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What kind of Turkish Breakfast, Turkish Dinner, Turkish Sweet and Dessert, Turkish Coffee and Tea do you like best?

Turkish proverb = "Bir fincan kahvenin kırk yıllık hatırı vardır".

I have made these wonderful tasting Poca Peynirli almost every week. They were served to us for breakfast in Istanbul. Hmmmmm......

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Yes, as ROSWITHA said, "PEYNIRLI POĞAÇA", "KARAKÖY BÖREĞİ
" (PEYNIRLI ve KIYMALI BÖREK) etc.
Very delicious together with a Turkish tea or AYRAN ...
AFİYET OLSUN.

Dear Azade, pls. help me:Is there any mentioning to add Baking Powder or not? Need to know. Want to make them VERY SOON.

Ros

Your link has
Kabartma tozu
in its list of ingredients.

This is baking powder

I am giving up and make my own batch now, I am using YEAST, time is running out, thanks for trying though. Forget backing powder, don't like the taste of it.
Azade, where are you??????????

thank you Azade for your pm. Meanwhile I made my own concoction and my P. dough is now "basking in the sun" covered with a towel, till it rises.

This is the recipe of PEYNIRLI POĞAÇA

1 cup plain yogurt
1/2 cup oil (vegetable, corn, or conola)
1/2 cup butter
2 eggs (egg yolk of one should be set aside to brush the tops of poğaças)
2 tsp baking powder
2 1/2 - 3 cup flour
1 cup crumbled feta
1 bunch dill, chopped finely
1/4 cup (Turkish) black olives, pitted and sliced
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper flakes (optional)
black and sesame seeds
Except for one egg-yolk and black + sesame seeds, mix all the ingredients.
-Using your hands make small balls of dough and place them on a greased baking sheet.
-Brush them with egg-yolk and sprinkle black or sesame seeds on top.
-Bake in a preheated oven at 350°F for 40-50 minutes or until the pogacas are slightly brown.

Bon Apetit

Cheers Queent

Thank you, Queent. Have you ever tried your recipe using Yeast instead of Baking Powder?? I favor yeast.

Roswitha I never tried this recipe but I made many kinds of bread, I prefer yeast too, its taste seems more natural than the baking powder's one.
Good luck

Didnt I translate that for you weeks ago, Ros?

can anyone translate the proverb please? a cup of coffee lasts for a year! i didnt get the meaning with word to word translation.

I cooked "Zeytin Yaðlý Enginar " as an entrée for a dinner last weekend and everyone appreciated it.  As for the main dish, it was Lamb Ouzi, a lebanese/syrian dish inherited from the ottoma era.

Below are photos taken from the web.

"Bir fincan kahvenin kýrk yýllýk hatýrý vardýr".

I think it´s literal meaning is ´A cup of coffee is remembered for 40 years´ (drinking coffee with someone ensures a long friendship - that´s the feeling I get from it)

 Yes, the usual spirited translation
(not literal)

is A cup of coffee commits one to 40 years of friendship

What about those who prefer tea over coffee ?? Like me??

 Quoting C.S. Lewis "Tea should be taken in solitude"