Tulumba
Tulumba is a deep-fried dessert soaked in syrup and made from dough which is squeezed through a special nozzle from a pastry bag. The batter is similar to French pâte à choux dough. The word tulumba literally means a pump in Turkish. Tulumba is made from unleavened dough shaped into a ridged ovoid shape about 3 cm long with […]
Tursi
It is a method for preserving food, originating from historic Persia, present-day Iran. It derives from the Persian word (turşi) which means sour. A synonym is the term “pickle”. The tursi is a way to conserve vegetables in vinegar which creates an inhospitable environment for microorganisms that alter the food. This is done with the […]
