Turkish Gozleme and Ayran

It is really amazing to know that the cuisines of the world are somehow related to each other.While browsing for Turkish recipes, I came cross this site that is a treasure trove of recipes from Turkey. I had bookmarked so many recipes but could prepare these two. I will surely be making the other bookmarked recipes soon.

Well,coming to the cuisines being related, when I saw the recipe for Gozleme , it sounded more like our Aloo paratha and Ayran like our lassi / buttermilk.

I learnt that Gozleme originated from the Turkish word ‘Goz’ meaning eye.It refers to the little spots that appear when this dish is cooked!!!Now to the recipes....
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Turkish Gozleme

Recipe source : Binnur's Turkish Cookbook

I used:

All purpose  flour - 1 cup

Salt to taste

For filling:

Potato - 1, large, peeled ,boiled and mashed

Onion - 1, peeled and chopped

Crushed pepper- to taste

Salt to taste

Oil-1 teaspoon

1. Take the flour and salt in a bowl.Add water little by little and knead to a smooth dough.Cover and keep aside for 15 minutes.
2. Meanwhile heat oil in a pan and put in onion.When it turns translucent, add the other ingredients under 'filling' and mix well. Cook for 2 minutes and remove from heat.[By force of habit I added a little mustard seeds once the oil was hot!] 
3. Pinch out a golf ball sized dough and roll out

 4.Place a little of the filling on the rolled out dough

5.Fold as follows.....

6.Heat a griddle and cook the gozleme till brown spots appear on both sides.

Remove from heat and serve.

Ayran

I used :

Fresh yogurt -1 cup

Water- 1/2 cup

Salt to taste

 Take all the ingredients in a blender and blend for a minute till frothy.Pour into a glass and serve.

This goes to Naina's Flavor's of Turkey hosted here....

Bon Appetit...