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Pomegranate with Eggs, or Narnumru (Video)
Photo: Greg Seber This post was originally published on November 3, 2014 and is now updated. I have added a recipe video and tweaked the recipe for best results. ______ Tell me what...
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Fresh Berry Pavlova Cake (Video)
This post was originally published on August 13, 2011 and I am updating it today with the video recipe from my new YoutTube Channel – AZCookbook with Feride. Please SUBSCRIBE to it and...
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Azerbaijani-Style Eggs with Tomatoes + My First YouTube Video!
This post was originally published on July 23, 2016 and I am updating it today with the video to the recipe from my brand new YoutTube Channel. Please SUBSCRIBE to it and share it...
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Daffodil-Like Egg Salad, or Nergisleme
Daffodil-Like Egg Salad. Nergisleme. Intrigued by the name? I was too, when I spotted the recipe in my current Turkish cookbook crush, Essential Turkish Cuisine by Engin Akin. Hailing from Turkey’s southeastern city...
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Fresh Herb Kükü
In Azerbaijan, kükü (read: kyukyu) is the general name given to dishes in which main ingredients—vegetables, herbs, meat or fish—are bound with eggs, then browned on both sides on a stovetop. It is...
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Green Beans with Eggs (Lobya Chighirtmasi)
I know, I know, you are probably thinking, “Here we go again – she disappeared for a long time and is back with another excuse.” But please forgive me. We are getting ready...
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Black Velvet Chocolate Mousse
Here’s the recipe for a super easy chocolate mousse that you can whip up in no time. The waiting time to devour it is a little long, but it is totally worth it....
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Strawberry Whipped Cream Cake
Now that we’ve made our perfect sponge cake, it’s time to take this classic to the next level – slather it with whipped cream and adorn with strawberries and you have a double...
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A Perfect Classic Sponge Cake
You’ve probably heard it before. Maybe you’ve said it to yourself about sponge cakes: “My cake didn’t rise a bit. It was one big gooey mess. Dense and tasteless. It rose in the...
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Coconut Meringues
Today is the International Women’s Day celebrated in some parts of the world. This recipe is for you, all the beautiful readers of AZ Cookbook. Celebrate and treat yourselves to these light as...
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Cocoa Almond Meringues
Thanksgiving is almost here! A wonderful reminder that we have so much in life to be thankful for. So I wanted to thank you, my readers, for the tremendous support you have shown...
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Meat Stuffed Blinchiki (Crêpes)
One of the Russian foods that were imported to Azerbaijan when the country was a part of the Soviet Union, is the Russian pancake called blini, also known as blinchiki (plural for blinchik)...
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Ganache Mousse Macaron Sandwich Cookies
So, what do you do when you have 5-6 egg whites sitting in your fridge and waiting to be used up before they go bad? Right! You make Helen’s Macaron sandwich cookies! Helen...
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Chicken With Eggs (Toyug Chighirtmasi)
It’s been a while since I’ve posted a chicken recipe, hasn’t it? Considering that chicken is a widely used type of poultry in Azerbaijan and that there are countless recipes with it, I...
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Eclairs – Daring Bakers Challenge
Let me begin my post by shouting out loud that I LOVED LOVED LOVED this mouth’s Daring Bakers Challenge and I am thankful to Tony Tahhan and MeetaK for chosing the recipe for...
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Spinach With Eggs
Spinach is good for you. It’s a health food. I always knew it was good but if you asked me the specifics of its benefits, I would be clueless as to what to...
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Eggplant Caviar
Eggplant lovers, unite! This deliciousness, known as Eggplant Caviar, from the heart of the Caucasus, will leave your wanting more and more of it after first try, because it is one of the...
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Eggplant and Mushroom Baked Saffron Rice (Tahcheen)
Bright, vivid colors, a skillful use of aromatic spices, irresistible flavors coming from varied ingredient concoctions, and an eye-pleasing presentation with fresh herbs, dried rose petals, pistachios, almonds, or barberries scattered atop savory...
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Baba Ghanoush – Step by Step to Great Results
What can I say about baba ghanoush? I love it. Love it. Love it some more. To me, it is one of the best eggplant appetizers that have been known to the world....
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Turkish “Split-Belly” Stuffed Eggplant
My love for eggplant! It is a never-ending love affair. I even have a childhood “trauma” associated with it. I remember that day clearly, now after so many years. I was probably about...
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Garlicky Eggplant with Tomatoes
It’s been “years” since my last post, hasn’t it? Or at least it feels so to me. I am not “to blame”. A couple of weeks ago I took a brief vacation from...
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Saj-Fried Chicken with Vegetables
“What-fried? Saj-fried?” you may ask. And I will explain. Saj is a nifty kitchen utensil, my friends. And it has a long history. Before the invention of frying pans and a gas stove,...
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Roasted Vegetables Baked in Golden Batter
Come spring and summer, I crave colorful and bright dishes incorporating all sorts of vegetables. This dish is abundant with them, all bursting with color. Here, red peppers, yellow peppers, red onions, zucchini,...
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Wheat Berry Salad with Roasted Vegetables
The inspiration for this salad comes from kisir, my favorite Turkish salad, made of bulgur, fresh vegetables and lots of fresh herbs. In my salad, I roasted the vegetables and tossed them with...
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Eggplant Salad with Yogurt and Mint
As you may already know, I can’t have enough of anything eggplanty. I absolutely love this vegetable. It is, perhaps, the most versatile vegetable on earth (eggplant haters, did you hear that?). Really,...
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Mushrooms Stuffed with Eggplant, Walnuts and Fresh Herbs
Do you ever cook up a recipe in your head before you actually cook it in the kitchen? If the answer is yes, then join my club. That’s what I usually do when...
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Stuffed Eggplants, Peppers and Tomatoes
This is probably the most popular dish prepared in Azerbaijan in summer. When vegetables and fruits are in abundance, Azerbaijani women like to stuff them:) They stuff eggplants, peppers, tomatoes, potatoes, onions, quince...
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Eggplant Rolls
I looooove eggplant! In fact, it is my favorite vegetable of all, and I love almost anything that has eggplant in it. In Azerbaijani cooking, we use eggplants in many different ways. We...
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Tiramisu from Scratch – Daring Baker’s Challenge
And I thought I made tiramisu in the past…Store-bought ladyfingers, store-bought mascarpone cheese, whip up a no-cook raw egg-mascarone cream in seconds, slather it in-between the soaked-in-coffee ladyfingers, and call yourself the tiramisu...