Yogurtlu Basti Recipes

KOFTE KEBAB WITH TOMATO SAUCE AND YOGHURT (YOğURTLU KöFTE KEBABI)

Steps:

• Make the tomato sauce first. Fry the onion in the oil until soft. Add the garlic and chilli pepper, and stir for a moment or two. Put in the tomatoes, season with salt, pepper and sugar, and cook over a medium heat for 10 minutes until they soften. Open out the pitta and toast them until they are crisp, then break them into small pieces in your hands. For the kofte kebabs, season the minced beef or lamb with salt and pepper, and work it into a soft dough with your hands. Add the onion (if using) and the parsley, and work into the meat. Shape into sausages about 2cm thick and 7cm long. Arrange them on an oiled sheet of foil on a baking sheet and cook them under a pre-heated grill for about 8 minutes, turning them over once, until well browned outside but still pink and moist inside. Spread the pieces of toasted pitta at the bottom of the serving dish and sprinkle over a pinch of sumac. Pour the hot tomato sauce all over and top with a layer of the yoghurt beaten with a fork. Heat the butter or oil with the pine nuts and stir in the remaining teaspoon of sumac. When the butter or oil sizzles, sprinkle it all over the yoghurt. Arrange the meat on top and serve at once. Variation: For a rural yoghurtlu kebab, sauté small pieces of lamb in butter or oil with chopped onion, and salt and pepper. Serve on a bed of toasted and broken pitta bread and pour warmed yoghurt over the top. Mix a little paprika in sizzling butter and dribble over the yoghurt.

MANTI WITH YOGURT SAUCE

Steps:

• To make the filling: Heat the olive oil in a large, heavy skillet over moderate heat until hot but not smoking. Stir in the onion and cook, stirring, until softened, about 5 minutes. Stir in the lamb and the parsley, and cook, stirring and breaking up any lumps, until the lamb changes color. Remove from heat and generously season with salt and pepper. Set aside.
• To make the pasta: Sift the 2 cups of flour and salt together into a bowl. Make a well in the center and place the egg and 1/2 cup water in the well. Work the dough with your hands or a wooden spoon into a smooth dough. (You might find that you will need more water if you are rolling the pasta by hand and less if you are using a hand-turned pasta machine.) Knead the dough for at least 10 minutes until smooth and elastic. Cover the dough with a towel and let rest for 1 hour. Divide the dough into 4 pieces. Roll out each piece to 1/16-inch thick with a rolling pin or a pasta machine, and cut into 3-inch squares, discarding the uneven edges. Place 1 to 2 teaspoons filling into the center of each square. Moisten the entire outer edge with water, bring the 4 corners together in the center and pinch tightly to seal, then pinch together the 4 straight edges to seal completely (take care with this step, sealing the dumplings thoroughly will ensure that they will not become unsealed in the water and lose the filling). Repeat with remaining pasta and filling. Place the manti on a lightly floured baking sheet in a single layer.
• To make the yogurt sauce: Drain the yogurt at room temperature through a very fine mesh strainer over a bowl for 30 minutes and discard the whey. Stir together the yogurt and garlic in a bowl and let stand at warm room temperature until ready to use.
• To make the butter sauce: In a small skillet over moderate heat cook the butter until it is a very light brown, remove the skillet from the heat, and stir in the paprika, coarse salt to taste, and the hot red pepper sauce.
• In a large kettle of boiling salted water cook the manti, in batches, stirring to keep them from sticking together, about 7 minutes, or until the pressed together edges are al dente (they will the the longest to cook). Remove them when done with a long-handled sieve or a large slotted spoon and keep warm with a little of the warm cooking liquid. Serve the manti very hot in individual bowls, spoon some of the yogurt sauce, then drizzle some butter sauce and garnish with mint leaves. Pass the remaining yogurt sauce at the table.
• Drink: Cankaya Kavaklidere.

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.

AUTHENTIC HOMEMADE YOGURT

Steps:

• On a work surface, lay four clean cotton towels in a cross pattern, each with one end overlapping a few inches in the center. Position a large baking dish or glass mixing bowl in the center of the towels.
• Set the plain yogurt on the counter to warm to room temperature while preparing milk mixture.
• Combine milk and half-and-half in a large, heavy, non-aluminum pot. Heat over low to moderate heat, stirring constantly, until mixture just comes to the boil. Immediately remove from heat and pour mixture into the waiting bowl. Add 1 pint whipping cream, if desired, for added richness.
• Allow mixture to cool to 112 degrees F (44 degrees C). Gradually pour 1 cup of the warm milk into the yogurt, whisking constantly. Return the yogurt-milk mixture to the bowl and stir well. Cover bowl with plastic wrap; wrap kitchen towels up and over bowl, covering completely. Let stand at room temperature until firmly set, 8 to 12 hours.
• Refrigerate yogurt several hours or overnight to chill completely.

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 BIBER (BELL PEPPER WITH YOGURT)

Steps:

• Grill the bell peppers until the skin blisters and turns black -- you can use the oven or a gas flame, the results will be the same.
• Put them into a plastic bag and let them rest until they are cool enough to be touched.
• Peel the peppers, make sure all kernels are removed.
• Cut the peppers into stripes.
• Carefully mix bell peppers, yogurt, crushed garlic and salt.
• Place the dish on a plate and sprinkle with olive oil. Enjoy :).

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.