Glossary P
Patlican Ve Kabak Kizartma refers to a Turkish dish made of fried aubergine and fried zucchini mixed together and seasoned to taste. This dish is usually served as an appetizir and best eaten with Pide.
This is one of my favorite vegetarian dish from Turkey, who can go wrong with eggplant and zucchini fried in olive oil. Simple and delicious meal.
Pomegranate Sauce / Pomegranate Syrup refers to a sauce or syrup that is produced from fresh pomegranate and is widely used in Turkish cuisine for giving a delicious sour taste to the food. Pomegranate Sauce is used in all types of salads, cold dishes, wheat balls, and ground wheat dishes Vefa district of Istanbul, Turkey is known as the
celebrated maker of not only vinegar, but also the the traditional Pomegranate Sauce/Syrup.
Pomegranate Sauce/Syrup is available in the markets in bottles
Vefa is a district in Istanbul, Turkey
Palak Shorba refers to a tasty spinach soup from Punjab. This refreshingly delicious soup is made from spinach leaves spiced with a touch of cardamom, cloves and peppercorns.
Palak which is the Hindu name of Spinach is one of the finest green vegetables that is loaded with iron.