“Tabbouleh” salad is probably the most famous of the Levant region. It’s simple and admits some variations, but it’s often offered in a completely distorted way. For example, some supermarkets sell a ready-made version presented as a couscous salad, which is completely different from the traditional recipe.
Category: Salads, Soups & Appetizers
Lentil soup “Ezogelin” (Ezo the bride)
This popular Turkish lentil soup is named after a bride named Ezo, who was unhappy in her marriage and therefore prepared this recipe for her mother-in-law, to make her feel the same way. Despite the bad advertisement that this may suggest, I assure you that the soup is very tasty, as well as healthy and easy to prepare.
Traditional Greek salad “Horiatiki” like in a Greek taverna.
Mixing raw ingredients for a salad doesn’t really require a recipe. But it is worth reviewing which ingredients are really part of the tradition, which are optional… and which are better to do without.
