Let this serve as your new handy guide to all the strange, wonderful and downright hilarious terms Turks use to describe consistency and measurement when it comes to cooking and baking
Turkish cuisine is renowned worldwide and each province has its own unique dishes thanks to centuries of different influences through trade, wars and migration, especially during the Ottoman Empire.
If you know a bit of Turkish or you love a good Turkish dish, you’ll likely be checking out Turkish recipes online, though mostly you are left disheartened when you find that even Google Translate can’t help with some phrases. Granted that not all Turks who are not that involved in the kitchen will know what some of these terms mean, even if they have heard them throughout their lives. Even I, when writing down some recipes each week, have to wrack my brain as to think of ways of how best to explain it.
But before we dive into the nitty-gritty, let's start with measurements, which can make or break your dish, especially when it comes to baking.