Advanced Turkish Classes started on 21st January for spring semester. Our cook was Gulzire for our first class. She presented us how to cook Manti and roasted red pepper salad. She showed us to two ways of making manti, flat and stuffed. All of our attendants actively participated and had chance to make little packets of manti. After all hard work we did altogether, we had a great lunch with friendly atmosphere.

Here are some comments of our attendants :

"Everything was excellent! The food was wonderful and everyone is always so friendly and welcoming. I learned a lot. Thank you!"

"Amazing, Delicious... I love coming every time!"

"This was a great lesson! I liked learning the two versions for the manti: flat and stuffed. Thank you!"

Hope we will have a great four more classes altogether this semester.

Roasted Red Pepper Salad

Ingredients

8 red peppers

2 chopped tomato

A bunch Parsley

Green onion

Basil

Garlic

Vinegar

Olive oil

Salt

Preparation

Put red peppers in pan, and roast them in 340 degree oven. After they are cooked, remove their seeds and chop them. Then, chop tomato, parsley, garlic green onion and basil. Add vinegar, olive oil, salt and mix them. It is ready.

Manti

Ingredients

For dough

2 cup flour

2 eggs

1 tbp salt and water

For Filling

250 gr ground meat

1 onion

2 tbsp oil

Salt and black pepper

For Garnish

1 cup yogurt

1 clove

1tbsp butter

1tbsp tomato paste

1 tbsp pepper paste

1 bunch parsley

Preparation

In a large bowl, stir together the flour, water, egg, and salt. Knead them very well until the dough is formed. And, cover it with fabric/cloth in 15-20 minutes. Then, roll out dough as thin as you can roll out. Then, cut it as square and boil them in a pan. For filling, fry chopped onion in oil, and add ground meat, salt and black pepper. Fry them until it is cooked. Cut each sheet into squares and put a very small piece of filling at the center of each square. Continue until the dough is finished. In a large pot, boil the water and add a little bit salt, olive oil. Add Manti. Cook for about 15 minutes. For garnish, mix yogurt and put it aside. Melt the butter in an oven and put all ingredients of garnish. Cook it on the little fire for 5 minutes. When manti is ready, add yogurt on the top of manti and decorate it with garnish.