Milas çaykaması (herb and curd cheese pie)
Ingredients
- 1,000 gWheat flour
- 100 gCornmeal
- 100 gEgg
- 150 gYogurt
- 183 gOlive oil step 2
- 10 gSalt step 2
- 1,000 gWater step 2
- 500 gÇökelek curd cheese
- 30 gParsley
- 70 gDill
- 100 gSpinach
- 100 gSwiss chard
- 100 gBeet greens
- 30 gSpring onion
- 50 gLeek
- 50 gRomaine lettuce
- 50 gFresh coriander (cilantro)
- 50 gKapçık (young corn poppy leaves)
- 50 gDalgan (stinging nettle)
- 30 gChickweed (kuşyüreği)
- 50 gKöremen (wild leek)
- 50 gPatience dock (labada)
- 50 gKerdime (Lepidium sisymbrioides cress)
- 10 gSalt step 4
- 91.3 gOlive oil step 4
- 100 gClotted cream
- 45.6 gOlive oil step 7
- 45.6 gOlive oil step 5
- 50 gButter
- 200 gWater step 6
The source does not say how many it serves. Amounts are the whole recipe as written; no serving count was made up.
Grams are the real measure. Glasses and spoons are approximate and vary by ingredient. 1 Turkish glass is 200 ml.
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Cross-section
- Water27%
- Wheat flour22%
- Çökelek curd cheese11%
- Olive oil8%
- Yogurt 3%
- Beet greens 2%
- Clotted cream 2%
- Cornmeal 2%
- Egg 2%
- Spinach 2%
- Swiss chard 2%
- Dill 2%
- Butter 1%
- Dalgan (stinging nettle) 1%
- Fresh coriander (cilantro) 1%
- Kapçık (young corn poppy leaves) 1%
- Kerdime (Lepidium sisymbrioides cress) 1%
- Köremen (wild leek) 1%
- Leek 1%
- Patience dock (labada) 1%
- Romaine lettuce 1%
- Chickweed (kuşyüreği) 1%
- Parsley 1%
- Spring onion 1%
- Salt 0%
Ingredients by weight, heaviest at the bottom.
Method
Mix the wheat flour and the corn flour.
Add the yoghurt, olive oil, eggs, salt and warm water and stir. Knead and leave to rest.
For the filling, chop all the herbs and greens and mix them together.
Add the curd cheese, salt and olive oil and mix well.
Grease the tray with olive oil and butter. Spread half of the dough in the tray and lay the filling evenly over the whole surface.
Thin the other half of the dough with 200 ml of water and spread it over the filling.
Mix and whisk the clotted cream with olive oil and brush it evenly over the dough.
Bake in a preheated oven until the top turns golden, 35-40 minutes.
35 minLet it cool, then cut into 10 x 10 cm squares and serve.
Where this recipe comes from
Official: based on a registration or official record.
- TÜRKPATENT Coğrafi İşaret Portalı, tescil no 1211 (Milas Ticaret ve Sanayi Odası)Accessed: November 3, 2026
Last changed: November 1, 2026