How To Make Turkish Pide (With Vegetarian Options)

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This is a welcome to Turkish food recipes .

In this episode , we are making classic home style a Turkish with minced meat and mushrooms .

There are many options for toppings .

We will talk about it later .

It is really fun and easy to make .

So delicious for vegans or any time of the day .

I will also give you some options for the vegans , vegetarians for the dough and I'm sure there are lots of options for the topping too .

So let's get started .

Ok .

First we are going to make the filling .

I have one big onion chopped .

I'm going to saute it as you can see with about three or four tablespoons of olive oil .

And then I'm adding the um green peppers , whatever you have in your region .

This is sweet .

Uh We call it village pepper .

And here I have a 500 g of ground beef .

I'm going to continue to saute until it changes the colors .

And here I'm adding uh one tablespoon tomato paste and half tablespoon uh red paper paste .

And let me mention that uh some of you , most of you probably uh can't find the red pepper paste it is optional .

It gives a nice taste to the dish .

But uh if you don't have , just don't edit .

If you can't find it , that's better to saute them .

I added a little bit of olive oil on top and uh make a , made a valve on the pan so I can heat it easily and saute it .

And then after about one minute , I mixed everything again .

If it's the season , I always like to add some tomato , fresh tomato .

It gives a , a deep taste to the dish .

I chopped it this time , but you can grate it also .

And of course , don't forget to peel it for this recipe , adding some salt and red pepper flakes .

Uh You can also add a black pepper or other spices if you like .

And as the last ingredient , I added some chopped mushrooms .

It is about a handful .

Let's say it gives a nice taste .

It is also optional , but I prefer this time just cook it until the all the vegetables are soft and turn off the heat for the dough .

Here , I have one cup of liquor water , edit one tablespoon dry yeast and one tablespoon sugar .

And after it is foamy , which means it is activated in five minutes .

I edit one cup mix of milk and yogurt mixture , just heat the milk a little bit .

So it is liquior four tablespoon olive oil and about six cups or more all purpose flour don't eat all at once , just enough to make a smooth playable and sticky dough .

Of course , we have salt too about uh one teaspoon .

My teaspoons are for are Turkish tea .

So they are smaller .

But uh I always tell you the measurements for the universal teaspoon .

So I added more flour if I need it .

It takes about uh 6.5 cups of all purpose flour .

Maybe a little more .

As you can see , it is still a little bit sticky but not too much because we will work it when we are shaping it with the flowers .

So don't make it too hard and let it rice , cover the dough and let it rice until it is doubled for about one hour .

I'm going to Sprinkle some flour over the countertop and take my doll .

As you can see it is , is still is sticky .

Try to use not too much flour just as much as needed .

I'm going to cut it to 10 pieces .

9 10 .

Uh you , you can make it smaller if you like , but if you make it bigger , it will be uh less work for you and just shape it to a ball .

OK ?

Everything is ready .

Now , we can begin to shape our P D again .

Sprinkle some flour and with the rolling pin , roll out the dough to a long oval shape .

You can uh flip it from time to time to check if it sticks or not .

And of course , don't make it longer than your baking tray .

And now I can add the filling on the top , mix it a little bit .

So the sauce is even and put it generously without going too much on the sides because we're gonna fold it now and to give the classic shape , just seal the edges and fold the sides as you can see on the screen and quickly but gently transfer the to the baking tray .

It is better if you use a baking paper under it .

But you can uh Sprinkle or a coarse cornmeal too .

I'm just going to continue to make the same steps to other pieces .

Let me show you one more time closely how I shape it and talk about the fillings .

Uh We have a cheese filled .

This one is minced meat , but we have also a very tiny chopped meat filling .

You can also make it with a spinach filling .

Let me give you some options for the doll .

Uh This one is I shared in the channel about uh five years ago and I used a egg in it which makes it uh richer tall .

You can try .

Uh Also if you are vegetarian , you can omit the eggs and uh also do yogurt and milk instead just use plain water or if you have another options .

When you are making your dough , you can try with it too .

In that video , I also made it a bit minced meat feeling but before I put it in the oven , I sprinkled some grated cheese .

You can use a or mozzarella in and two others .

I just whisk some egg and pour over them .

You can also uh crack one egg a whole and like sunny side egg um under cooked before you take out from the oven , like five minutes before and enjoy your .

So these are the options .

You might have other ideas for the topping .

Please do share them in the comment section .

I think with the uh comments and your ideas , the recipes are getting richer and it is fun to read too .

And here are the baked .

I baked them .

It's a 200 Celsius degree preheated oven until it is golden color on top and bottom .

They are still very hot .

Now , I'm going to uh put them together and cover and uh let it wait for five minutes .

So they get softened a bit and here is the second tray .

Uh I bake them together , but you might need to change from top to bottom alternately because they don't bake it evenly .

Depends on your oven .

If you are going to eat it right away , which is the best option .

Just butter the sides of the to soften a little and give it an extra taste .

But if you are not going to eat it right away , make sure you put them together and maybe cover with the other pan .

So they don't dry out and the sides of the pita is not too hard .

I hope you try home style classic Turkish pita recipe and enjoy it .

Please let me know .

And uh what feeling would you prefer ?

So , let's talk more in the comment section .

Thanks for watching .

I hope to see you in another delicious Turkish food recipes and vlogs .