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Turkish Eggs Recipe | Cilbir Recipe

Turkish Eggs Recipe step-by-step pictures. Turkish eggs or Cilbir is a delicious and popular Turkish recipe. Poached eggs served over a garlicky yoghurt sauce topped with chilly cumin flavoured butter.
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Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes
Servings: 2 servings
Calories: 613kcal

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Greek Yogurt
  • Salt to taste
  • 2 cloves Garlic minced
  • ½ cup Butter
  • 2 tsp Cumin powder
  • 2 tsp Paprika
  • 2 tsp Red Chilli Flakes
  • 2 tsp Dried Parsley
  • 4 Eggs

Instructions

  • Take yoghurt in a bowl add in minced garlic and salt. whisk really well till smooth, set aside. The yoghurt has to be at room temperature.
  • For making the toasted chilli butter. Take butter in a saucepan heat till it is completely melted. Lower the flame and add cumin powder, Paprika, chilli flakes and dried parsley. Mix well and set aside.
  • Now let's make poached eggs. Take water in a saucepan and bring it to a boil. Lower the flame completely so the water doesn't boil too much it has to be in steady simmer stage. Add in vinegar and uses a spoon and swirl the the water so it creates swirl. Crack open one egg in a small bowl and add the egg slowly into the water. The egg will swirl in the water and cook very gently. Let the egg cook for 1 to 2 minutes as per your liking and use a slotted spoon to remove the egg gently from the water and drain it on a paper towel.
  • Now let's do the plating. Take a serving dish, spoon the garlic yoghurt onto the dish and spread it evenly. Place the poached egg over the yoghurt and spoon the butter over the eggs generously. So with any bread of your choice and enjoy.

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Notes

  • Make sure the yogurt is at room temperature for Best taste. Sometimes the yoghurt is placed in a bowl over simmering water to keep warm.
  • Use good quality butter and add a generous amount of parsley. Instead of dried parsley you could use fresh parsley.
  • If you're not familiar with poached eggs you could simply fry some eggs and use it instead.
  • This dish is best served immediately with some bread. Traditionally just served with Turkish bread.
  • When plating the dish use generous amount of the butter which is the best part of the dish.

Nutrition

Serving: 1servings | Calories: 613kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 23g | Fat: 56g | Saturated Fat: 32g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 16g | Trans Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 454mg | Sodium: 563mg | Potassium: 376mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 2672IU | Vitamin C: 8mg | Calcium: 206mg | Iron: 3mg
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