Exploring Turkish Cuisine with Tayfun Aras

lamb

🥗Healthier: chicken

💰Cheaper: pork

Chicken is lower in fat and pork is often less expensive.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Avocado oil is healthier while canola oil is more budget-friendly.

bulgur

🥗Healthier: quinoa

💰Cheaper: rice

Quinoa is a complete protein and rice is often less costly.

yogurt

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: sour cream

Greek yogurt has more protein and sour cream is usually cheaper.

Roast long red peppers over an open fire until charred.

Remove the skin from the roasted peppers and place them in a bowl.

Add vinegar and olive oil to the roasted peppers for flavor.

Grate baby marrow and mix it with feta cheese, flour, egg, cumin, and chili.

Combine the mixture until the flour binds it together.

Take spoonfuls of the mixture and fry them until golden brown.

Prepare the stuffed wine leaves by mixing rice, onion, blackcurrants, pine nuts, cinnamon, fresh dill, parsley, lemon juice, and black pepper.

Let the rice mixture cool before using it to stuff the wine leaves.

Open a wine leaf, place the rice mixture inside, and roll it up tightly.

Cook the rolled wine leaves for a few minutes until the leaves are tender.

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