Spinach Salad with Cheese, Walnuts and Raisins
My spinach repertoire continues. This time I added a spinach salad I learned from my dear friend Asli. They came over for dinner the other day. The table was set… [...]
Easy Baklava
I’ve been wanting to post the recipe for Azerbaijani baklava for a long time. So, for the first time in my life I dared to make baklava myself, but …. [...]
Layered Rice Pilaff With Dried Fruits and Chestnuts / Parcha-dosheme Plov
Eziz Qonaqlar, Meclisimize Ash Gelir! Ok, no panicking, it’s in Azeri, I’ll translate, word by word: Dear Guests, Pilaff is Entering Our Ceremony! This is how the Tamada, a Toastmaster [...]
How to Make Saffron Water / Zeferan Demi
Saffron (in Azeri: Zeferan) is widely used in Azerbaijani cuisine to add flavor and color to the food. When buying saffron, go for threads instead of powder, as they stay [...]
How to Peel Chestnuts
Chestnuts are widely used in Azerbaijani cuisine, especially in Rice Pilaffs. They make a perfect snack when roasted, too. Here’s how you peel them to use in your recipes.
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Baked Fish Stuffed with Walnuts / Balig Levengi
This is my first recipe in the Fish category. And I started with the king of Azerbaijani fish recipes - fish stuffed with walnuts. On joyful occasions such as the [...]
Prunes Dipped in Chocolate - Happy Women’s Day!
Today is the 8th of March - International Women’s Day. I don’t think it is celebrated in the US, but in Azerbaijan it is big. Good for women, bad for [...]
Spring is in the air & so is Novruz!
Spring is coming. With its colors, liveliness and freshness. Where I live we’ve been seeing trees blooming and hearing birds chirping for quite some time already. I took a picture [...]
