Börek - Boerek with Feta Cheese

1 pack philo pastry
100 - 125 gr Fetta cheese
1 cup milk
1 tbsp of olive oil
2 eggs (the yolk of one egg is for spreading over the wraps)

Make a mixture of milk, one egg and olive oil. Set aside. Grade/grate the feta cheese. Mix it with egg white, set aside the yolk. Wrap the cheese in small amounts in philo pastry (you can follow the instructions on the package for wrapping). Put on a pan which you oiled before. Batter with some egg yolk. When all the cheese is wrapped in the pastry, pour the milk mixture over the wraps and let it wait - 25-30 minutes. Then bake in pre-heated oven. Serve hot.

I am guessing it is on the heat of 200 C and for about 30 minutes.

Zeytinyagli Havuç - Carrot Dish

3-4 carrots, cut into cubes
2 tbsp of olive oil
1 medium size onion
2 small spoons of rice
2 cups of hot water

Sauté the onion in 1 spoon of olive oil. Add carrots and stir without burning them, 2-3 min. Add the rice and salt (to taste). Add the remaining olive oil and hot water. Cook until carrots are tender. Serve cold.

Courtesy of DuDu

Meatballs (Koefte)

1/2 kg lean minced beef
1-2 medium size onions
5-6 slices of bread (normally white bread, but brown bread should be ok too)
1 egg
salt and pepper to taste
cumin (if desired)

Sauce:
Tomato puree
1 fresh tomato
1/2 green pepper
1-2 cups of hot water

Chop the onions finely. Put the bread in a food grinder and make it into crumps. Knead the meat, onion, bread, egg and spices for 10-15 minutes. (The longer the better!!) Form meatballs and put in a large pan.
In another pan, chop the pepper and tomato into cubes, add water and set it aside.
Cook the meatballs over medium heat for five minutes. You can add a tiny bit of olive oil to prevent them from sticking/burning. Then add the tomato mixture. Cook for 30 minutes. Ideally, the meatballs should absorb most of the water. If they absorb the water before they are cooked, add more to the tomato mixture.

Attention:
The tomato mixture should never be too much. It is only to give taste to the meatballs. This is not a dish with lots of sauce.

Cabbage Dish (Kapuska)

one cabbage
one onion
2 small spoons of bulghur
2 tablespoons of olive oil
kusüzümü - no idea what that is (yrsa) and nuts to taste
salt, pepper and chili pepper
2 cups of hot water

Slice the cabbage. Sauté with one chopped onion lightly. Add the nuts (if desired), kusüzümü, salt and chilli pepper (to taste). Stir 1-2 minutes and add the hot water. Cook for 30-35 minutes over medium heat. Ideally the cabbage should absorb most of the water and be very tender.

Recipe by DuDu