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Helva

A desert made of sesame seeds and sugar. In Hodja's stories a simpler variation is prepared by flour, butter and sugar. This latter kind is a common food for people with limited means. It tastes great, has nutritional value and easy to make at home.

Sucuk (Soujuk)

Soujouk or sujuq is a type of sausage eaten in many countries. For example, it is common in Turkish, Bulgarian and Armenian cuisine. It consists of ground meat, with various spices including cumin, garlic,salt, and red pepper, fed into a sausage casing and allowed to dry for several weeks. It can be more or less spicy; it is fairly salty and has a high fat content.

Soujouk must be eaten cooked (when raw, it is very hard and stiff). It is often cut into slices and cooked without additional oil, its own fat being sufficient to fry it. At breakfasts, it is used in a way similar to bacon or spam. They are fried in a pan, often with eggs, accompanied by a hot cup of sweet black tea.

Turunch Macunu

bitter oranges in syrup

Lokma

Honeyed crispy doughnuts

Sulac or Sutlac

Rice pudding

Lokum

Turkish Delight

Ceviz Macunu

green walnuts in syrup

Firinda Makarna

Baked macaroni

Nohutlu Pilav

rice pilaf with chick peas

Bayram Pilavi

rice pilaf with chick peas