Last Updated on July 23, 2022 by Sultana Parvin
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Turkish cuisine is one of the most appetizing and rich cuisines in the world, and Turkish people are known to be quite passionate about food. Diversity and the full flavor make Turkish cuisine worldwide famous which draws influences from its rich history and each region in the country today praises its own specialties. The richness of Turkish cuisine is based on several factors: A variety of products cultivated on the lands of Asia and Anatolia, numerous cultural interactions in history, the palace kitchens of Seljuk and Ottoman empires, and geographical conditions that shaped the character of Turkish culinary culture.
Source: Turkish cuisine
Maqlooba Recipe: How to Cook Maqluba?
Maqluba is a famous Turkish recipes. Few ingredients are required for this recipe and the process of the recipe is very easy. Anyone can cook this ‘Maqluba‘ very easily.
| Preparation time | 1 hour |
| Cooking time | 2 hours |
| Total time | 3 hours |
| Serving | 10 |
Ingredients for Turkish Food Recipes: Maqluba
How to Cook Maqluba Recipe Beef
Step 1
Boil beef with salt until tender. Cut onion, potato, carrot, and eggplant into round shapes. Fry lightly in oil.
Step 2
Take a nonstick saucepan and spread butter or oil on the bottom of the pan. Place the onion slice over the butter so it can cover the bottom of the pan. Then place potato, carrot, and eggplant slices layer by layer over the onion slices. Put half a kg of rice over the vegetables and spread the rice. Then put boiled beef over the rice and cover the beef with the rest of the rice. Spread butter in between the rice. Add salt and hot water to the rice. Mind it, water should be 2 cm above the rice. Cover the pan with a lid, and cook the rice with a medium beam. After the rice is tender cook again with a low beam for 10 minutes.
Step 3
Take a big flat dish (rekabi) and turn the saucepan upside down. Place the rice in the middle of the dish. Finally, onion, potato, carrot, and eggplant will rise up. Decorate with salad and yogurt around the rice. Turkish women decorate the Maqluba like sunlight.
Maqluba Recipe
Ingredients
- 1/2 kg onion
- 1/2 kg carrot
- 1/2 kg potato
- 1 kg eggplant
- 1 kg basmati
- 1 ½ kg beef
- 200 gm butter
- 1 tablespoon salt
Instructions
- Boil beef with salt until tender. Cut onion, potato, carrot, and eggplant into round shapes. Apply salt to the vegetables. Fry lightly in oil.
- Take a nonstick saucepan and spread butter or oil on the bottom of the pan. Place onion slice over the butter so that it can cover the bottom of the pan. Then place potato, carrot, and eggplant slice layer by layer over the onion slices. Put half kg of rice over the vegetables and spread the rice. Then put boiled beef over the rice and cover the beef with the rest of the rice. Spread butter in between the rice. Add salt and hot water to the rice. Mind it, water should be 2 cm above the rice. Cover the pan with a lid, cook the rice with a medium beam. After the rice is tender cook again with a low beam for 10 minutes.
- Take a big flat dish (rekabi) and turn the saucepan upside down. Place the rice in the middle of the dish. Finally, onion, potato, carrot, and eggplant will rise up. Decorate with salad and yogurt around the rice. Turkish women decorate the Maqluba like sunlight.
The Most Popular Turkish Recipes with Eggplant: Kurdan or Islim kebabi
Kurdan or
| Preparation time | 30 minutes |
| Cooking time | 30 minutes |
| Total time | 60 minutes |
| Serving | 8 |
Ingredients of Simple Turkish Food Islim kebabi
- ½ kg minced beef
- 2 kg long eggplant
- 1 ½ kg tomato
- 2-3 capsicum
- 3 pieces onion
- 1/2 tablespoon dried chili powder
- 1 tablespoon black pepper powder
- 1 teaspoon turmeric powder
- 1 piece egg
- 1 tablespoon coriander leaves
- 1 tablespoon tomato puree
- 2 pieces of white bread
How to Make Famous Turkish Food Islim
Step 1
Cut eggplant into long slices. Add a bit of salt and fry it. Cut tomato and capsicum into sound shape.
Step 2
Put minced beef, dry chili, black pepper, turmeric, onion slice, and coriander leaves slice.
Mixed all ingredients very well. Soak the bread piece with a little bit of water and grind it with a palm. Add bread to the minced beef. Beat the egg and add to the minced beef mixture. Make small balls and fry them.
Step 3
Set fried eggplant in a crossway, like a plus sign. Put two meatballs at the center of the fried eggplant. Cover the balls with the other side and pass through a toothpick. Place one piece of capsicum and tomato over the eggplant and fix it with a toothpick.
Step 4
Add 2 glasses of water and salt with 1 tbsp tomato puree. Cook it for a few minutes. Spread this tomato puree over the eggplant and bake it for 30 minutes at 180°c.
Serve the hot kurdan kebab with Maqluba.
A List of Turkey Famous Food
1. Kebabs
2. Baklava
3. Dolma
4. Turkish coffee
5. Turkish delight
6. Menemen
7. Gozleme
8. Simit
9. Turkish pizza
10. Iskender kebab
11. Sis kebab
12. Imam bayildi
13. Hunkar begendi
14. Kofte
15. Pide
16. Lahmacun
17. Musakka
18. Borek
19. Sigara borek
20. Su borek
21. Tavuk gogsu
22. Hamsi
23. Kayseri mantı
24. Turkmen pilaf
25. Baklava with kaymak
26. Kadaif
27. Kulicha
28. Tulumba
29. Sekerpare
30. Asure
31. Komposto
32. Tarhana
33. Zeynep pekmezi
34. Kokorec
35. Yogurtlu kebap
36. Tel kadayıf
37. Dried apricots
38. Dried figs
39. Dried apricots with walnuts
40. Dried figs with walnuts
41. Marzipan
42. Turron
43. Baklava with ice cream
44. Chocolate baklava
45. Rice pudding
46. Sütlaç
47. Muhallebi
48. Kazandibi
49. Künefe
50. Aşure
51. Baklava cheesecake
52. Baklava ice cream
53. Baklava milkshake
54. Turkish ice cream
55. Kemalpaşa
56. Külbastı
57. Güllaç
58. Sütlü nuriye
59. Şöbiyet
60. Kaymaklı lokum
61. Rahat lokum
62. Rice pudding with almonds
63. Rice pudding with pistachios
64. Rice pudding with pine nuts
65. Rice pudding with walnuts
66. Semolina pudding
67. Semolina pudding with almonds
68. Semolina pudding with pistachios
69. Semolina pudding with pine nuts
70. Semolina pudding with walnuts
71. Sütlü çörek
72. Krem şöbiyet
73. Tatlı su
74. Şekerpare
75. Kadayıf
76. Künefe
77. Tiramisu
78. Baklavası
79. Profiterol
80. Napoleon
81. Chocolate mousse
82. Strawberry mousse
83. Orange mousse
84. Cherry mousse
85. Raspberry mousse
86. Mango mousse
87. Banana mousse
88. Caramel mousse
89. Cheese mousse
90. Chocolate cake
91. Strawberry cake
92. Orange cake
93. Cherry cake
94. Raspberry cake
95. Mango cake
96. Banana cake
97. Caramel cake
98. Cheese cake
99. Apple pie
100. Peach pie
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