Made pomegranate molasses now what do I do with it?

Kisir or what some call "Turkish Tabbouleh" is usually made with pomegranate molasses. Super-satisfying to eat!
http://almostturkish.blogspot.com/2007/06/turkish-tabbouleh-ksr.html

sggunal in Home Cooking

What food find still haunts you - that you had once and haven't found since?

It might also be "ezme" which is a common meze in Turkish restaurants. It's raw and involves tomatoes, and is usually bright red and really spicy. Have a look:

http://www.turkishcookbook.com/2006/03/turkish-style-tomato-dip.php

sggunal in General Chowhounding Topics

What food find still haunts you - that you had once and haven't found since?

I wonder if it isn't semolina halvah (irmik helvasi), from your description of it being crumbly and moist. The problem may be that everyone makes their irmik helvasi a little different so it may be hard to recreate. Here's a recipe though:
http://www.giverecipe.com/semolina-halvah.html

sggunal in General Chowhounding Topics

What food find still haunts you - that you had once and haven't found since?

I've never had marinated anchovies in Turkey before.. it sounds delicious. Were you in the Black Sea region? Their love for anchovies is a bit of an ongoing national joke.

sggunal in General Chowhounding Topics

What food find still haunts you - that you had once and haven't found since?

Yes it's true. It just tastes different in Turkey. Even without cooking, the fruits and vegetables always taste amazing to me... I'm flying out in a week's time and CANNOT WAIT (to eat heh). I just talked about the restaurants and distant relatives because those are the ones that :"haunt" me, but my immediate family, mostly the teyzes in my family, feed me extremely well while I'm there too.

sggunal in General Chowhounding Topics

What food find still haunts you - that you had once and haven't found since?

My mind immediately goes back to three meals I had as a child travelling with my family in our native Turkey:
1) Caught-on-the-spot freshwater trout in a butter sauce. That was it. It melted away in my mouth. My sister and I ate it at this small outdoor restaurant I couldn't relocate if I tried..We looked at each other in disbelief about how heavenly good it was as the adults chatted away.
2) The Alinazik kebab we had in Gazientip while travelling in the north of Turkey. We asked the locals to point us to the best restaurant in town and they did not let us down. It was succulent pieces of minced lamb kebabs that broke apart gently in your mouth served over this cloud of sweet eggplant puree , all topped with melted butter and paprika. We thought we had died and went to heaven. I have had this kebap outside of Gazientip but never the way it tasted in that tiny restarant.
3) Stuffed eggplant (dolma) that I had a distant relative's little house in the mountains . We were visiting and she insisted on feeding us. I have dolma all the time but have never had it like that again. It was cooked by a woman who had never left her village and she had been cooking it for so long it had just achieved absolute perfection! That, and she was the butcher's wife so she had first pick of all the fattiest tastiest cuts of meat. The dolma was made from delicate eggplants, tomato, rice, parsley and coarsely hand-minced lamb. The flavour was amazing! I couldn't really tell you what made it so perfect... something about the ratios, the fresh ingredients, her experience, but I still drool just thinking about it...

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What amI supposed to do with green almonds?

I just bought some today too! In Turkey, they are considered to be harbingers of spring, along with tiny sour unripe green plums. We always ate them (quickly), dipped in some salt and paprika, so I was interested to see the recipe above.. If they're fresh, they'lll be crunchy but still tender to bite and slightly sour.

sggunal in Home Cooking

Whole grain pasta and broth in UAE?

Thank you all for the replies! I've found broth now too in Carrefour. It's sectioned with kind of "novelty" American innovations like stuffing and jellied cranberry. But I found it!
Actually I have to say on the whole I find near everything I need at the major supermarkets.
Oh but I haven't found a proper place to buy fresh good crusty and sliced bread in Al Ain. There's plenty sold everywhere but they're all a bit dry and unsatisfying. Then again I am quite happy sticking to pita.

sggunal in Middle East, Southwest Asia & Africa

Whole grain pasta and broth in UAE?

Thanks for the reply. I'm in Al Ain but will definitely check the organic place out some time. I've been noticing more and more whole grain pasta now actually heh but sitll no broth.

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