OUR FIRST EVER LIVE Q&A 😍 + the Ultimate Eggplant Meze: MÜTEBBEL ❤️ Tahini + Eggplant + Yoghurt = 🥰
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- Опубліковано 23 кві 2021
- This week we did our first ever LIVE Q&A session and we cooked the ultimate eggplant meze MÜTEBBEL together.. 😍❤️ You have asked, we have answered and it was A BLAST 🤩Thanks to all those who have participated and cooked with us! If you want more videos like this don't forget to leave a comment below! ⬇️⬇️
Mütebbel
Servings: 2-3
Difficulty: Easy
Prep time: 2 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
4 large eggplants
3 tablespoons tahini
5 heaped tablespoons yoghurt (250 g)
2 handful of pistachio (40 g), roughly chopped (strongly suggested to use the raw and green ones)
1,5 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 heaped teaspoon salt
2 cloves of garlic, peeled
To garnish,
3 sprigs of parsley, leaves picked
3 pinches of red pepper flakes
½ lemon’s zest
• Prick the eggplants with a knife or fork. Since there is air in the eggplants, they can burst when heated. This step is going to prevent that.
• If using a gas burner, place the eggplants directly over the heat source. You can place them on a rack as well. It will make it easier to turn the eggplants but take a little more time to cook. Cook until eggplants are completely tender and charred, turning occasionally. They will be cooked in around 10-15 minutes. Check near the stem and bottom ends to see if they are done.
• If using an oven, Heat your oven to 250 C (480 F) on grill mode. Lay down the eggplants on a tray and place the tray into the oven. Position the tray second shelf from the top. Cook until eggplants are completely tender and charred, turning occasionally. They will be cooked around 20-25 minutes. Check near the stem and bottom ends to see if they are done.
• Place the cooked eggplants in a large bowl and cover with a plate. Let them sweat for a couple of minutes. This will make it much easier to peel them.
• Meanwhile, mix the tahini, yoghurt and ½ teaspoon salt in a bowl and set aside.
• Melt a tablespoon butter in a large frying pan over medium-high heat. Sauté the pistachios for a minute and turn the heat off. Spare 1/3 of the pistachios for garnish.
• Working with one eggplant at a time, use a knife to slit each eggplant and open lengthwise. Scoop out flesh with a spoon. Be careful not to get your skin burned.
• Smash the garlic with a pinch of salt. Mince the eggplants with a chef knife.
• Add the garlic, eggplant and the olive oil into the pan and sauté for another 2 minutes. Sprinkle ½ teaspoon of salt and stir.
• Turn off the heat and set the mixture cool down for a minute. Stir in the tahini yogurt.
• Transfer the mutebbel on a dish. Finely grate the zest from half of a lemon over the mutebbel.
• Top with pistachios.
• Melt half tablespoon butter in a small saucepan. Sprinkle the red pepper flakes when the butter becomes foamy. Whisking or pouring the melted butter back into the pan constantly with the help of a spoon lets the air in and helps your butter to be foamy.
• Pour the butter on your mutebbel and sprinkle with the parsley leaves. Your insanely delicious and easy meze is ready to take you over the moon.
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thank you for sharing your struggles with depression and shingles (I hear it is painful....) and how appropriate your cooking brought you out of the depression and helped you heal. You are a blessing to us all. love your channel!
I just want to say, I never gave much thought to Turkish cuisine, but Refika and team are the best Turkish ambassadors!! And I love how you try to include a message in every video, to uplift and connect all of us. And the importance of love. Thank you. It is so heartening to see the shared humanity in all of us, and that there are more things that unite us than divide us. There will be those who will always want war/conflict, putting other people down etc, but there will be people like us, who want to have a better more just world.
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This is Arabic dish not Turkish most of her videos are Arabic food
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u have my all respect..
I'm Syrian and I'm living in istabul for 7 years
I can speak Turkish as a native speaker, but I like to watch your English channel more then your Turkish one ,
I know it's so hard to make a video with a new language for you
So keep going with your team you all so successful and cool .
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That’s right,we are humans and actual problem is between of systems,not with u and me
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Can you just do live cooking from time to time? This was a great way to just get to know you even more! You're such a beautiful soul. I'm glad I get to watch your videos.
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Hi Refika. I’m Palestinian and my late maternal grandmother was a Cypriot. I wasn’t lucky enough to live with her. I would like to learn more about Cypriot cuisine. Could you please share more Cypriot recipes? Thanks. Greetings from Canada 🇨🇦
Hi Najat how are you
I was watching your channel from along time ago
Hope you are doing good 😌
Palestinian represent! By the way there is a really great cook from Cyprus on Instagram I follow her if name is Melizcooks. She also has a youtube channel. But yes it would be amazing to see some more of this cuisine from Refika as well.
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All of you are so adorable... thank u for sharing ur personal experience regarding depression and shingles. You have done such an amazing job of turning your pain into making people happy with your recipes. When COVID is over I have promised my mother a trip to Istanbul. We would love to come and say hello to u.
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I'm glad to hear that hope shines through our videos.. This truly is what we aim to do ❤
Refica, as I have told you before, I love your channel! I have made your tahini, hummus, bulgur (several ways, It has become my favorite) chickpeas, lentils and just tonight I made fava beans! (I took pictures) Oh my gosh, delicious!! The Bulgar I have made many ways, instead of rice... I feel as though I travel to Turkey by cooking and tasting your recipes! One day I would so love to come! Maybe share my recipes with you all... From Oklahoma, in the USA, we love you for making this world a lovelier, happy place... baclava recipe would be amazing!! Thank you all again!!! Much love 💕 Goodness is contagious 🥰
Wow! Thank you for trying out such a wide array of my recipes 😍 Please come by to say hi if you ever come to Istanbul.
Turkish kitchen is richest kitchen in the world. If you like Turkish food there is a Turkish restaurant in Chicago, New Jersey and in New York. By the way I'm Turkish and I live in Michigan.
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I'm still not sure😂
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They are good friends, she is "single" for "depends who asks"..
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I Just got my covid negative report after a struggle of 17 long days and I celebrated with a refika special dinner of hummus and lavash.. only wishing if there was a refika special mutebbel and muhamara, only to have my wish granted by my angel... you just made a good day perfect... thank you so very much... lot of love and good health to your entire team...
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I love baba ghanoush more than anything on earth, so I'm very interested in your grilled eggplant mezze!!
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:-( ) Love you guys
Sır. what you are talking about here "so called repressive politics, movies etc.. " are the blackmailing and dirty propaganda of your western media. For sure, there are problems in Turkey may be a bit more than US or any other country but not as presented and/or exaggerated in western media. I have been to more than 50 countries and lived some of them for a while. This country is amazing in every aspect from its ancient history to its culture, from its cousine to its hospitality and diversity from its unic natural beauties, amazing landscapes to its beaches and turquoise waters. Whoever came and saw this country, all without exception had schoked and dissagreed with this western media propaganda. They want to underestimate the values of this country and devaluate its image in the world to prevent the re - rise of this great nation. They do not want another steak holder or a competitive player in the market.. We also help them, literaly pave their way with our wrong political choises by bringing the extrimists and traitors to power.. For long time I am confident that is the case..
@@hasankilic9825 thanks for your long reply. I was talking about your politics not culture.I am sure your culture is great but l am afraid democracy is waning in your country and l fear your comments about turning Turkey great again, it is an ideal permeating revenge politics, look at China and Germany under Hitler (not to speak of Trump MAGA movement...) Just scary as hell, speaks of imperialism and racism as we try to prove one nation better than others...
I'm so glad I discovered your channel. Thank you to you and your team for putting your delightful personalities and cooking out there into the world for us.
You beat depression's ass. You're such a calming, happy presence. Good job. ☺
Refika, can you post this recipe? I just love eggplant, and yes baklava! 😋 Thank you so much, we need more people like you in this world!
Love you all and your energy and interaction with one another. So enjoyable. Wishing you lots and lots of success!!
Beautiful person, inside and out masha Allah 😊
All of your team too 🤲😊
Thank you.
You and your team is so loved you help people more than you know. You all work well together and the recipes are great. Much blessings and be safe!🐞🦬🐢❤️
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Hello from England. What incredibly interesting people you all are! But I especially love your cooking. I made the lentil soup two days ago with the meatballs. Better than steak, my husband said!😃 such brilliant videos especially during this really uncertain time. Many thanks! x
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So much fun! More please!
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I forgot to add...I've bought what I need to cook Your Way, and have learned from each video, more about the Real Turkey than I've ever known as a Cultural Geography Teacher.
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Ramadhan kareem..thank you for sharing about your life before youtube. Inspiring. Stay blessed in hope for your plans inshaAllah
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Beautiful people with beautiful personalities bringing us beautiful food. Thank you!
Sincerely, a big thank you for your wonderful teamwork, for your absolutely delicious recipes, and also for your outspokenness. Thank you for sharing a piece of your privacy!
💕💕💕can’t wait to try these!
It was fun Refika, do more!! Also, a Halloumi recipe would be great!
Yesss! Been waiting for a Halloumi recipe
Just love all your recipe s sis
My friends and I watched Ertugrul Dirilis on Netlix, they said that they fell in love with Turkey because of this series, we love the main character and Turgut. However, I said I fell in love with Turkey first because of Refika's Kitchen! I encouraged them to subscribe on your youtube channel and they also love you and your team. I hope you will have million subscribers very soon. God bless. Love from Dubai & Philippines.
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I am as of today 100 percent Covid19 vaccinated. Turkey is on my bucket list!!
sad I missed this. will be sure to be tuned in next time. Thanks, Refikah and Team!
Your videos are so much fun and also educational and inspiring. And once traveling opens up, I can't wait to come to Turkey again and it would really be amazing to come and meet you all!!
All of you guys are Superstars. Love you all and your channel. The cooking videos are simple, easy to understand and follow, great recipes. However it's the passion, love, sincerity and your goodness which comes through so clearly, making this the most special channel. By the way I do love cheese, so a little cheesy taste is also great😉
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Love you all, so much! This was wonderful!!!
I had to miss you live because of my son's futbol game, but I watched it tonight - I love you and your channel!
Such a fun live!
To refika and all: thank you for answering my question!!!! ♥️😭🙂
Thank you for sharing your story and how you evolved to be the beautiful soul you are today! I understand that working in a hospital can be very stressful and take over your life and health. It is so good to see someone talk about how they overcame a dark period in their health and life. It takes a strong person mentally, and even stronger person to share their story with the world. Hopefully this can be a message to all-you control your health, not the other way around!! Even better- you share your cooking & spread your energy!
And thank you to the team: for sharing your stories. God places people at the right place and the right time! So wonderful to see such a positive and love filled group in today’s world.
I have finals, and this was the sunshine of my week! 🌞 thank you again, love from Florida🌞
Also- i love the Jean jacket match up!!! And I hope your dog feels better. I have one too, and I know he is like your baby! Keep us posted :)
Thank you so much 🙏❤ And go get them finals!!! 😍
This made me cry. It brought back memories of my Mother i.e. NOT to judge anyone for their beliefs - only what is in their hearts and their hand in friendship. Thank you for sharing. God Bless and take care.
I like it all (and the cute cat also!) - thank you - all of you - so much for this special upload!
Gosh, Refika, this is the most beautiful video you all made so far! You are so raw, humble, original & honest that becomes emotional! You guys make an amazing team!! Go ahead, full power, your love will take you far!!! 💓🇨🇦👍
I stumbled on your channel by accident and I love everything about it. From the food to the messages of love and unity, just amazing. ❤
I only just discovered your channel and I absolutely love it. I love your energy, passion, sense of fun while explaining the science and history behind each step. I’m also enjoying learning how to make the food, learning Turkish and things about Turkish culture at the same time. What I love most is how you are trying to bring everyone around the world together. 🙂
This was amazing .. I couldn't do all that multitasking with such grace..You have a lovely spirit thank you so much ..all the dishes are delicious looking. May your dream for a homestead with family and friends come true...and looking forward to the new posts...
This is so lovely ,thank you for sharing your life and your family.
Food looks sooo good!!! Love your channel. Enjoy a lot watching the whole team cooking and having fun. It is so great!!!👍👍
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Missed the live. Rewatching it now. Hello from Round Rock, Texas!
Saying Hi from Houston and thanking you for your wonderful videos and cooking lessons.
Mmmmm so delicious!!! Thank you so much for all your stories while you are cooking. 💝
You have a great team, like to see you people!
Greetings from Portugal. I love you and I love so much to see you. I learn a lot of interesting things from you. So, keep I up. You are an ambassador of your beautiful country. Thank you Refika
Thank you! Great live stream!
Refika a big hug from USA, I love your cooking, but most of all your great message to the world about hope & love!!!
I missed the live stream but watched later.
You are a sweetheart and a treasure.
Wish you and your team every happiness.
Loving your cooking methods and recipes! For me baking and cooking for my family is saving me after the lost of my mom couple weeks ago. Newly subscriber to your channel. Hope you’re feeling better soon. Sending love from Toronto Canada!
You and your team are amazing. Great team and teamwork. May you continue to flourish and radiate your joy around the globe.
As always love it!
You're all fabulous ❤
Love that you're putting it out there into the universe... it will all come back to you 10 fold!!!💞
Aw you guys are awesome. Loved the video. Blessings.
Lovely team, lovely food. Thanks for sharing.
Love your Q&A video. It was fun and informative. Love how everyone work together, it was so sweet 🥰
Refika thank you for doing a live and I am sending hugs and love to you and your fur baby. ❤️❤️ You should do live cooking training where you send recipe ingredients and equipment before hand and people pay to join a live Zoom session and cook along with you ❤️ Love you and your team ❤️❤️
That’s a brilliant idea. Maybe start a Patreon that would help support such a thing.
Missed the live stream, it was the middle of the night here in New Zealand, but watched this later in the day and loved how you interact with your friends and audience while doing this recipe/stream, my favourite recipe of your is the bulgar pillar, its soooooo good, carry on being you, your team and the show is amazing
Thank you for trying out the recipes and your kind message 😍
I adore your channel. I am going through a super difficult transition. And you're channel is making me happy first thing in the mornings. I adore eggplant. In fact I just grilled some in the backyard last night to make Baba. I will make it today. Will look at your recipe first. Back in 2008 I took an incredible trip to Turkey and will never forget the food. It was my gift to me for completing Grad. School and my thesis, in you guessed it, psychology. If I get back to Turkey it would be amazing to come and see. Thank you for bringing do much happiness to my mornings this summer. You guys rock!
Rafica, you are really really loved, a genuine ambasidor for your culture and your family.
Love, love your show. It’s real, funny and the recipes are amazing. I look forward to new recipes ❤
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I feel like going back to Turkey just to meet you and hug you all 🥰
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