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Red lentil soup

Turkey’s default soup. Four ingredients, thirty-five minutes and one rule: the lemon is squeezed at the table.

taste 82 250 kcal

Chickpea stew

Dried chickpeas, tomato paste and olive oil — and a pinch of bicarbonate that halves the cooking time.

taste 83 336 kcal

Baked rice pudding

That mottled skin is Maillard, and it forms in the last ten minutes under the grill.

taste 80 256 kcal

Buttered pilaf

Separate grains are not a recipe but two steps: rinse it, and leave the lid alone.

taste 82 346 kcal

Green beans in olive oil

A classic that cooks in the vegetable’s own water, with none added. The secret is patience and a low flame: the beans sweat, they never boil.

taste 79 284 kcal

Menemen

Pepper, tomato and egg. Know the order and the heat and it takes fifteen minutes; miss them and you get a watery omelette.

taste 75 299 kcal

Crushed potatoes with yoghurt

Boil, crush, roast. A rough surface means more crust.

taste 76 338 kcal

Pasta with tomato paste

There is no sauce until the paste has been fried: raw paste stays sour and metallic.

taste 82 570 kcal

Crêpes

Flour, egg, milk. The one condition for crêpes that do not tear is half an hour of rest.

taste 73 263 kcal