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Spinach cooked in milk with eggs and garlic yogurt

Serves 610 minFrom: Nermin Erkoyuncu, Konya İli Çumra ve Karapınar İlçelerinde Türkmen Yemekleri ve Yemek Kültürü Üzerine Bir Araştırma (Selçuk Üniversitesi yüksek lisans tezi, 2006)

Ingredients

  • 500 gSpinach
  • 50 gButter
  • 100 gOnion
  • 1 gPaprika
  • 400 gWater step 3
  • 413 gMilk
  • 100 gEgg
  • 6 gSalt step 4
  • 250 gStrained yogurt
  • 100 gWater step 5
  • 6 gGarlic
  • 3 gSalt step 5

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

  1. Spinach26%
  2. Water26%
  3. Milk21%
  4. Strained yogurt13%
  5. Egg 5%
  6. Onion 5%
  7. Butter 3%
  8. Salt 0%
  9. Garlic 0%
  10. Paprika 0%

Ingredients by weight, heaviest at the bottom.

Method

  1. Rinse the spinach, blanch it in a very small amount of water, then squeeze and chop it.

  2. Brown the onion lightly in the butter, add the spinach and fry it.

  3. Add the red pepper and water and bring to a boil, then add the milk and cook.

  4. Break in the eggs; when they have set, add the salt and turn the heat off.

  5. Thin the yogurt with the water; crush the garlic with salt and mix it into the yogurt.

  6. Drizzle the garlic yogurt over the spinach.

Where this recipe comes from

From a published work: quantities come from Nermin Erkoyuncu, Konya İli Çumra ve Karapınar İlçelerinde Türkmen Yemekleri ve Yemek Kültürü Üzerine Bir Araştırma (Selçuk Üniversitesi yüksek lisans tezi, 2006); the method is written in our own words.

Last changed: November 1, 2026

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