Learning to Cook With Turkish Grandmas (Without Speaking Same Language)

Can local grandma teach me how to cook Turkish food without us speaking the same language...

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Foods made:
Tepsi kebab (trey kebab):

500g lamb (or beef) minced meat
1 onion
1 red pepper
1 green pepper
small chili peppers
3 potatoes
olive oil

Seasoning for the meat:
1 tbsp concentrated tomato puree
cumin
salt
black pepper

Chop the onions and mix it with minced meat and the seasoning and a bit of olive oil. Push the mix flat on a trey and add cut peppers on top of it. The last layer are round chopped potatoes. Top with oil and salt and put into the oven 200C for about 30 minutes.

Karniyarik (stuffed eggplant):
5 egg plants
500g lamb (or beef) minced meat
1 onion
2 garlic gloves

Seasoning for the meat:
1 tbsp concentrated tomato puree
cumin
salt
black pepper

For serving: tomatoes, parsley

Clean the eggplants and remove parts of the skin (this is where you'd fill them from afterwards). Fry them from all sides until soft. Fry the mix of seasoning and minced meat. Fill the eggplants and put them back into the pot. Add water and a little tomato paste and let them simmer under a lid for 30min. Serve with sliced tomatoes and parsley.

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