:)
Yummm to these recipes... Zuchini with Walnut Dip sounds especially yummy to me! You should share your appetizer recipes with the members at ChefClub.net - I'm a member there and it's a great place.
Keep up the good work.
turkish cuisine is amazingly flavorful, but one thing I noticed is that people usually ignored the presentation. and for this reason, i honestly think you revolutionized the turkish cuisine. great photography, great presentation. great taste. way too go! best of luck for you.
Merhaba Binnur :) Do you have a recipe for Havuç Tarator? The market near our house in Fenerbahçe makes a great one, but I would love to make it at home. Thanks!
Merhaba Melanie:)
Isn't it Haydari with Carrots? I think only the names are different. I love to decorate it with walnut halves but if you do not like, don't use it:)
http://www.turkishcookbook.com/2006/05/haydari-with-carrots.php
Sevgilerimle,
Merhaba Binnur, you are correct! Haydari with Havuç looks just like Tarator. Thanks :) Do you also have a recipe for Kabak Çiçeği Dolma?
Merhaba Melanie, Yes I have, it is one of my grandma and mother's recipe....I am going to post it hopefully soon:)
Binnur,
How about a recipe for the seaweed mezze that is sometimes served in the fish restaurants?
Thanks,
Lisa
Hi Lisa,
It is not easy to find it here. Most of the seaweed is sold directly to the wholesalers or restaurants.
Well, problem is , I found it and don't know how to cook it! HELP! It won't stay fresh long! Do I boil it?
Hi Lisa,
Seaweed has so much salt in it.
You should soak the seaweed into the water to release the excess salt.
Then if you like, boil or saute with olive oil. Or use as is fresh,
then dress it up with extra virgin olive oil, lemon juice, crushed red
pepper and mashed garlic.
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