MEXICO Aguachile 250g jumbo shrimp Shrimp marinade: 1 lime juice 1/2 lemon juice 1 slice of pineapple 5-6 sprigs coriander 3 green hot peppers 1 pinch of salt Seedy part of ½ cucumber 1 heaped tablespoon Pico de gallo, you can find the recipe below ½ cucumber, unseeded, sliced 4 sprigs coriander leaves ¼ red onion, sliced 3 slices pineapple, diced Nachos for serving 1 pinch of black pepper 1 pinch of salt
• To clean the shrimps, hold the shrimp with its back facing up and tear off its head downwards. Then take the legs and peel the skin. The skin can be easily removed by holding the tail and gently pulling the fleshy part. Cut its back with a knife and take off the dirty part. • Cut them in half horizontally and divide them into 2-3 pieces. You can also use small sized shrimps, but it is important that they are fresh and cleaned. • To prepare the marinade, combine the juice of 1 lime, the juice of half a lemon, 1 slice of pineapple, 5-6 sprigs of coriander, 3 hot green peppers, 1 pinch of salt and the seedy part of half cucumber in a bowl and blend it with a hand blender. While you prepare the other ingredients, the shrimps will cook in this marination with acid. • Mix 1 heaped tablespoon of pico de gallo, cucumber slices, coriander, onion, pineapple. • Add all the ingredients to the shrimps and mix. Sprinkle coriander leaves and a pinch of black pepper, and then enjoy it with nachos. Berenjena Taco For tortilla, skip if using readymade tortillas 2 cups finely ground corn flour, 200g 160 ml water, 1 finger less than a cup 1 teaspoon of salt For the taco, 1 eggplant, sliced 30 gr all-purpose flour, 1 heaped tablespoon 20 g starch, 1 tablespoon, any starch works great. 75ml mineral water or beer Sunflower oil for frying ½ of the pico de gallo, you can find the recipe below 3-4 tablespoons sweet chili sauce Coriander leaves Lime, zest and juice
• To make the tortillas. Mix the corn flour, water and salt. Knead for 2 minutes and cover and let it rest for 10 minutes. • Then divide it into 8 pieces. Shape them into balls then press with a tortilla press or bottom of a pan. • Oil and cook on a cast iron pan for 3-4 minutes. Cover with a damped cloth after cooking. • For the eggplant tempura, refrigerate all the ingredients and place a bowl in the freezer. Because when the ingredients are cold, the gluten of the flour does not work as much, and the coating remains crispy when cooked. Also, when the cold mixture enters the hot oil, it crackles better. • Season the eggplants with salt. • Place a cool pack and place your bowl on it. This way while you are cooking the mixture will stay cold as well. • Mix the mineral water, flour, starch and salt. Roughly mix. • Quickly coat the eggplants with the mixture and drop them into the oil one by one with a fork. Fry over medium low heat until it turns slightly yellow. Then put it in a strainer and sprinkle a pinch of salt. • Mix the pico de gallo and sweet chili sauce. Place them on tortillas. Top with eggplant tempura. Add some some sweet chili sauce. Garnish with coriander leaves and lime zest. Squeeze lime juice while eating. Guacamole, Pico de Gallo 6 tomatoes, seeds removed, finely diced 1 purple onion, finely diced 2 chili peppers, finely diced 1 green pepper, finely diced ½ bunch coriander, finely chopped 3 cloves of garlic, chopped juice of 1 lime juice of 1 lemon 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon black pepper 1 teaspoon cumin • Transfer all the chopped ingredients into a bowl. Add garlic, lime and lemon juice, salt, black pepper and cumin. Mix until all the ingredients are mixed. Guacamole 1 ripe avocado, mashed in a mortar with a slice of lemon and lime juice Half or 1 small purple onion, chopped 1 chili pepper, chopped juice of ½ lime juice of ½ lemon ½ bunch coriander, chopped 1 teaspoon of salt 1 teaspoon black pepper 2 tablespoons pico de gallo For presentation Nachos Radish, thinly sliced • Put the avocado puree in a large bowl. Add purple onion, chili pepper and coriander. • Add salt and pepper to taste. Finally, add 2 tablespoons of the pico de gallo. • Place the guacamole on the presentation plate and level it with a spoon. Add pico de gallo right in the middle and decorate with thinly sliced radish slices around the edges. • Fill around the guacamole with nachos and spicy chips. Queso fundido con chorizo 200 g melted cheese 100 g goat cheese, bouche works great, 100 g cream cheese, grated 3 slices of halloumi 2 tablespoons olive oil 100 g chorizo or sucuk, chopped ¼ onion, chopped 1 hot pepper, chopped 4-5 sprigs coriander, chopped
• Mix the melting cheese and goat cheese, cream cheese. • Put the mixture evenly in a large clay or cast iron pan, melt the cheese over low heat. • Fry the halloumi cheese in a separate pan. • Take the halloumi and fry the chorizo. Add in the onion and pepper. Cook for a minute. • Stir and spread evenly the mixed melted cheese. Add the chorizo mixture on melted cheese. Place the halloumi and sprinkle coriander leaves. You can eat this delicious cheese bomb with some nachos or just a piece of bread! Put it evenly in a large pottery pan, turn it on over low heat, and while it is slowly melting, cut 3 slices of halloumi into cubes and fry them up and down in 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Then, I cut 100 grams of sausage, a quarter of an onion, and a hot pepper into small pieces. We used normal beef sausage, but the original recipe uses chorizo, you can make it that way if you wish. Take the halloumi from the pan and fry the sausages. Add onion and pepper to the roasted sausages and continue roasting. I spread the melted cheese and mixed it well. Finally, I poured it over the sausages I prepared and served it with finely chopped coriander. The aroma of goat cheese in every taco and the taste that cream cheese leaves on the palate with every spoon are legendary.
Rafika! I think Iran and Turkey should have some common food recipes. Is there something equivalent to Iran's AABGOOSHT in Turkey? The simple food that you just cook meat, chickpeas and beans and at the end you add potatoes, tomato puree and salt, pepper, turmeric. Do we have that in Turkey?
Yes, you are right, this is actually similar to the stew dishes that are always made in our homes. The ingredients vary depending on the season. We call them "yahni" or "güveç" ☺️
I was born and raised in Southern California. The first half of my childhood, we lived in the Imperial Valley, an hour from the Mexican border. So I have grown up on Mexican food. What you and your team prepared looks awesome and authentic!
I watch you from Czechia. I've used many of your turkish recepies to make great meal to my friends on parties and everytime with huge success 👍. Now I am sure, that next round will be mexican 😉👍. Everything seems (as you say) easy, not expensive, doable and eyes catching colorful meal 👍. Thank you for great job 👍
Dear Refika, you and your team is such a gems that need to be recognized by the Culinary World (I mean rest of the world) for sure! Love the twist and approach on your cooking. Keep on the good work! 💜
Thanks for these Mexican inspired recipes. Mexican cuisine is a world heritage treasure, thanks god we have it and there is such a legacy. I have loved the idea of eggplant tempura and also the aguachile. One thing I would love on your channel is some episodes regarding fruit. How to use fruit in savoury dishes, how.to trat fruit for dessert and make it in the best way possible (fruit salad, fruit and cheese etc).
Hi Refika, first of all hi from Mexico! Amazing video, you're making Mexican cuisine proud! Everything looks super tasty! The other thing is about the "pico de gallo" they say that it looks like a rooster might have prepared it haha, and we also say "pica como un gallo" that is a way of saying that it's spicy because we add some chilli peppers (either Jalapeno or Serrano) Saludos desde México! Gracias por todo Refika! Sigue con el buen trabajo!
Hello, these recipes look amazing and being Mexican it is beautiful to see everyone having their own take on these Mexican dishes. Thank you for all the amazing recipes. I enjoy watching all your videos ❤🇺🇸🇲🇽
Can you make good from my country Trinidad 🇹🇹 (or any Caribbean dishes) I recommend Trinidadian curry chicken or any dish really !! Love your channel! I learn so much 🤍
😍 Thanks Refika🙏🏿🙏🏿 for sharing these fantastic recipes and taking us on a journey to Mexico. This is fabulous 👌👌👌❤️❤️❤️ Love you guys so much 😍 for all you do to get these recipes for us. Have a great & blissful day.😀🤗
Happy Saturday everyone. What a fun thing to have you at our brunch table showing us new recipes. My husband and I just love watching your content. Yes your biggest muscle is making things easy affordable and delicious. Everything look delicious. Especially thr eggplant taco. Genius. Love to you all from Oregon USA.
Dearest Refika! I love that you did this! I've invited you and yours to Arizona before, but need to do it again: The US is full of different kinds of "Mexican" food. Why? Because Mexico is full of different cuisines. Very bountiful/very great! Meanwhile, here in Arizona we celebrate so many different aspects. If you ever get the chance, please let me know if you are here. Love you and your team, as always!!!
Love all of these they look scrumptious and thank you again for your recipes. You are all very talented and I feel blessed to have four you on RUclips . Be safe and many blessings!🦬🐞 lady bug….🥰
Hello, evetything looks really good, and as a mexican, let me add, that guacamole its great the way you prepared it, but I like to cut avocado in medium size squares
Hi England here. I’ve just realised that nearly all I eat is cuisine from other countries 😂. Struggling to think of amazing English food. It would have to be a Steak and Kidney pie with mash potatoes and any green vegetables 🥬 😊 Love your videos.
Nice job on the Mexican dishes. One suggestion on making the taco dough, add fat. Traditionally lard (pig fat) but can use modern vegetable lard product. You will get less cracking. You might also try making puffy tacos. This is a flour dough flattened and fried. Good with refried pinto beans (think hummus) and lettuce, cheese.
There is a fabulous restaurant called THE HALFWAY at KINETON in THE COTSWOLDS. I live in North Carolina, but my home country is the UK. We ate here last year, it was the best traditional roast lunch I have ever had eating out, apart from my own! Everything was perfect, the starters, meat, vegetables, roast potatoes, gravy it was all superb. You must go there, you wont be disappointed!!!
The original pico de gallo includes bite size jicama (similar texture as a water chestnut and it’s a big, round root type of fruit). Jicama doesn’t have a strong flavor so it’s great in salads. The rooster beak reference I believe is because of the jicama color and crunch. NO garlic goes in the pico de gallo either. Thanks for making my native country recipes❤. Viva México y Turquía 🎉
Excellent choices Refika, they all look easy to make and are tasty. Here in San Francisco, California we call the tiny shrimp 'Bay' shrimp, they are delicate and delicious, found from San Francisco up to Washington State. Thank you for the recipes.💕👍
Hi Refika, I'm pursuing my master's degree in Leeds, UK and my all international friends love Turkish food. I share your channel with them to learn new recipes. If you will come to Leeds, pls tell me
I'm from Texas so I get a lot of traditional Mexican food, as well as weird fusions and Tex-Mex. 1. That guacamole is exactly how we make it here, sans the radish (usually). 2. The flameado (you called it something else but I don't remember) is very similar to how we make it and your's looks amazing. 3. Those tacos as you stated are pure fusion and usually (certainly not always) that can lead to some very interesting (as in not great) results. But those look as good as any I've ever had. I'd eat every one of those myself as I could.
Ohhh damn look at bahar speaking good Spanish haha good job. I love this but as a Mexican my mouth cannot accept eggplant in a taco lol even though I love eggplant but it’s a unique Mexican and Turkish fusion.
If you’re coming to the U.K. I’d recommend you visit St. John restaurant in Smithfield, London. It was Anthony Bourdain’s favourite and it’s mine too! Owner, Fergus Henderson is a lovely human and a great chef.
Tip for the guacamole. You do it in a mortar but you put garlic smash it with Salt, then chilli, then Koriander then Avocado. Thats it..... 🤷♂️ This style of guacamole with bits and pieces you wouldnt find in the Center and south of Mexico, only from the Center towards the north.... Also depending on the Family.... But traditionally / prehispanic only with Chillis.
Rafika! I think Iran and Turkey should have some common food recipes. Is there something equivalent to Iran's AABGOOSHT in Turkey? The simple food that you just cook meat, chickpeas and beans and at the end you add potatoes, tomato puree and salt, pepper, turmeric. Do we have that in Turkey?
We definitely have similar dishes. The name of the dish "abgoosht" suggests that water+meat are the main ingredients. The simplest dish with these two ingredients plus carrots and potatoes is "haslama". If you have chickpeas or beans, plus tomatoe puree/paste minus potatoes, then it becomes "etli nohut" or "etli kuru fasulye". If you have potatoes and tomatoe puree/paste minus chickpeas, it is called "etli patates". There are many versions of these dishes. Except the last one, they all are slow-cooked dishes.
Thanks for the information. I love "Abgoosht" and similar dishes, in Europe they call it "Gulasch". Simple and nutritious food. I will definitely look for it on my next trip to Türkiye. In Iran we mash the ingredients. Do you do it in Turkey too?🙏@@atillakaragazi838
Those look delicious and certainly in the spirit of Mexico! When are you doing the US? LOL. We are such a melting pot of people… I guess you can do hamburgers 😂
MEXICO
Aguachile
250g jumbo shrimp
Shrimp marinade:
1 lime juice
1/2 lemon juice
1 slice of pineapple
5-6 sprigs coriander
3 green hot peppers
1 pinch of salt
Seedy part of ½ cucumber
1 heaped tablespoon Pico de gallo, you can find the recipe below
½ cucumber, unseeded, sliced
4 sprigs coriander leaves
¼ red onion, sliced
3 slices pineapple, diced
Nachos for serving
1 pinch of black pepper
1 pinch of salt
• To clean the shrimps, hold the shrimp with its back facing up and tear off its head downwards. Then take the legs and peel the skin. The skin can be easily removed by holding the tail and gently pulling the fleshy part. Cut its back with a knife and take off the dirty part.
• Cut them in half horizontally and divide them into 2-3 pieces. You can also use small sized shrimps, but it is important that they are fresh and cleaned.
• To prepare the marinade, combine the juice of 1 lime, the juice of half a lemon, 1 slice of pineapple, 5-6 sprigs of coriander, 3 hot green peppers, 1 pinch of salt and the seedy part of half cucumber in a bowl and blend it with a hand blender. While you prepare the other ingredients, the shrimps will cook in this marination with acid.
• Mix 1 heaped tablespoon of pico de gallo, cucumber slices, coriander, onion, pineapple.
• Add all the ingredients to the shrimps and mix. Sprinkle coriander leaves and a pinch of black pepper, and then enjoy it with nachos.
Berenjena Taco
For tortilla, skip if using readymade tortillas
2 cups finely ground corn flour, 200g
160 ml water, 1 finger less than a cup
1 teaspoon of salt
For the taco,
1 eggplant, sliced
30 gr all-purpose flour, 1 heaped tablespoon
20 g starch, 1 tablespoon, any starch works great.
75ml mineral water or beer
Sunflower oil for frying
½ of the pico de gallo, you can find the recipe below
3-4 tablespoons sweet chili sauce
Coriander leaves
Lime, zest and juice
• To make the tortillas. Mix the corn flour, water and salt. Knead for 2 minutes and cover and let it rest for 10 minutes.
• Then divide it into 8 pieces. Shape them into balls then press with a tortilla press or bottom of a pan.
• Oil and cook on a cast iron pan for 3-4 minutes. Cover with a damped cloth after cooking.
• For the eggplant tempura, refrigerate all the ingredients and place a bowl in the freezer. Because when the ingredients are cold, the gluten of the flour does not work as much, and the coating remains crispy when cooked. Also, when the cold mixture enters the hot oil, it crackles better.
• Season the eggplants with salt.
• Place a cool pack and place your bowl on it. This way while you are cooking the mixture will stay cold as well.
• Mix the mineral water, flour, starch and salt. Roughly mix.
• Quickly coat the eggplants with the mixture and drop them into the oil one by one with a fork. Fry over medium low heat until it turns slightly yellow. Then put it in a strainer and sprinkle a pinch of salt.
• Mix the pico de gallo and sweet chili sauce. Place them on tortillas. Top with eggplant tempura. Add some some sweet chili sauce. Garnish with coriander leaves and lime zest. Squeeze lime juice while eating.
Guacamole,
Pico de Gallo
6 tomatoes, seeds removed, finely diced
1 purple onion, finely diced
2 chili peppers, finely diced
1 green pepper, finely diced
½ bunch coriander, finely chopped
3 cloves of garlic, chopped
juice of 1 lime
juice of 1 lemon
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon cumin
• Transfer all the chopped ingredients into a bowl. Add garlic, lime and lemon juice, salt, black pepper and cumin. Mix until all the ingredients are mixed.
Guacamole
1 ripe avocado, mashed in a mortar with a slice of lemon and lime juice
Half or 1 small purple onion, chopped
1 chili pepper, chopped
juice of ½ lime
juice of ½ lemon
½ bunch coriander, chopped
1 teaspoon of salt
1 teaspoon black pepper
2 tablespoons pico de gallo
For presentation
Nachos
Radish, thinly sliced
• Put the avocado puree in a large bowl. Add purple onion, chili pepper and coriander.
• Add salt and pepper to taste. Finally, add 2 tablespoons of the pico de gallo.
• Place the guacamole on the presentation plate and level it with a spoon. Add pico de gallo right in the middle and decorate with thinly sliced radish slices around the edges.
• Fill around the guacamole with nachos and spicy chips.
Queso fundido con chorizo
200 g melted cheese
100 g goat cheese, bouche works great,
100 g cream cheese, grated
3 slices of halloumi
2 tablespoons olive oil
100 g chorizo or sucuk, chopped
¼ onion, chopped
1 hot pepper, chopped
4-5 sprigs coriander, chopped
• Mix the melting cheese and goat cheese, cream cheese.
• Put the mixture evenly in a large clay or cast iron pan, melt the cheese over low heat.
• Fry the halloumi cheese in a separate pan.
• Take the halloumi and fry the chorizo. Add in the onion and pepper. Cook for a minute.
• Stir and spread evenly the mixed melted cheese. Add the chorizo mixture on melted cheese. Place the halloumi and sprinkle coriander leaves. You can eat this delicious cheese bomb with some nachos or just a piece of bread!
Put it evenly in a large pottery pan, turn it on over low heat, and while it is slowly melting, cut 3 slices of halloumi into cubes and fry them up and down in 2 tablespoons of olive oil.
Then, I cut 100 grams of sausage, a quarter of an onion, and a hot pepper into small pieces. We used normal beef sausage, but the original recipe uses chorizo, you can make it that way if you wish.
Take the halloumi from the pan and fry the sausages. Add onion and pepper to the roasted sausages and continue roasting. I spread the melted cheese and mixed it well. Finally, I poured it over the sausages I prepared and served it with finely chopped coriander. The aroma of goat cheese in every taco and the taste that cream cheese leaves on the palate with every spoon are legendary.
Rafika! I think Iran and Turkey should have some common food recipes. Is there something equivalent to Iran's AABGOOSHT in Turkey? The simple food that you just cook meat, chickpeas and beans and at the end you add potatoes, tomato puree and salt, pepper, turmeric.
Do we have that in Turkey?
Yes, you are right, this is actually similar to the stew dishes that are always made in our homes. The ingredients vary depending on the season. We call them "yahni" or "güveç" ☺️
Small size shrimps are Prawns.😊 Thank you for the recipe.. lots of love from Pakistan ❤
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Thank you Refika for honoring our Mexican food in your channel. Regards from Mexico.😋🇲🇽
Mexican here, I liked your spin on these Mexican dishes. 😋
Thank you for your comment dear ❤️ lots of love from Istanbul!
I was born and raised in Southern California. The first half of my childhood, we lived in the Imperial Valley, an hour from the Mexican border. So I have grown up on Mexican food. What you and your team prepared looks awesome and authentic!
thank you so much ❤️
Southern Ca native as well. Now in Oklahoma and looking for some nostalgic Mexican recipes. Refika to the rescue!
Pico de gallo , picas ( bites in Spanish) the heat from the jalapeño bites your tongue. 😛 I love this episode! Viva Mexico, Viva Turquia ❤
Thank you sooo much!! ❤️❤️
Yeah! Thank you for making Mexican food! As a Mexican I am super happy you are doing this ❤❤❤❤ 🎉🎉🎉
Enjoy it honey ❤️ thanks for your lovely comment!! Which one did you like the most as a Mexican?
Aguachile ❤❤❤❤ I love seafood ❤❤❤😋😋😋😋
I watch you from Czechia. I've used many of your turkish recepies to make great meal to my friends on parties and everytime with huge success 👍. Now I am sure, that next round will be mexican 😉👍. Everything seems (as you say) easy, not expensive, doable and eyes catching colorful meal 👍. Thank you for great job 👍
As a Mexican-American it warms my ❤ to see You enjoying some of the flavors of my culture, just as I do Yours 😊
Linda here…hello from Grenada! As usual, another awesome video. Love the energy and smiles, and of course the food looks so yummy.
What a lovely comment to see! ❤️ It feels so good to hear from you guys… Thanks for helping us share our passion for good food !! Lots of my love.. 😍
This is a great episode! Eggplant tacos sound amazing!!
Wow…. You did a phenomenal job here. Good for you for branching out.
Awesome Turkish sujuk is my favorite thank you for sharing this recipe
Enjoy ❤️
I absolutely LOVE that you have taken a spin at Mexican and done a fantastic job!
A firm white fish and that Pico de gallo would make a wonderful taco! Love your interpretation of Mexican foods.
Dear Refika, you and your team is such a gems that need to be recognized by the Culinary World (I mean rest of the world) for sure! Love the twist and approach on your cooking. Keep on the good work! 💜
Luv this...was planing a Mexican dinner.. thanks for sharing❤
Dear Refika, your blog is always a wonderful surprise…Mexican recipes with a twist👍 thank you and your team for sharing this❤❤
I loved seeing you all out together having fun so much 💕
Loved it all over... God bless you and your family
Thank you 🙏🏻
we Turks love Mexican people much
we love too much🙏🏻
Omg I'm mexican 🇲🇽 😊my respect to you and your crew ❤
All my love! ♥️
When we cook outside our culture the world becomes smaller and hopefully find common ground 🙏🏻❤️😋
I am the first one who is watching this video from Pakistan....a big fan of yours...
Greetings to you and Pakistan ❤️
Big kiss to you asma 😘
Love this episode. Big fan of Mexican food.
I love it too. Thank you very much for your comment.
Thanks for these Mexican inspired recipes. Mexican cuisine is a world heritage treasure, thanks god we have it and there is such a legacy. I have loved the idea of eggplant tempura and also the aguachile.
One thing I would love on your channel is some episodes regarding fruit. How to use fruit in savoury dishes, how.to trat fruit for dessert and make it in the best way possible (fruit salad, fruit and cheese etc).
Thanks for your sweet comment. ❤️
Aaahhhhhhhh my favorite Turkish chef making my countries food 😍 gracias!!! You’re a great inspiration to women ❤
Refika, your simple recipes and your voice are treat for soul. Thanks.
Watching from Trinidad and Tobago,love you guys and all things Turkish. Cok guzel
Teşekkürler for your sweet comment ❤️ we love you too…
As a Texan, I enjoy seeing your Mexican food recipes. ❤
Oooo I kove the word Texan ❤️🙏🧿
Those tacos de berenjena made my mouth water... Good job!
These look amazing! I'm excited to see the Indian one when it's ready!
Stay tuned ❤️
Everything looks amazing as always! Thanks for sharing your recipes and enthusiasm for good food!
Hi Refika, first of all hi from Mexico! Amazing video, you're making Mexican cuisine proud! Everything looks super tasty!
The other thing is about the "pico de gallo" they say that it looks like a rooster might have prepared it haha, and we also say "pica como un gallo" that is a way of saying that it's spicy because we add some chilli peppers (either Jalapeno or Serrano)
Saludos desde México! Gracias por todo Refika! Sigue con el buen trabajo!
Thank you for sharing this wonderful comment 😍 we like learning from you on this channel guys! Lots of love from İstanbul! ♥️
Delicious spin on Mexican food.
Thank you 😍
Thank you so much! Every year, your channel makes my Ramadan cooking easier and delicious. Love and regards from me and my family. ❤❤❤
Hello, these recipes look amazing and being Mexican it is beautiful to see everyone having their own take on these Mexican dishes. Thank you for all the amazing recipes. I enjoy watching all your videos ❤🇺🇸🇲🇽
Thank youu dear ❤️
Amazing, I will try asap ♥️🧿👏 8:03
Guac is the short form.
Eggplant taco (patlican tako) is my fave Mexican dish. 🇲🇽👏🧿♥️
I ❤ THIS! Please do MORE!
Can you make good from my country Trinidad 🇹🇹 (or any Caribbean dishes)
I recommend Trinidadian curry chicken or any dish really !!
Love your channel! I learn so much 🤍
Awesome concept. Looking forward to the videos.
First, Refica, these dishes look just lovely and yummy! I love seeing you all. You make my day!! Sending love and blessings! ❤
😍 Thanks Refika🙏🏿🙏🏿 for sharing these fantastic recipes and taking us on a journey to Mexico. This is fabulous 👌👌👌❤️❤️❤️
Love you guys so much 😍 for all you do to get these recipes for us. Have a great & blissful day.😀🤗
I learned a lot and this taco recipes my family love it ❤
Happy Saturday everyone. What a fun thing to have you at our brunch table showing us new recipes.
My husband and I just love watching your content.
Yes your biggest muscle is making things easy affordable and delicious.
Everything look delicious. Especially thr eggplant taco. Genius.
Love to you all from Oregon USA.
Muchas gracias 😊 I learn so much since I follow your channel ... I like the way you explain why this and that ... cooking is chemistry lol.
Thank you for seeing our effort and supporting it
Watching from Trinidad and Tobago, love your channel.
The message from afar ❤️ Thank you very much.
Awesome dishes, love the eggplant tacos 😮😊
Look out, Bobby Flay, Rafka is playing in your world
Dearest Refika! I love that you did this! I've invited you and yours to Arizona before, but need to do it again:
The US is full of different kinds of "Mexican" food. Why? Because Mexico is full of different cuisines. Very bountiful/very great!
Meanwhile, here in Arizona we celebrate so many different aspects. If you ever get the chance, please let me know if you are here.
Love you and your team, as always!!!
A nice change, and they all look delicious
Delicious. Thank you Refika.
Love all of these they look scrumptious and thank you again for your recipes. You are all very talented and I feel blessed to have four you on RUclips . Be safe and many blessings!🦬🐞 lady bug….🥰
I am bledsed thank you 🙏🧿🍀
Refika, I love your description of your job at the beginning of the video. I will have to try the eggplant and shrimp dishes! ❤❤
Hello, evetything looks really good, and as a mexican, let me add, that guacamole its great the way you prepared it, but I like to cut avocado in medium size squares
Hi England here. I’ve just realised that nearly all I eat is cuisine from other countries 😂. Struggling to think of amazing English food.
It would have to be a Steak and Kidney pie with mash potatoes and any green vegetables 🥬 😊
Love your videos.
Love all your recipes 🤩. I am loving Mexican in particular. Can't wait to try this.🤤
Thanks a lot ❤️❤️
Good to hear!!!! India is not only butter chicken.... please explore some unique regional dishes as well😂
Nice job on the Mexican dishes. One suggestion on making the taco dough, add fat. Traditionally lard (pig fat) but can use modern vegetable lard product. You will get less cracking. You might also try making puffy tacos. This is a flour dough flattened and fried. Good with refried pinto beans (think hummus) and lettuce, cheese.
I love you for trying
thank you so much❤️
Please please please please come to Canada. Better yet, come to Quebec!!!! And while you’re there, come to Montreal!!!!!!!!
DELICIOUS! 😋 Mouth Watering Mexican Dishes you shared. OMG!
(MADE ME HONGRY!)😋
There is a fabulous restaurant called THE HALFWAY at KINETON in THE COTSWOLDS. I live in North Carolina, but my home country is the UK. We ate here last year, it was the best traditional roast lunch I have ever had eating out, apart from my own! Everything was perfect, the starters, meat, vegetables, roast potatoes, gravy it was all superb. You must go there, you wont be disappointed!!!
Çok güzel. Ellerinize sağlık❤
Excellent mouth watering +1👍😋😋❤️
Delicious 😋 ❤
The original pico de gallo includes bite size jicama (similar texture as a water chestnut and it’s a big, round root type of fruit). Jicama doesn’t have a strong flavor so it’s great in salads. The rooster beak reference I believe is because of the jicama color and crunch. NO garlic goes in the pico de gallo either. Thanks for making my native country recipes❤.
Viva México y Turquía 🎉
Excellent choices Refika, they all look easy to make and are tasty. Here in San Francisco, California we call the tiny shrimp 'Bay' shrimp, they are delicate and delicious, found from San Francisco up to Washington State.
Thank you for the recipes.💕👍
Hi Refika, I'm pursuing my master's degree in Leeds, UK and my all international friends love Turkish food. I share your channel with them to learn new recipes. If you will come to Leeds, pls tell me
Our favorite kitchen is ''Refika's Kitchen'' Thanks for the recipes
Enjoyyy 😍
MERHABA Refika hanım takip ediyorum ve çok mükemmel tarifleriniz var. Teşekkür ederim 👍⚘💜
Yes,I agree with one of the coment,cook Hungarian food😊
Hello from Ireland!
Hello there ❤️ lots of love from Istanbul!
I'm from Texas so I get a lot of traditional Mexican food, as well as weird fusions and Tex-Mex.
1. That guacamole is exactly how we make it here, sans the radish (usually).
2. The flameado (you called it something else but I don't remember) is very similar to how we make it and your's looks amazing.
3. Those tacos as you stated are pure fusion and usually (certainly not always) that can lead to some very interesting (as in not great) results. But those look as good as any I've ever had. I'd eat every one of those myself as I could.
Thank you so much! we tried our best ❤️
Thank you
you are amazing
Love from Pakistan
Please do Hungarian food!
Ohhh damn look at bahar speaking good Spanish haha good job. I love this but as a Mexican my mouth cannot accept eggplant in a taco lol even though I love eggplant but it’s a unique Mexican and Turkish fusion.
If you’re coming to the U.K. I’d recommend you visit St. John restaurant in Smithfield, London. It was Anthony Bourdain’s favourite and it’s mine too! Owner, Fergus Henderson is a lovely human and a great chef.
Coming in april I will try it
Do 🇮🇳 next 😊😊
Teşekkürler.
More international more international!
Pico de gallo, little bits, like the little bites a chicken pecks out
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Tip for the guacamole. You do it in a mortar but you put garlic smash it with Salt, then chilli, then Koriander then Avocado. Thats it..... 🤷♂️ This style of guacamole with bits and pieces you wouldnt find in the Center and south of Mexico, only from the Center towards the north.... Also depending on the Family.... But traditionally / prehispanic only with Chillis.
Thanks for the tip. It makes me really happy when my followers take the time to give thoughtful feedback on my recipes.
Birds (including roosters) have no capsaicin receptors, so can eat chilli's without feeling any burn
Wow didnt know
I have a challenge for you guys……if you make Indian…..make Non Persian inspired dishes from India……that would be an interesting stuff to see….. 11:40
Pico di gallo is “chicken scratch” in English
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Rafika! I think Iran and Turkey should have some common food recipes. Is there something equivalent to Iran's AABGOOSHT in Turkey? The simple food that you just cook meat, chickpeas and beans and at the end you add potatoes, tomato puree and salt, pepper, turmeric.
Do we have that in Turkey?
We definitely have similar dishes. The name of the dish "abgoosht" suggests that water+meat are the main ingredients. The simplest dish with these two ingredients plus carrots and potatoes is "haslama". If you have chickpeas or beans, plus tomatoe puree/paste minus potatoes, then it becomes "etli nohut" or "etli kuru fasulye". If you have potatoes and tomatoe puree/paste minus chickpeas, it is called "etli patates". There are many versions of these dishes. Except the last one, they all are slow-cooked dishes.
Thanks for the information. I love "Abgoosht" and similar dishes, in Europe they call it "Gulasch". Simple and nutritious food. I will definitely look for it on my next trip to Türkiye. In Iran we mash the ingredients. Do you do it in Turkey too?🙏@@atillakaragazi838
piease make persian food
Türkçe seçenek koymanızı tavsiye ediyorum altyazı olarak. Ve lütfen bunları tr kanala da çekiniz
Merhabaa, Türk kanalımıza da gelecek video bu ay içerisinde takipte kalın ☺️
Those look delicious and certainly in the spirit of Mexico! When are you doing the US? LOL. We are such a melting pot of people… I guess you can do hamburgers 😂
An amazing hamburger video is on its way❤️❤️
Hi Refika, correct me if I'm wrong, is chorizo made from pork?
It can be, and it's the most traditional in Mexico, however there's also beef or vegan versions.
Yes, chorizo is a type of pork sausage. ☺️
London!! When will you be there in April?
Yes, that’s true ❤️
@@Refika I’d love to meet you if you’re in London when I’m in London.
Do you have shopping store in turkey? Where is it?
Yes we have, in Kuzguncuk, Istanbul
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Queria saber se as berinjelas turcas não tem bicho dentro, pq as Brasil de 4 berinjelas apenas uma se salva!😢
No, we've never seen it, but insects can appear in every fruit and vegetable🫠🫠
Love your show!