Hello dear friends,

We'll prepare a yummy recipe for you.

Hope you like it.

Here are ingredients of mercimek köftesi (lentil balls):

*A glass of lentil

*A glass of fine burghul

*Half a glass of olive oil

*Two spoons of tomato sauce

*An onion

*Three pinches of dill

*A pinch of mint 

*A pinch of cumin

*A pinch of black pepper

*A pinch of basil

*Three pinches of salt

*Some lettuce

*Half a lemon 

Ingredients of ayran

*Six spoons of yoghurt

*Two pincehs of salt

*Three glasses of water

*a leaf of mint

Recipe of mercimek köftesi (lentil balls):

Boil the lentil and add fine burghul it. Put it away for a while.

While it's cooling, cut all other ingredients.

Pour olive oil a pan and fry the onion.

Then add tomato sauce and let it cool.

Mix the sauce with lentil.

Add other vegetable and spices. Mix them well.

shape them as balls.

As for ayran, it is very easy to prepare it. 

Put yoghurt and salt in a jar. Close its lid.

Shake it well.

Add three glasses of water. Then shake it again.

It's already ready.

Use mint leaf to garnish it.

Here our yummy traditional snack. We serve it with home-made turşu (pickle) because it's rich in prebiotics. This means it's good for your health. Lentil balls, ayran and pickle are all easy, nutritious and yummy. We highly recommend you to try them.

Bon appetit!