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Guvec (vegetables/chicken/meat)

This is Del-ici-ous!!!!!!!!!! We had this at Ulfets dinner party. Was it a four or a five course dinner, with endless dessert!! I am not kidding!

She made three types, because me and Yasir, and my mom and dad have different preferences. So she made vegetable only for my mom, chicken and veggies for me, and for the rest, it was meat and veggies.

Now what is Guvec (pronounced as “Guvech”)? It is basically, vegetables and or meat with spices, cooked together in a earthern pot called Guvec (see picture) and cooked till done. Sounds good, trust me, it tastes even better!!!

Ingredients:

For veggie lovers: use this recipe.
(For 1 person)
1/2 potato chopped,
1/4 (medium size) eggplant chopped,
3-4 mushrooms sliced,
1/2 tomato chopped,
2-3 green beans chopped,
1/3 onion chopped,

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For chicken lovers (like moi): use this recipe. (SHOWN IN PICTURE)
(For one person)
boneless breast chicken chopped,
3-4 mushrooms sliced,
1/2 tomato chopped,
1/2 green bell pepper chopped

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For meat lovers: use this one
(For one person)
3-4 mushrooms sliced,
1/2 tomato chopped,
1/2 green bell pepper chopped
1/3 onion chopped,
few pieces of chopped eggplant,
2-3 green beans chopped

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And with all the above options Use: in a cup, mix together, 1/2 turkish teacup hot water, 1 turkish tsp tomato paste, red pepper, black pepper, salt and 1 pinch garlic crushed/ grated/paste) and 1 tbsp oil per serving

Method:

Mix all the above listed ingredients in a Guvec cup/ use the foil method suggested at the end of this post for individual serving. Cover it completely and tightly with foil. And bake this at 400 deg F for about 30 minutes (you should judge the time, based on the smell in your kitchen ) Good tip?

Notes:
For more people:
Since most of us, will not have Guvec cups, Ulfet said, you can use one big tray, put all the ingredients in it. Cover it tightly with foil (IMPORTANT for cooking) and bake it. Ofcourse this way, you will not have much flexibility over individual preferences.

Foil Method for individual cooking:
To do individual cooking, use a big piece of heavy duty aluminium foil, then make like a pouch, then put the ingredients from one end, and then seal it by folding it tightly. Bake this inside a tray.

December 25th, 2006