Foreword | p. 13 |
Preface | p. 17 |
Introduction | p. 21 |
Recipes from Mevlana's Works | p. 47 |
Fried Fish | p. 47 |
Sweet Buttery Soup | p. 48 |
Rose Jam | p. 50 |
Candied Rose Petals | p. 52 |
Aubergine Salad | p. 53 |
Honey and Vinegar | p. 54 |
Clarified Butter | p. 54 |
Dishes Mentioned in Mevlana's Works Still Prepared in Konya Today | p. 55 |
Soups | p. 55 |
Meat Stock | p. 56 |
Tripe Soup | p. 57 |
Lentil Soup | p. 58 |
Tandir Soup | p. 59 |
Tarhana Soup | p. 60 |
Tutmac Soup | p. 61 |
Mezes | p. 64 |
Eggs | p. 65 |
Pancakes | p. 65 |
Eggs with Kavurma | p. 66 |
Meat | p. 68 |
Meat with Plums | p. 68 |
Meat Roasted in a Clay Pot | p. 69 |
Neck of Lamb | p. 70 |
Diced Kebab | p. 71 |
Pan Fried Kebab | p. 72 |
Offal | p. 73 |
Liver with Chick Peas, Onions and Butter | p. 73 |
Sheep's Trotters | p. 74 |
Poultry and Game | p. 76 |
Pilav with Quail | p. 76 |
Seafood | p. 78 |
Baked Carp | p. 78 |
Pulses and Cereals | p. 80 |
Bulgur Wheat with Onions and Meat | p. 80 |
Chopped Meat with Wheat | p. 81 |
Pilav with Bulgur | p. 82 |
Pilav with Eriste (Homemade Pasta) | p. 83 |
Chick Pea Stew | p. 84 |
Vegetable Dishes | p. 87 |
Fresh Cowpeas with Yogurt and Rice | p. 87 |
Sour Spinach | p. 88 |
Butternut Squash (Sour Squash) | p. 89 |
Spinach with Onions | p. 90 |
Cabbage Borani | p. 92 |
Sweet Spinach | p. 93 |
Celery with Meat and Onions | p. 93 |
Courgettes | p. 95 |
Leeks with Meat and Onions | p. 96 |
Turnip Kalye | p. 97 |
Dishes with Fruit | p. 98 |
Stewed Quince with Pekmez | p. 98 |
Apples with Pekmez | p. 99 |
Carrots with Pekmez | p. 100 |
Salads | p. 101 |
Yogurt and Cucumber Salad | p. 101 |
Yogurt with Garlic | p. 101 |
Chopped Onions with Parsley and Sumach | p. 102 |
Pilav and Pasta | p. 104 |
Bulgur Pilav | p. 104 |
Rice Pilav | p. 106 |
Homemade Pasta with Mint | p. 107 |
Borek | p. 109 |
Griddled Cheese Borek | p. 111 |
Borek Cooked in Water | p. 112 |
Tandir Borek | p. 113 |
Sweets | p. 115 |
Pastry Sweets | p. 116 |
Baklava | p. 116 |
Helva | p. 119 |
Almond Helva | p. 120 |
Honey Helva | p. 121 |
Snow Helva | p. 122 |
Pekmez (Black) Helva | p. 122 |
Helva Prepared with Sugar | p. 123 |
Kadayif | p. 125 |
Kadayif and Lokm Kadayif | p. 125 |
Milk Puddings and Light Sweets | p. 128 |
Asure | p. 128 |
Water Pudding | p. 130 |
Walnuts with Pekmez | p. 131 |
Rice Pudding with Saffron | p. 132 |
Apricot Compote | p. 133 |
Bread and Dishes Prepared with Bread | p. 134 |
Flat Bread | p. 135 |
Tandir Bread | p. 136 |
Bread Soaked in Meat and Meat Juices | p. 137 |
Wafer-Thin Griddled Bread | p. 138 |
Milk Bread | p. 139 |
Drinks | p. 141 |
Yogurt with Water and Salt | p. 142 |
Honey Sherbet | p. 142 |
Milk and Honey Sherbet | p. 143 |
Rosewater Sherbet | p. 144 |
Fig Sherbet | p. 144 |
Pomegranate Sherbet | p. 145 |
Sugar Sherbet | p. 146 |
Milk Sherbet with Sugar | p. 147 |
Grape Must | p. 147 |
Coffee | p. 148 |
Dishes Bought or Cooked Locally | p. 151 |
Sheep's-Head Kebab | p. 151 |
Flat Bread with Ground Meat | p. 152 |
Firm Kebab (Roasted Mutton) | p. 154 |
Cheese Borek | p. 155 |
Preserved Foods | p. 156 |
Fried Meat Preserved in Fat Kavurma | p. 156 |
Clusters of Bulgur Wheat with Yogurt | p. 158 |
Recipes from The Book of the Wise and Other Sources | p. 159 |
Pilav with Meat | p. 159 |
Belh-Ozbek Pilav | p. 161 |
Kofte for Breaking a Fast | p. 162 |
Duck with Clarified Butter | p. 163 |
Selected Recipes from Ali Esref Dede's Food Treatise | p. 167 |
Soups | p. 167 |
Fish Soup | p. 167 |
Liver Soup | p. 169 |
Chick Pea Soup | p. 169 |
Meat | p. 171 |
Butcher's Kebab | p. 171 |
Grilled Lamb Cutlets | p. 172 |
Dry Kofte | p. 172 |
Milk Kebab | p. 173 |
Lamb Casserole Cooked Upside-Down | p. 174 |
Offal | p. 175 |
Liver Kebab | p. 175 |
Poultry | p. 176 |
Grilled Chicken Casserole | p. 176 |
Seafood | p. 177 |
Swordfish Collar Casserole | p. 177 |
Vegetables | p. 178 |
Stuffed Aubergines | p. 178 |
Butternut Squash with Meat and Onions | p. 179 |
Fried Aubergines with Vinegar | p. 180 |
Purslane Omelette with Fried Meat | p. 181 |
Fruit | p. 182 |
Stuffed Melon | p. 182 |
Salads | p. 183 |
Caviar Salad | p. 183 |
Lettuce Salad | p. 183 |
Sardine Salad | p. 184 |
Rice and Pasta | p. 185 |
Bulgur Pilav with Chestnuts | p. 185 |
Aubergine Pilav | p. 186 |
Pilav without Fat | p. 187 |
Borek | p. 189 |
Leek Borek | p. 189 |
Chicken Borek | p. 190 |
Sweets | p. 191 |
Kadayif with Almonds and Gold Vark | p. 191 |
Kadayif Mucver with Syrup | p. 192 |
Pine Nut Compote | p. 193 |
Orange Compote | p. 193 |
Pistachio Compote | p. 194 |
Drinks | p. 195 |
Sweet Almond Juice with Rosewater | p. 195 |
Rosewater and Lemon Drink | p. 196 |
Preserved Foods | p. 197 |
Homemade Pasta | p. 197 |
Pickled Turnips | p. 198 |
Selected Couplets from Mevlana's Works Related to Food and Drink | p. 199 |
A Guide to Turkish Pronunciation | p. 225 |
Glossary of Terms | p. 226 |
Taster Panellists | p. 230 |
Notes | p. 231 |
Bibliography | p. 233 |
Index | p. 238 |