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Sunday, June 19, 2005

Turkish Hamburger

(Kofte)

Turkish Hamburger - click to enlarge
500 gr regular ground beef
1/3 cup breadcrumbs
1 egg
1 onion, grated
Fresh parsley, chopped
1/2 tsp cumin
1 garlic clove, minced
Salt
Pepper

Mix all the ingredients using your hands. Give a round, hamburger shape as shown in the picture. Grill or fry in the pan with some sunflower oil. Makes 8 medium-sized kofte. Try serving with french fries and/or Piyaz.

8 Comments:

At 2:02 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

hamburger adi tuhaf olmus.. Hamburger de ki ham domuz eti anlamindadir.. SIte ingilizce oldugu icin uyarmadan edemedim. Turkish burger deseniz daha uygun olurdu sanirim..

 
At 7:18 PM, Blogger Binnur said...

Wikipedia ansiklopedisine gore hamburger kelimesi Hamburg, Almanya
dan gelmektedir. Hamburger, genellikle de sigir etinden yapilmaktadir. Adini alisinda bastaki "ham" kelimesi ile hic bir benzerligi yoktur.Daha genis bilgi icin asagidaki adrese
bakabilirsiniz:)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburger

 
At 12:17 AM, Anonymous Aydin Odyakmaz said...

Binnur,

The traditonal kofte can be enhanced with a few spices like a pinch of cumin, of course we know that there are too many variations to mention here.

 
At 11:21 PM, Blogger Binnur said...

Aydin,
I am going to add cumin above, I think I forgot to write it down:)
Thank you for reminding me of this. My mum also always adds 1 chopped
garlic clove which gives it a very nice taste:)
Sevgilerimle,

 
At 1:47 PM, Anonymous Annie said...

I like very much this recipe... can you tell me, please about the bread? do you suggest an special kind of bread? the pictured bread seems delicious...

 
At 7:33 PM, Blogger Binnur said...

Hi Annie,
It is home made Turkish Bread, I did not post it yet. The recipe is on the waiting list:) I suggest to you, to have French Bread which is more close to Turkish Bread:)

 
At 12:25 PM, Anonymous Sara O said...

My husband made Turkish Burgers with all natural ground beef last night -- WOW -- I'm not a big meat eater, but I loved these burgers. I think it was the garlic, or maybe the cumin -- all combined make a perfect buger!

 
At 10:14 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

hamburger adi hic de tuhaf degil.Hamburger -ham adi var ama Hamburg, Almanyadan gelen bir yemek oldugu icin adi hamburger kalmis.

 

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