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Turkish Gözleme

Gözleme is the common and traditional food especially street food in turkey. As I am now biggest fan of turkish food so I decided to cook something. Yesterday I cooked turkish gözleme and it came out super tasty and delicious. So I wanted to share it with you guys and I hope you’ll try it.
In this recipe the most of the common traditional fillings are parsley, meat, spanish, potato and roasted eggplant fillings. I used spinach filling. You can use whichever filling you like or can mix them up as you please.

INGREDIENTS for 2 servings 
Time: 10 min

FOR THE DOUGH
1 cup flour
a little bit less than 1/2 cup  water, room temperature
1/2 tsp salt
PARSLEY FILLING
1/2 cup feta cheese, crumbled
1/4 cup parsley, chopped

SPINACH FILLING
150 g frozen chopped spinach, defrosted
1 small onion, chopped
1 tbsp olive oil
1/4 cup feta cheese, crumbled
1 pinch crushed pepper
Salt to taste
I like spices so i added a little bit of more pepper than above mentioned. Pepper is basically added for taste especially for those who like spices.
For GLAZE
1 tbsp butter, melted

Steps

  1. Mix the flour and the salt in a bowl, then gradually add the water, kneading as you pour and make a dough. Turn the dough onto a lightly floured working surface and knead for 10 minutes. Grease with cooking oil. Cover with a damp cloth and let the dough rest like that for 15 minutes.
  2. Sweat the onions in olive oil, until translucent sauté for 4-5 minutes. Then add spinach, mix well and cook for 1-2 min. Take off heat and stir in the feta cheese. Mix well and set aside.
  3. Divide the dough into four same-sized pieces.
  4. Take a piece out of it and make a ball. Dust dry flour and roll it with the help of rolling pin and roll it as thin as possible. Roll should be of at least 25cm in diameter.
  5. Arrange the filling in the middle then fold the two opposite sides, then the second two opposite sides.
  6. Warm a non-stick pan over medium heat.
  7. Place one gözleme in the pan and cook it until blistered with brown spots, then turn over, and brush with melted butter.
  8. Once cooked on one side, flip it and brush the top with butter.
  9. When cooked on the other side as well, brush that side with melted butter as well.
  10. Cut into pieces, and serve warm.
  11. To make the meat filling, cook all the ingredients, then finish with a sprinkle of chopped parsley.
  12. To make the  roasted eggplant filling, combine all the ingredients.
    For the spinach and potato filling, we have to  first sweat the onions in olive oil, then add all the ingredients except feta and sauté for 4-5 minutes.

Important tip…

The most important thing when making the dough is to roll it as thinly as possible. The filling should be spread in an even, thin layer — do not overdo with the filling as the dough will break. When assembling, there are two ways of going about it. You can fold the dough in half to get a half moon shape or fold it as an envelope. If you do not have a sac, a non-stick pan will work just fine. It is crucial to brush the gözleme with butter or oil before cooking, and even after, as that helps to keep the dough moist

Turkish gözleme

If you’re food lover or not but you must try this new thing. Its so delicious 😋. I hope you’ll like it. Don’t forget to like, share and follow. And don’t forget to share your thoughts. What are your thought about turlish food? Have you ever tried this recipe before? Do you like turkish food? Are you a food lover?

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Some of the best food to eat before workout

We all are aware of the benefits of exercise and we all notice that exercise not only shapes our body, but it also makes us feel happy and relax. We all do some workout but some of us might don’t know that what to eat before and after exercise. We all need some high energy food or drink to keep our muscles repair. It is very important to know what type of food should we eat when we are doing workout.

Your body, after using up its available energy, needs to be refueled, specifically with carbs and protein, for energy and to repair the microdamage that exercise does to your muscles.

Here are some of the best and basic foods to eat before workout…

Foods rich in carbohydrates

  1. Yogurt
  2. Whole grains
  3. Oatmeal 🥣
  4. Brown rice 🍚
  5. Spinach juice 🥤
  6. Green Tea 🍵
  7. Salmon with sweet potato
  8. Egg 🥚
  9. Milk 🥛
  10. Fish or roasted chicken

Fruits

  1. Quinoa
  2. BANANA 🍌
  3. Berries ( blueberries or raspberries)
  4. Grapefruit
  5. Sweet potatoes 🥔
  6. Crackers
  7. Whole grain Bread
  8. Whole-grain cereal
  9. Pineapple🍍
  10. Apples🍎

Consuming fruits like bananas, berries, dates, and grapefruit is a great way to replenish after a sweaty workout. They are loaded with vitamins, folate, antioxidants, and macronutrients such as iron, calcium, and potassium. Moreover, natural sugar or fructose present in fruit provides energy.

Best time to eat before workout

I also want to add a little about best time to eat before workout
Marcellus recommends having a small carbohydrate-focused snack within the hour before your workout — but try not to eat anything 15 minutes before you begin exercising, in order to give your body a bit of time to digest.

Proper hydration leading up to your workout is also key. “When you become slightly dehydrated from sweating, you can lose strength, focus, and cramp up,” Gyimah says. “It’s important to go into your workout well-hydrated.”

You should sip water throughout the day and before your workout, but don’t drink a lot right before — that might leave you feeling bogged down and bloated. Marcellus recommends drinking an 8-ounce glass of water within 30 minutes of the start of your workout.

Why it is important to eat before a workout

Although there has been some hype around fasted workouts (exercising on an empty stomach, usually in the morning), most experts agree that having a snack before working out is beneficial.

Takeaways

It’s ok to experiment to see what pre-workout eating routines work best for you, Marcellus says. Some people even enjoy doing fasted workouts, although research is mixed about whether this actually improves fat-burning.

Ultimately, whatever eating habits will give you the energy to perform your best are a good choice. “This is a very individual subject and each person needs to test themself and see how their body feels best,”

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