Mustard Plant Salad

       I told about Aegean Region where I live  in my previous posts. Nature is efficient here. The most beautiful green plants of the world  are grown up here. Today I made mustard plant with lemon juice and garlic.

 Ingredients:

• 500gr fresh mustard plant
• 1 lt water
• 1 lemon
• 3 or 4 cloves of garlic
• A pinch of salt and black pepper

   Recipe:

    First of all clean mustard plant and wash them carefully and drain. Put water in a pot and boil it. Put washed mustard plant in it. Boil them for 5-10 minutes.

   After boiling, take  them from the pot and drain .  Cut them in equal lengths. After cutting take them on a service plate then pour lemon juice on it. Peel garlic cloves and cut them small pieces. Sprinkle a pinch of salt and black pepper and combine them perfectly.

  Enjoy it.

Tire Meatsticks Video

Aegean Region is famous for its endless number of green species.But here, in Tire ( Tire is  a county of Izmir in Aegean Region)there is a yummy dish called Tire  Meatsticks (Tire Koftesi) and it tastes marvelous. And also there is a street where there are several restaurants serving Tire Meatsticks. Even if you enter this street with a full stomach, you’ll start to feel hungry. Therefore, I learnt how to make these scrumptions meatballs from a cook of one of these restaurants. And now,we don’t need to go that street to have Tire meatsticks. And it’s a pleasure for me to share its recipe with you.

Here is the recipe:

Ingredients:

• 500gr minced meat
• A pinch of salt

for sauce:

• 4-5 middle size tomatoes                                                                                           
• 1 tbsp butter
• A pinch of salt
• A pinch of red pepper
• 6-7 leaves of parsley
• 4-5 leaves of dill

Firs of all lets prepare meatballs. Knead the minced meat with salt( attention: only salt!) well then put the minced meat in refrigerator.Wait it in refrigerator for a day. The other day take pieces from minced meat as the size of a walnut then form it in your palms by setting on skewers. After setting the whole  minced meat on skewers cook them on a grill.

Let’s prepare its sauce. Peel the tomatoes and chop them.( to peel them easly put some hot water in a bowl and put tomatoes in it.) Put a pan on fire and put 1 tbsp butter  in it and melt it then put the chopped tomatoes in it. Take the grilled meatsticks from skewers as a whole. Be careful not to shutter them. When the tomatoes melt put the meatsticks on it. Cook them for 4-5 minutes.

Wash the parsley leaves and dill leaves after waiting them in water with vinegar. Before serving mince parsley and dill leavesand sprinkle them on meatsticks.

Enjoy it.

P.S: On this video I bougt meatsticks from a restaurant.

Tire Meatsticks from Dilek on Vimeo.