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Cezerye is a semi-gelatinous Turkish confectionery made from carrot, fig or date purée, packed with nuts or pistachios and sprinkled with shredded coconut.
Cezerye is served at special occasions, it looks like Turkish Delights. It is traditionally believed to be an aphrodisiac. You can buy cezerye also as a gift.
Rice pudding is a dish made from rice mixed with water or milk and sometimes other ingredients.
Different variants are used for either desserts or dinners. When used as a dessert, it is commonly combined with a sweetener. Rice pudding can greatly vary even within a single country.
In Turkey we regularly use milk, spices (nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger),
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Pişmaniye is a Turkish sweet in fine strands made by blending flour roasted in butter into pulled sugar.
It is sometimes garnished with ground pistachio nuts. Pişmaniye looks like cotton candy, both method and ingredients are different. There are many different Turkish names used in different provinces, the most common being tel helva, çekme helva, tel
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Sahlep is another typical Turkish drink.
It is a mixture of a special powder called sahlep that is sold in the supermarkets and milk. Before serving they spread cinnamon over it making the drink more attractive. The powder of Sahlep is made with a mixture of different spices, and its flavor is unic.
Sahlep is hot creamy
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Boza, is a popular fermented beverage in Turkey.
It is a typical Turkish drink made by triturated chickpea, some cinnamon and sugar. This drink is creamy, yellowish color. It has a thick consistency and a low alcohol content (usually around 1%), and has a slightly acidic sweet flavor. In Turkey it is served with cinnamon and
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Asure is one of the oldest and most traditional desserts of the Turkish cuisine.
The month following the Feast of Sacrifice (Kurban Bayrami) is known as the Asure month. Plenty of asure is cooked in every household during it which is both served to the guests and distributed to the neighbors and relatives. It has an
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Turks say that “To drink one cup of coffee together guarantees forty years of friendship”.
Turkish coffee is a very fine, powder-like grind. It is prepared by boiling finely powdered roast coffee beans in a pot, possibly with sugar, and serving it into a cup, where the dregs settle. Turkish coffee is served hot from a special
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Baklava is one of the traditional desserts which is best known and made in all regions of Anatolia. It is characteristic of the cuisines of the former Ottoman Empire.Baklava is a rich, sweet pastry made of layers of phyllo dough filled with chopped nuts and sweetened with syrup or honey. It has also another type
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Lahmacun is a dish of Arab origin consisting of a round, thin piece of dough topped with minced meat (most commonly beef and lamb). Lahmacun is often served sprinkled with lemon juice and wrapped around vegetables, including pickles, tomatoes, peppers, onions, lettuce, and parsley or cilantro.
You can taste that delicious traditional food in kebab restaurants
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Ayran is a Turkish Drink.
It the best soft drink in the world. Ayran is a yogurt based beverage, it is a mixture of yogurt, water, and sometimes salt. It is thought to have originated as a way of preserving yogurt by adding salt.
You may drink ayran in lunch and dinner and it is the best friend
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