On February 11 Thursday, Turkish Cultural Center presented a documentary “Love is a Verb” at Hookset IMAX Cinemas. Love Is A Verb is an examination of a social movement called Hizmet aka Gulen Movement after its inspiration source Fethullah Gulen, a man that Time Magazine named as one of the most influential leaders in the world in 2013. Following the ...
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The 4th cooking class was held Sunday March 13th. We greeted each other with eager excitement. What will we cook and eat today? The main entrée “Hunkar Begendi”, meaning The King’s Choice. We sautéed onions with chopped beef. We added diced tomatoes, green peppers, and an array of herbs and spices. A fairly thick Béchamel Sauce with roasted smashed eggplants was prepared. We took the ...
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On our 3rd cooking class held March 6th, we went vegan and vegetarian. Chef Nur made “Kisir”, a bulgur salad with parsley, green onions, vidalia onions, and tomato puree. Seasoned with Turkish herbs and spices. She also wanted to show us an Izmirian Potato Salad. This healthy salad was mixed with dill pickles, chopped fresh dill and parsley. Garnished with green onions. Both of ...
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On our 2nd cooking class we had a very special friend and chef Humeyra Ozcan who taught us how to prepare “Badem Corbasi”. This soup was made with ground almonds and milk. The ground almonds were browned in unsalted butter. She added some flour to make a roux. This thickened the soup. The soup was then garnished with toasted almonds ...
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On Sunday Feb. 21st the Turkish Cultural Center of NH organized “Turkish Cooking Classes” with Nur Gunes. We started out with a meet and greet to welcome all the people who came to learn our Turkish Cuisine. Our first course was “Ezogelin Gorbasi”, a soup made with red lentils, bulgar and rice. The entrée was “Patlican Kebabi”, a kebab made with eggplant and ground beef. The dish was ...
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