Purslane Salad Video

Purslane Salad from Dilek on Vimeo.

Purslane grows  everywhere in Turkey.  It  is  also known as Verdolaga, Pigweed, Little Hogweed or Pusley. In fact it is a kind of weed and it grows  naturaly. We use it as salad with every kind of  dish. Eating purslane is healty for everyone especially pregnants. Purslane has lots of nutritional benefits for our health because Purslane contains Omega 3, vitamin A, vitamin C,  vitamin B, magnesium, calcium, potassium and iron..
We sometimes pick up from garden or purchase from the bazaar. Today again my husband made this yummy Purslane Salad. Purslane Salad is made from purslane , garlic, yogurt and a pinch of salt.
Garlic is an important plant for everyone because Garlic prevents heart disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure and cancer and also garlic has cardiovascular benefits.
This is the recipe of Purslane Salad:
Wash a bunch of purslane perfectly then cut them from the middle then take out of the root part after that put it in a bowl and pour water in it and add vinegar in it. Addding vinegar is good for the microbic organismas. Vinegar cleans the microbic organismas from the purslane and like other fresh weeds or vegetables. After cleaning, chop the purslane well and put it in a bowl then mash 3 or 4 cloves of garlic then add the mashed garlic  and  yogurt in it. Then sprinkle a pinch of salt in it  then mix them perfectly. It is ready. Purslane Salad  goes very well with Turkish Raki as a savory food. Enjoy.

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.

Season Vegetable Salad

If you are a vegeterian  or you don’t want to eat anything at nights you can eat this season vegetable salad. You can eat this salad as side dish also.

Here is the easy recipe of this salad:

• Ingredients :
• 3-4 leaves lettuce
• 5-6 stalks of parsley
• 3 stalks of dill
• A few leaves of kale
• 2 tomatoes
• 3 stalks of green onion
• 2 stalks of green garlic
• A pinch of salt
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 2 tbsp apple vinegar
• A few olive (for garnishing)

Recipe:

First of all wash all vegetables very well. Put them in a pot and add water passing over the level of vegetables and then add 2 tbsp vinegar in it.Wait for about 15 minutes. Using vinegar protects us from disinfection and microbactere. Chop all green vegetables to pieces then chop tomatoes and kale leaves. Sprinkle a pinch of salt and add 2 tbsp olive oil in it.Take chopped vegetables on a service plate and garnish it with olives.

Enjoy it.