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    Cooking Gorgeous » Recipes » Side Dishes

    Side Dishes

    • Honey Roasted Carrots and Parsnips
    • Beetroot Salad
    • Pumpkin Risotto (Risotto Alla Zucca)
    • freshly baked roghni naan bread cut in half
      Pakistani Roghni Naan
    • Lebanese falafel served with pita bread and salad
      Lebanese Falafel Recipe
    • Russian Salad in a bowl with fresh dill leaves
      Russian Salad (Olivier Salad)
    • Overhead shot of orzo pasta salad with pesto in a blue bowl, garnished with lemon slices.
      Orzo with Pesto
    • A glass bowl of Lebanese fattoush salad with crisp pita croutons.
      Lebanese Fattoush Salad
    • Circassian chicken served as a meze
      Çerkez Tavuğu - Circassian Chicken
    • onion bhaji (kanda bhaji) served with raita
      Onion Pakora
    • onion raita
      Onion Raita
    • Baba Ganoush Without Tahini
    • Kisir served on lettuce leaves with cherry tomatoes, cucumber, and fresh mint.
      Traditional Kisir Recipe (Spicy Turkish Bulgur Salad)
    • tartar sauce made with capers and dill
      Tartar Sauce Recipe
    • 25 Turkish Side Dishes
    • Fellah Köftesi in a garlicky tomato sauce.
      Fellah Köftesi
    • dal palak - spinach dal
      Dal Palak (Spinach Dal)
    • icli kofte - Turkish style kibbeh
      Icli Kofte (Turkish Kibbeh)
    • Turkish Pide Bread - Ramazan Pidesi
    • rice pilaf with mushrooms
      Mushroom Rice Recipe
    • Coban Salatasi in a white bowl with chopped tomato, cucumber, red onion, and parsley.
      Coban Salad - Çoban Salatası
    • cacik is usually garnished with fresh mint and dill
      Cacik
    • Imam Bayildi (Turkish stuffed eggplant)
      Imam Bayildi
    • keema stuffed flatbread
      Keema Naan Recipe
    • swede and carrot mash garnished with chives
      Rutabaga and Carrot Mash
    • yaprak sarma served with lemon slices
      Yaprak Sarma - Stuffed Grape Leaves
    • Homemade tawa naan bread with garlic butter
      Garlic Naan - Indian Flatbread
    • Perfectly crispy sauteed potatoes with garlic and rosemary
      Sauteed Potatoes
    • turkish meze saksuka is served in a bowl
      Saksuka (Turkish Eggplant Meze)
    • Barbunya Pilaki (Turkish Borlotti Beans)
    • Vegan Lebanese Eggplant Moussaka (Maghmour)
    • White Bean Salad
    • Overhead view of baked cheese borek triangles topped with sesame and nigella seeds on a baking tray.
      Cheese Borek
    • A slice of Egyptian Goulash showing the meat and spinach filling.
      Egyptian Goulash
    • duck fat roasted potatoes
      Duck Fat Potatoes
    • Cauliflower Cheese
    • freshly baked Potato Boulangere
      Boulangere Potatoes
    • Ratatouille Niçoise
    • spicy greek feta dip served in a bowl with pita bread
      Spicy Feta Dip
    • Bulgur Rice Pilaf

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    Welcome to Cooking Gorgeous, where delicious easy-to-follow recipes and culinary inspiration await you! My name is Ayla Clulee, a passionate and professional Cordon Bleu-trained chef, recipe developer, and food content creator with decades of experience. I am based in the UK, and I'm thrilled to have you here.

    The kitchen is my happy place and cooking is my therapy.

    My cookbook, Easy Turkish & Mediterranean Recipes, is out now in paperback and on Kindle.

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    Soup Recipes

    • Greek Lemon Chicken Soup
    • Orzo Soup (Şehriye Çorbası)
    • Turkish Tarhana Soup - Tarhana Çorbası
    • Homemade Turkish Tarhana Powder Recipe
    • Harira Soup
    • chicken and dumpling soup served in a bowl
      Easy Chicken and Dumpling Soup Recipe

    Fall Favorites

    The last tomatoes become salça, and quinces arrive in the shops from October. Two things I make every fall.

    • Homemade Tomato Paste
    • Overhead view of a syrupy quince half with kaymak, pistachios, and a cinnamon stick.
      Ayva Tatlisi
    • Kuru Fasulye
    • Fig Cake
    • rice pilaf with mushrooms
      Mushroom Rice Recipe
    • Apple Cookies Recipe

    BBQ and Grilling Recipes

    Easy kebabs, salads, dips, and side dishes for your next barbecue.

    • Chicken Shish Kebab Recipe
    • Cucumber Tomato Feta Cheese Salad
    • Bazlama
    • authentic hummus recipe
      Mediterranean Hummus Dip
    • Bulgur Rice Pilaf
    • Grilled BBQ Chicken Thighs

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