As you all know, I love cooking foods that I think my daughter, Stella will love. She has been on a kick where she really does not like to eat a lot of meat anymore. With this in mind, I started thinking about making a rice dish with a side salad for dinner. For some reason, what popped into my head was this rice we used to order at one of my favorite restaurants in Istanbul called
Gelik. It is by the marina in Atakoy and they have the most amazing Tandir, Lamb Chops, and
Köfte. If you are ever in Istanbul, it is a place I insist you try. You will not regret it. Well, to make the rice, I looked at a couple of recipes on the web but most of them were not very detailed (measurements). So I had to rely on my memory to try and re-create this dish. It turned out amazing and it got the thumbs up from Stella. Try this out and by all means, serve it with some MEAT! It would go really great with my
Şiş Kebap or Shish Kebab or
Köfte.