Chic and Bubbly

Part 3: Traditional Turkish Sesame Pastry (Kandil Simidi) Ingredients:   2 sticks margarine 2 egg yolk (keep the egg white for topping) 1 teaspoon baking powder 2 tablespoon vinegar 3 tablespoon sugar 1 teaspoon salt ½ cup vegetable oil or olive oil 1 tsp salt 4 cups flour Topping: 2 egg white 1 cup sesame seeds Preparation: (Makes about 45 pieces)   1.       Place everything in a large bowl and knead until the dough becomes soft. 2.       Preheat the oven to 400 F. 3.       Divide the dough into two equal balls. Roll each half in to a circle, about 1/5 inch thick. Cut with a sharp knife into small balls. 4.       Place them over a parchment paper. Brush top with egg white and sprinkle some sesame seeds. Bake until the top off the pastries turn light brown color.     Afiyet Olsun!   Part 1: Whi...

My awesomely fast social life has officially started to slow down since Sunday (yesterday :p) when most of my great friends had left for Turkey for their summer break. Now that I have so much time on my hands, I have decided to bring myself back to the kitchen and cook again. Boy have I missed cooking! I spent my entire Sunday grocery shopping, cooking and baking, and I feel sooo good right now. (White Beans with Meat served with Pilaf and Tzatziki, and Traditional Turkish Sesame Pastry) I have made some traditional Turkish dishes as I was craving for them and I wanted to share them with you. There are four different recipes involved so I decided to divide them into 3 different posts Part 1:  White Beans with Meat (Etli Kuru Fasulye) + My Mom’s Pilaf (Pilav) Recipes Part 2: Cacik, or as our komsu (neighbor) calls it, “Tzatziki.” (Recipe by my brother.) Part 3: Traditional Turkish Sesame Pastry (Kandil Simidi) Hope you guys like them!...