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                                                                                   OPEN MOUTH               CHEESE HALVA
                                                                                   INGREDIENTS:             INGREDIENTS:

                                                                                   For the dough;               ¸   Half kg unsalted Urfa
                                                                                                                cheese
                                                                                       ¸  2 water glass flour
                                                                                                                ¸  1 water glass of clari-
                                                                                       ¸  1 tablespoon of yo-   fied butter
                                                                                       ghurt
                                                                                                                ¸  2 cups flour
                                                                                       ¸  1 tablespoon olive oil
                                                                                                                ¸  2 cups granulated
                                                                                       ¸  1 teaspoon salt       sugar
                                                                                   For the filling;         Preparation:

                                                                                       ¸  200 g lamb mince  Dissolve the granulated
                                                                                                            sugar with a glass of water.
                                                                                       ¸  1 dry onion       After washing and slicing
                                                                                                            the cheese into thin slices,
                                                                                       ¸  1 teaspoon of tomato   drain the water. Pour the oil
                                                                                       paste                into a pan and heat it over
                                                                                                            low heat, then add flour in
                                                                                       ¸  1 egg             it and stir continuously for
                                                                                                            about half an hour. After
                                                                                       ¸  2 tablespoons flour  roasting the flour until it
                                                                                                            turns pink, pour melted
                                                                                       ¸  Chilli flakes     sugar into it and mix well.
                                                                                                            When the halva reaches to
                                                                                       ¸  Allspice          the consistency of halva,
                                                                                                            open the centre and add
                                                                                       ¸  Black Pepper      cheese, cover it with halva
                                                                                                            and cover the lid of the
                                                                                   Preparation:             pan. When the cheese
                                                                                                            melts, mix it and put it on
                                                                                   Add red pepper flakes,   the serving plates.
                                                                                   allspice, black pepper,
                                                                                   tomato paste and minced
                                                                                   onion into the minced meat
                                                                                   and knead it. Roll out the
                                                                                   dough kneaded with flour,
                                                                                   water, yoghurt and olive oil
        food of the queue night is   zerde dessert are served     ¸  Kebab skewer  into the size of a tray. Use
        quite famous. In Şanlıurfa,   as a meal in the süphada.                    a teapot lid or a cutting
        the meetings of groups                            Preparation:             mould to cut out smooth
        of friends of various ages   In today’s social change                      rounds. Spread walnut
        or professions, which take   process, the traditional   Buy liver from the butch-  sized pieces of minced
        place once a week in the   dishes of Urfa cuisine are   er or market. (If it is lamb   meat into the centre of
        house of a friend, are called   kept alive without being   liver, it is necessary to buy   the dough. Fold the edges
        “queue night” or “queue   lost. Besides the beauty of   a set, that is, the kidneys,   of the dough with a nail.
        travelling”. The person   the flavours of Urfa dishes,   lungs and heart are inside).   Put them into the oil which
        whose turn it is tries to   being nutritious is also   Then it is chopped for   starts to heat up and fry
        host his guests in the best   important for a healthy life.   shish kebab and washed   them by placing the side
        way by covering all the   Here are some of the deli-  in a strainer. When the   with minced meat first. It
        expenses of the night. The   cious flavours of Şanlıurfa ...  water leaks out well in the   is turned upside down in
        main dish of these nights                         strainer, put it on a tray and   between. Remove the fried
        with music or conversation   LIVER KEBAB          add dried mint, a head of   open-faced doughs on a
        is çiğköf. In Urfa cuisine,                       garlic cloves. Add salt, chilli   paper towel, then place
        çiğköfte takes the centre   INGREDIENTS:          flakes, half a glass of olive   them on a plate and serve.
        stage and a table without                         oil and cumin. String them
        çiğköfte is unthinkable. The     ¸  1 kg beef liver  on skewers and cook them
        food served at weddings is                        in the barbecue or oven.
        called Supha meal, and the     ¸  Salt
        food served by the groom’s
        side to the guests attend-    ¸  Dry mint
        ing the wedding is called
        Aspap (Esvap) meal. The      ¸  Cumin
        purpose of this meal, which
        is prepared for at least     ¸  One head of garlic
        300-400 people, is not only
        to entertain relatives, but     ¸  Half a glass of olive oil
        also to feed the hungry and
        poor. Lamb ribs, rice pilaf     ¸  Chilli flakes
        with grape pudding and
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