Turks and Salep

When it is heard the “ winter” as word, many Turkish people relate between winter and a cup of salep…

Salep is a kind of hot , white and thick drink that’s  made by milk and special powder of wild orchid.

When Turks passed the Islamic belief they gave up  alcoholic  drinks like kımız and wine and they started to consume some the others like şıra, boza and salep without  alcohol. Şıra is generally consumed during summer months,boza and salep have been drunk in winter time.

Salep has been  used for intestinal disease cold since ancient times. In additional, It has an aphrodisiac effect.

In order to obtain 1 kg. of dry salep  needs 2 thousand 600 orchid as averagely. If it isn't find some effective solutions to prevent it , orchids will be faced with extinction due to overconsumption. For this reason, orchid exports is prohibited by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.

Knowing all of these increase the worth of a cup of salep.Especially if the weather was freezing cold.

A Delicious Recipe

In Turkey recipes are given differently if we compare it with the other countries'.

Units of measurement are used  such as glass , spoon, or handful.

Here is a recipe like this. But this one is a special flavor. If you want to test delicious cake , you should try this one. By using our traditional measurement units.

"Alman Pastası”  Special Flavor For Special Day

For inner Cream: one packet dr oetker banana pudding

Is cooked by milk according to the recipe on the packet.

It  is waited for cooking the cake it  mixed  3or 4 tours every 5 minutes.

For Cake:

Respectively

3 eggs

1 glass (250 ml volumetric) of sugar

are mixed (one way)

1 mini glass(125 ml volumetric) of sunflower oil

2 spoon (full) yogurt

Grated peel of 1 orange

1 +1/2 glass (250 ml volumetric) flour

1 packet baking powder

Are mixed and

Is discharged into oiled and floured cake mold

Is cooked  in 180 degree celcius oven  for 45-50 min. Checked it by using a knife when it is in the oven.

After cooling it is separated as two pieces.

Put into parts 1 or 2 banabas and

Cream is spread into the cake on the bananas.

Put the other part of cake.

Is sprinkled powdered sugar on it.

You can spice up with kiwi, banana and orange…

Enjoy your meal….

EKMEK-BREAD

In Turkey,  the freshness of the ingredients is the reason that Turkish food tastes so good. The fruits and vegetables sing in your mouth. This guide will tell you about Turkish food, starting with bread.

The bakers of the Ottoman Empire thought that Adam, the patron saint of bakers was taught to make bread by the Archangel Gabriel. To this day bread has major cultural significance in Turkey. It is usually baked twice a day, early in the am and late in the afternoon so folks heading home from work can have fresh bread at dinner time. People in the west make do with packaged bread but in Turkey bread is bought fresh, when it is still crisp. There are many types of bread but here is information about four. The fresh baked elongated loaf of bread which looks like French bread is the bread that most people eat during the day. Then there is flat bread, familiar to all of us as pita bread (pide in Turkish) which is good for wrapping stuff up in, lavash a wafer thin type of bread also good for wrapping and simit, which is a round bread , rather like a bagel, covered with sesame seeds, sold everywhere - it is good for a snack on the run. There are many other varieties of bread and you can sample some of them at breakfast buffet's all over Turkey. The world for bread in Turkish is ekmek.