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Turkish Food Safari

This week Food Safari enters the delicious colourful world of one of the cuisines we know least about in Australia – Turkish food. While kebabs and Turkish delight are well known, some of the amazing array of vegetable dishes, salads, dips and marinated meats are yet to be discovered.

Host Maeve O’Meara journeys into an emporium filled with ingredients for Turkish cooking with her friend, chef Serif Kaya from the acclaimed Ottoman Restaurant in Canberra and now Sydney – capsicum paste, pomegranate molasses, bulgar, dried beans and pulses, even something called Turkish viagra are all in the shopping basket. In his home kitchen, Serif shows Maeve the famous meat dish kofte – made in under 30 minutes.

Young makeup artist Esma Koroglu discusses the Turkish love of colorful dips and whips up two beauties – a beetroot dip and a carrot dip. Ishil Ihtiyar also works in the glossy fashion world but loves the tastes of her mother’s Turkish cooking – she makes two dishes that are winners with her friends – a salad made with golden roasted eggplant and a bulgar pilaf made with the adored cracked wheat and capsicum paste – it’s like a no stir risotto and is easy and delicious.

Turkish Delight maker Bill Pektuzun takes us home and makes the famous stuffed vegetables using a rice filling and a range of vegetables as well as mussels. We see how Turkish Delight is made to a classic recipe at Real Turkish delight in Auburn and have a quick sampling of some Turkish sweets before joining passionate home-cook and great baker Gulbahar Kaya who whips up the lightest easiest Semolina Syrup Cake.

Featured Businesses

Ottoman Restaurant
9 Broughton St
Barton ACT 2600
(02) 6273 6111

Real Turkish Delight
Shop 1/3-5 Station Rd
Auburn NSW 2144
(02) 9649 9787

Anatolia Restaurant
10 Civic Rd
Auburn NSW 2144
(02) 9643 9911

Arzum Markets
61 Rawson St
Auburn NSW 2144
(02) 9649 9327

Buket Cake Shop
67 Rawson St
Auburn NSW 2144
(02) 9643 2135

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