Chef Flowers Turkish Cypriot Taro Casserole Kibrisli Kolokas Recipes

CHEF FLOWER'S TURKISH CYPRIOT TARO CASSEROLE - KIBRISLI KOLOKAS

Steps:

• Add 1/3 of the olive oil in a sallow pot, heat, add chicken and brown, remove chicken in a medium size heat resistant bowl and set aside.
• Add 1/3 of the olive oil in the same pot, heat, add taro and slightly brown, remove taro in a different medium size heat resistant bowl and set aside.
• Add 1/3 of the olive oil in the same pot, heat, and add onion until lightly brown, then return the chicken to the pot and mix.
• Add tomato paste, diced tomatoes & chicken stock. Reduce heat and to boil.
• Add lemon and taro, mix gently.
• Add salt and pepper.
• Simmer for 30 minutes but stir occasionally.
• NOTE: You may need to top up the casserole with chicken stock during the 30 minutes, the sauce will become dry if you don't and potentially burn the recipe. Sauce needs to be thick and lots of it.
• You can either add coriander/cilantro into the recipe or use it as garnish.
• Serve with crusty bread & garden salad or a plain Turkish pilaf.

TURKISH OKRA CASSEROLE

Steps:

• If using fresh okra, trim away any tough stems.
• If frozen okra is used, defrost and drain.
• Trim off the ends of the eggplant and cut unpeeled eggplant into one-inch cubes.
• Trim the ends of the zucchini and cut into unpeeled zucchini into one-inch cubes.
• Using a vegetable peeler, peel away the skin of the bell peppers; halve them and remove cores, veins and seeds.
• Cut bell peppers into one-inch pieces.
• Peel and dice onion into one-inch pieces.
• Peel, core and seed and dice tomatoes into one-inch pieces.
• Pre-heat oven to 375°F.
• Heat the oil in a large, heavy casserole (stove top/oven ware) and add the onion and eggplant cubes.
• Cook, stirring often, about five minutes.
• Add zucchini, tomatoes and green pepper and cook, stirring occasionally, about two minutes.
• Stir in the garlic, pepper flakes, parsley, bay leaf and thyme.
• Add the drained okra and salt to taste.
• Place in the oven, uncovered, and bake for about one hour.
• Remove bay leaf and serve.