Mixed mushroom n taugeh

I love mushroom.. i love taugeh (soya filiz) as well. And i was craving for something not turkish taste..so i came up with this.. (Yup..another weird thing of simah'z hehehe)

Ingredients
-Taugeh (Soy Filiz)-about 200gr? -wash it
-Several types of mushrooms (I bought them from migros..4 types of mushroom packed in one packet) -cut it in the sze u desire
-1 big onion (sliced or diced-anyway u like)
-Soy sauce (kitchap cair) - 1 tablesppon?
-Oyster sauce (a tablespoon?)
-Red pepper ( kırmızı biber)
-Salt
-Pepper
-Oil

Steps
-Heat a tablespoon of oil in the pan.
-Fry the onion till soft
-Add in red pepper
-Add in the mushroom
- Stir fry till they r soft
-Add in soy sauce n oyster sauce
-Add in salt n black pepper
-5 minutes before turning off the heat, add in the taugeh (soya filiz)
-Eat it hot with rice

Reminder
-The amount of soy sauce n oyster sauce depends on ur taste.
-The same applies for red biber. I like it hot...so i put loads n loads.
-If ur hubby is a hanafi.. dont feed him this coz oyster is makhruh for them. Since halil is not into mushroom.. i added the oyster for my benefit hehehe
- mushroom n taugeh..not bad... try it.. the different types of mushroom gave the meal a very unique taste. What a pity i forgot to snap the photos of the mushroom i cooked. If u just use one type of mushroom, the effect wont be as nice.
-Again, specific amount of what to use is not my strong point. I just main campak campak when i cook..


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Norlu Biber

This is a recipe i get from Muyesse Yenge when i was still a young bride. Halil was still working as my turkish translator at that time. Years passed n i still cook this at least twice a week.. halil simply loves it.. i am not sure but i think this is a rumeli recipe..

Ingredients

Step A
5 or 6 green pepper (lada hijau) - cut into around 6cm long n3 or 4 cm wide
oil for frying

Step B
500 g Lor peynir (Lor cheese) -crumbled
4 or 5 tomatoes (skin peeled n the inside grated)
3 tablespoon of olive oil (up to ur taste)
salt
pepper


Steps

Step A
-Fry the green pepper until the sides turn a bit brown.
-Drain n put aside

Step B
-Pour the into a pan (non sticking pan is preferable)
-Add in the grated tomatoes
-Let it cooked until it is turned into some sort of a sauce.
-Add water if necessary
-Add in lor cheese
-Mix all the ingredients evenly using a spatula.
-Add in salt n pepper

Step C
-Mix the fried green pepper with the ingredients in step B
-Decorate if u wish with the fried green pepper on top.
-To be eaten cold


Reminder
-Lor peynir is one type of cheese that can be found in turkey. I am not sure if there is an english name for it. I doubt it.
-When buying Lor cheese, make sure u ask the seller whether it is salty (tuzlu) or saltless (tuzsuz). If it is salty, u wont need to add salt while cooking. Else....hehehehe
-Norlu Biber without the fried green pepper wont be the same. I tried it n halil didnt like it.
-Some people like halil loves the norlu biber to be a bit oily. Some people like me dont. The amount of olive oil used in this recipe depends on u.
-Norlu biber is nice to be eaten next to speghetti n meat.. chicken, meat..kofte..ur choice.. n not forgetting..salad!!

Have fun trying!!
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köfte çorbası (kofte soup)

This is hatice n baddin's favourite.. they like it because it has köfte (meatball) in it. I like to feed them coz it has vegetables n egg yolk in it. So we r all even. This way, at least i get to get some beggies into baddin!!

Here is the recipe..at least the way i do it..

Ingredients

Set A (for meatballs)

300g minced meat
1 onion (finely grated)
1 or 2 slices of bread (blended n turned into bread crumbs)
1 dessert spoons of köfte harcı (optional)
salt
pepper
olive oil (maybe 2 dessert spoons?- this is to make the kneading easier)
3/4 full of the turkish coffee cup of uncooked rice (Segenggam beras)
a bit of flour to coat

Set B (Meat stock)

The hard way
water
chunks of meat n bones
salt n pepper
onions (sliced roughly)
(u can also use celery, carrot, garni if u feel like it)

The easy way
water
meat stock cube


Set C (Vegetables n what not)
3 tomatoes (grated or blended-as u wish)
1 egg yolk
1 zuchini squash (that's the green one in the pic-diced)
1 potato (diced)
1 carrot (diced)
1 onion (diced)l
Salt n Pepper to taste
oil for cooking

Steps

Set A (The meatballs)
-Use ur hands. mixed everything until the meat
and the other ingredients r mixed together. -Knead the ingredients for at least 1o minutes. -Give them a round shape..cute small looking meatballs.
-Pls note..make it cute.. Why? Coz i like it cute heheheheeh This is my recipe, so please do as i desire. hahaha Just kidding.
-Coat the meatballs with flour lightly
-Let the meatball rest in the fridge for one hour


Set B (The meat stock)
The hard Way
-Boil everything until the meat is tender
-Strain the ingredients
-Only use the liquid for the soup

The easy way
- Boil the water
-Add the meat stock cube

Set C
-Dice n grate whatever necessary

The General cooking.
-Add in oil in the cooking pan.
-Put the diced onion in. Let it cook till soft.
-Add in the grated or the blended tomato
-Let it be like a sauce a bit. Cook around 5 to 8 minutes on slow heat.
-In another container, add the egg yolk inside the meat stock (cold). Keep stirring.
-Add the meat stock n egg yolk inside the pan containing the tomato.
-Add in everything else in Set C
-Stir everything until the soup until it boils.
-Carefully, put the cute meatballs inside the hot soup.
-Lower the heat to minimum. Cover the pan and let the soup cook until the meatballs r cooked.
- Nice eaten with bread

Reminder
-Dont hurt urself while putting the meatballs inside the pan.
-In the original recipe, zuchini squash is not added. I am adding it coz it is good to help u let go (the big toilet).This is useful esp for baddin.
-Frankly speaking, the making of meatball, the amount may not be to accurate. I never bother about how much to add in this or that in making the meatball. This is only my estimation. U have to try to estimate urself.
-Bcoz of the existence of rice n egg yolk inside the soup,it does make u full. It is almost like a meal in a soup.
-I am not sure if anyone else will like the soup but since my kids like it.. that is all that matters..
-If u dont like egg yolk, my other suggestion is (as always done in Malaysian cooking, mashed potato is used in replacement of eggs. This is just a suggestion.

Have fun trying!!

Hurry up meal

When i am in a rush, u can expect something like this to come out from the kitchen as dinner

1. Çoban Salata - hali's favourite (the recipe in the previous entry
2. Fried fries
3. Ketchup (i am a Malaysian after all heheh)
4. Yogurt
5. Pasta (any type u like. This time i boiled tagliale and mixed it up afterwards with cream cheese, butter, salt, dried mint n dried oregano)
6. fried chicken (small chicken meat half steamed. Then, i coated it up with egg and çıtır pane or bread crumbs. Fried it up). Baddin still think that its chicken nugget. Well, it looks like it..

Wallah!! Easy to prepare.. not so healthy to the belly size..still, my hurry up meal.

p.s- i always steam the chicken to ensure that the frying of the chicken wont be too long and the meat inside is cooked. This is my way of ensuring less oil is used during cooking.