Turkey Tourism Guide - Mosques, Historical Places, Towers, Castles

Ingredients
2 kg. bulgur (boiled and pounded wheat)
250 gr. bread yeast
1/2 kg. granulated sugar
Preparation
Boza is the favourite drink of particularly cold winter nights, and is sold by the boza sellers as they walk around the streets. Boza sellers who frighten the children with their deep voices are traditional characters of old Istanbul.

Turnip juice is a popular beverage of southern Turkey, originating from Adana. Although its Turkish name şalgam suyu (or shortly, şalgam) does literally mean “turnip juice”, it is, in fact, the juice of purple carrot pickles, heavily salted, spiced and flavoured with aromatic turnip (çelem) and fermented in barrels. It is traditionally served cold in […]

Rakı (Turkish rakı IPA [rak?]) is an anise-flavored apéritif that is highly popular in Turkey and is often associated with the country. It is produced by twice distilling either only suma or suma that has been mixed with ethyl alcohol in traditional copper alembics of 5000 lt volume or less with aniseed.[1] It is similar […]

1 pt. low-fat or non-fat yogurt (if you are in Southern California try using “Trader Joe’s non-fat yogurt” found at Trader Joe’s speacialty food stores.)
1 cup cold water,
Salt to taste,
1 cup ice cubes.
Mix the yogurt with the water,ice and salt in an electric blender, or beat well together using a wooden spoon. Serve well chilled.
Mixture […]

Ingredients
225 gr. rose leaves (without stalks)
6 1/4 glasses granulated sugar
3 3/4 glasses water
4 lemon salt cubes or 4 tablespoons lemon juice
Preparation
Put the water and rose leaves into a pan, cover and boil until the rose leaves go almost a white color. Then add the sugar and boil with the lid off until the syrup thickens.

Ingredients
3 tablespoons melted margarine
1 1/2 glasses water
1 glass flour
2 eggs
1 egg yolk
1/2 tablespoon salt
1 1/4 glasses olive oil
Syrup
2 glasses sugar
1 3/4 glasses water
1 tablespoon lemon juice

Ingredients
2 glasses flour
7 tablespoons margarine
75 gr. icing sugar
Frosting
125 gr. icing sugar
Preparation
Put the margarine and sugar into a bowl and knead until the margarine turns white. Add the flour while kneading to make into a dough.

Ingredients
Pastry
2 tablespoons melted margarine
1 glass flour
3 tablespoons water
4 eggs
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 glasses olive oil
Syrup
2 glasses sugar
1 3/4 glasses water
1 teaspoon lemon juice

Ingredients
750 gr. tel kadayif (pastry made into thin long thread-like strips; available at Turkish stores)
1 1/2 glasses of margarine
2 glasses of walnuts
Syrup
4 1/2 glasses granulated sugar
3 3/4 glasses water
1 teaspoons lemon juice

Ingredients
1 glass flour
1/4 glass water
2 eggs
1/5 tablespoon salt
1 teaspoon olive oil
1 1/3 glasses starch
Filling
1 glass melted margarine
1 1/2 glasses ground walnuts