– Apple Vinegar can be used cleaning purposes. In addition to this feature, it can also be used to block out undesirable odors. Lets think, you fried something in the kitchen and the smell is still there. You will see the perfumes or any other nice smell additions will not help. Instead of them, put 2 cups of water into coffee pot and add same amount of apple vinegar into it. Leave it to be boiled slowly on the low heat. You will sense that the odor will be blocked out as the water is boiled.
– We all use polisher in our dish washers. I will be recommending a bit natural solution for the polisher within the days we are all living with the chemicals. You will see that the vinegar is also working as polisher. When you put apple vinegar into your dish washer, you will see that it works better than the chemical solutions. And it will be natural.
Within the site, beside the recipes, we will be introducing some information for some known traditional local food and drinks. One of them is the Menengic Coffee which has nice aroma, different but delicious coffee. It has been drinking mostly in the Southeast Region of Turkey. This coffee can be made with water but also with milk. Actually, it is better to prepare with milk to make it mild. Put 1 tea spoon menengic coffee into coffee pot and add water or milk as the size of the coffee cup (depend on the desired taste, you may add sugar as well). Boil it with low heat.
Menengiç coffee is sold as liquid. Don’t be shock when you see it J You may have this coffee from different internet sites as well as shops provide stuff from Southeast Region.
I think Mırik meatball is one of dish that most of you didn’t hear or taste before. This is one of the traditional plate of Sivas. I was hearing from my mother that ,before the Republic, means mobilization times, in my mother’s grandmother’s family, this was the most favorable dish. My mother always telling that in front of the Grandmother’s house, there was a vegetable garden and they were joyfully sitting to eat this Mırik Meatball in that garden. From past to today, We still prepare and eat this local undepreciated taste coming from past and going to future with pleasure. I hope you will like it as well.
Ingredients
- 1/2 Kg bılgur for meatball
- 1 onion (middle size)
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup flour
- 1/2 Kg yoghurt
- 2 table spoon butter
- 4-5 clove garlic (optional)
- 1 teaspoon red pepper (optional)
How to do
Soak bulgur with 2,5 cup of water (means put the bulgur into stove pan and put water on top of it J ), cover the pan and leave it for 20 mins. After 20 mins, bulgur would be bloated. Put bulgur into a cup where you can mold it easily – tray would be recommended. And grate onion on top of it. Add salt and flour, and then put the eggs. After adding all, started to mold as cig kofte (raw meatball). Around 15 mins later, you will hear the sound bulgur creates similar when you chew a gum J (like cit cit ). Then it means meatball is ready. Meanwhile, it can be thicken, so keep water beside you in case you need to shape it.
Have egg sized pieces from the bulgur which has been like dough. And shape it little, as pistachio
Meanwhile, boil a pan of water with 1 teaspoon salt. After it boiled put the meatballs you have shaped into it. You will understand that they are cooked when all meatballs are come up to the water. After all cooked, strain the meatballs and put them into a dish. Then you may add garlic into yogurt. Pour the garlic added yogurt on top of the meatballs. Then melt butter (you may add red pepper in it as well) and pour over the yogurt. Your meatball is ready now.
Mırik meatball is mild, delicious and nutritive with similar to mantı taste for the ones who like bulgur.
