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Makes 4 servings 1 large Eggplant 1 table spoon lemon juice 1/3 cup Extra virgin olive oil 2 cloves of garlic 1 medium Tomato 1 medium onion Salt Heat oven to 375 degrees. Make holes on the eggplant with a fork, so they don't explode in the oven when you open the lid (believe it or not it happened to us). Cook unpeeled eggplant until it is tender on the outside and the flesh is thoroughly soft (approximately 20 minutes). Cool slightly and peel, wipe clean and squeeze all of the water out. Place eggplant in a bowl with the lemon juice and salt. Mash well. Add olive oil, mashed garlic, chopped tomato and onion, then blend thoroughly. Serve on a plate garnished with chopped parsley. Add cumin and chili peppers if you like. Here's another version of this salad: Bake and mash the eggplant as described above. Add tahini (sesame seed paste) and pressed garlic. Serve as a dip. In the summer months, we mix baked (and mashed) eggplant with thick yogurt. It's great with hot pita bread.Tahini is available at larger supermarkets and Middle Eastern markets.
Makes 4 to 6 servings 1 can of garbanzo beans 1/2 cup tahini 2-3 garlic cloves 1 teaspoon cumin Juice of 1 lemon 1 tablespoon olive oil Salt Put the garbanzo beans into a food processor, blend for a minute. Press the garlic, add it to the blended beans with lemon juice, tahini, cumin, and 1 tea spoon salt. Mix them again. Put this mixture on a plate. Add olive oil on top of it. Sprinkle some chili peppers. Garnish with parsley. If you want you can heat the olive oil and chili peppers in a pan and add on top of hummus before serving. Serve with hot pita bread.
Makes 2 servings 3/4 cup Water 1 teaspoon Sugar (optional) 1 tablespoon Turkish Coffee (ground) Combine cold water, coffee and sugar in a pan especially made for Turkish coffee, it's called cezve. The key for a good Turkish coffee is low heat. Place the pan (or cezve) on low heat and stir well. When coffee foams up, remove the foam with a teaspoon and put in the cups. You can repeat this a couple of times. When it boils remove from the heat and let the grounds settle. Pour into cups. Serve in small (espresso) cups. Turkish people like to drink it with a glass of water on the side. Don't drink the very bottom of the cup because that's where the coffee grounds live. After you finish your coffee, shake the cup a little bit and turn it over in order to read your fortune. Long dark streaks indicate that you will take an extended vacation in Turkey soon.