Hi lovelies people. Today, I want to do something really different!
and that is, like, you know sometimes, you probably hear about you know Greeks say "Tatsiki is Greek"
and Turkish people say "it's cacik" and Lebanese people say something else and
this goes on and on and on. It's like, "this is the song that never ends, it goes on on my friends"
With that attitude, what I'm saying that these great food that we have in the world belongs to
all of us. We are just like different keepers of it, so today, I want to show you a table that if
you fly to Turkey and went to Antiochia, a table that you'll likely visit if you go to a restaurant, you'll
see that it's rather different than what you would have in Istanbul, or Ankara, or Izmir. And there are
so many different cities like this in Turkey. If you go to the central Turkey, which is Nevsehir and
Kaiseri with manti, and it's different story when you go to Izmir, it's more like raki and mezes; Kars
is a totally different story etc. So, it's different world everywhere and I just wanted to show you one
of those cities, and let us celebrate on these days that we are more likely in our homes we can make
feasts with our hands and create something that will soothe us, that will make us happy and sharing
it is the most valuable one. So, if you have like few people that you see you can share this with,
those people, and I would be so so very happy. The main dish is the "Tepsi Kebab" (Tray Kebab).
Tepsi Kebab is a traditional thing from Antiochia. You just get one bite, you fall in love with it, and in
two minutes the dish finishes. Secondly, we have hummus, I have done our classical hummus with
different toppings from Antiochia region, and we have something called the "Biberli Ekmek", which is pepper
bread it was a bit of cheese and pepper, so easy to make! I made it into an easier version. And we
have an olive salad that you must make with a bit of thyme, and pomegranate, and parsley.
We have tahini tarator, we call. We have a similar version of it on the channel in the tahini video,
if you want to know what tahini is you can go to that video. This is how the story goes.
Now let's start with the pepper bread. Pepper bread is this bread which is cooked in the
streets of Antakya (Antiochia). It's crunchy at the middle, and on top of it there's pepper paste. And together
with some cheese and incredible goodness I'm going to give you a five minute recipe
to make this bread. First i have to dice my cheese here, I used feta cheese, but originally
some kind of "çökelek" which is similar to ricotta is used. After dicing the cheeseö we need
some onion. We finely chop the onion, and then mix the onion with the cheese. Onion's acidity
helps dissolve the cheese to the whole flat bread much faster. To the mixture, I add
some pepper paste, nigella seeds, and sesame seeds. Then I have great green olives. I take the seeds out
and mince them this is a great meaty texture, and it will add a great dimension to the flatbread.
And here, I have some "kekik," which is a form of thyme. Chop it finely, and add it to the mixture.
If the mixture sits for about 2-3 hours, it would be great, but if you don't have time
take a flat bread, it could be a tortilla, if in your country it is sold and then, distribute
the greatness and put it in the oven. First to the bottom side for about two minutes, and then
to the top level for about another two minutes. So in four minutes, incredible pepper bread is ready.
"Zeytin Öfelemesi" is some kind of an olive salad. We take the seeds of the olives, add spring onions
and some parsley, and mix them together really really well. If you have it,
actually you must have it, some pomegranate paste, or if you don't have it, it could be
something sour. Like you can use lemon and molasses, and mix them all together, and
add some pomegranate seeds, and here you have a great olive salad.
And now we have something called "Tahin Tarator." Tarator means different things
in, I know, different languages, but this is a great side dish for any kind of meat. It is a
heavenly thing for vegans as well. To make this, I have some walnuts. I finely chop those walnuts.
Two cloves of garlic, I crush them and mince them really well with a bit of salt.
Add a bit of tahini, some water and some lemon. The acidity first holds together the tahini which is
the sesame paste, actually, then when I whisk, it slowly it turns into this really good textured
greatness. And you can eat it with bread, you can eat it with meat.
Now, here comes the hummus. When you think about, Antakya hummus is one of the first things that
comes to your mind for the hummus recipe. We have this great recipe from the video you might have
watched. If you haven't watched the video in detail, I'm putting a link at the top, please watch it
after this video. It's an incredible one and you'll have a great hummus every time you stick to the
recipe. Now I'm gonna briefly summarize it. First we have to remove the skins of the chickpeas. We have a
technique for it. Put a floating water, and then rub your chickpeas. The skins will come off when you
pour the water out. The skins will be collected. And if you repeat this for a few times, you're going to
get rid of all the skins. But don't forget to reuse the skins! You can make meatballs, or you can dig a
hole in your garden, and soon they will become a fertilizer. To the processor, I add the chickpeas,
then garlic, then some tahini lemon juice olive oil and a bit of salt that's almost all we need.
I start the food processor, and it's going to take 10 minutes to make it creamy. And while
the processor works, the mixture gets heated, and to prevent that, every minute I throw in an ice cube. So,
here I have this creamy great hummus ready. And in Antakya region, they put some pickles,
some fresh tomatoes, cumin, sumac, and parsley. And here we have this incredible thing.
And I've put the best to last. When you go around Antakya, one thing for sure you're going to eat
is tepsi kebabi. And tepsi kebabi is probably done in the streets of Antakya for centuries and centuries.
And in the ancient Long Bazaar in Anktakya, there's this place which I have visited, and
ate my tepsi kebab for the first time, and then I later fell in love with it. Normally, the butcher
minces the meat in front of you, and then adds the goodness and puts them into a tray, send it
to the bakery, which is around next door. And the baker cooks the meat, and also makes a fresh bread,
and sends both of them to you to eat. So I wanted to turn this recipe to an easier version so that
everyone all around the world can make at home. For the ingredients, we don't need much.
We need the minced meat, parsley, onion, garlic, red pepper, and green peppers. You can use
any kind of red pepper you like. Instead of chopping the meat, I bought from my butcher
one time grinded meat. If you have hamburger meat already in the fridge, you can also use it.
After I add all these ingredients, I mix it very very well for about four to five minutes. I knead it.
this is very important. This makes the whole köfte stick together. Then, I put some olive
oil to the tray, so it won't stick to the bottom. And then by evenly applying pressure the whole meat, I make it round,
and thin. It will become about one and a half centimeters thick. With a wooden spoon, I push
the meat from the side, so that it becomes more circular. Then on the side, I add some pepper paste
and put some warm water, and mix them together and spread that mixture on top of the meat.
And some peppers, onions, tomatoes, these look great. And when you wrap and make a it into the shape of drum, they are going
to be incredibly tasty. I put it in the oven to the highest heat, which is 280 degrees celsius
in my oven, and then I put it to the middle rack. When it's cooking, the kitchen is going to smell
great. And then when you take it out, what you should do is, there's going to be some water;
you have to wet your bread with the water, and then get some meat, and put onion, tomatoes, and peppers,
And wrap it, and eat it. It's going to be delicious, and the water, and the kebab is to die for!
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