aka R’acquel

How do i translate this Turkish title?

KIRMIZI - means the colour red
Biberli - hot? with a pepper?
yogurt - yoghurt. As for it’s pronounciation - the “soft G” has always been tricky for me to explain. Just try to pronounce the word “yoghurt” without the “GH” in the middle of it - i think that will be close. lol

Red Hot(with peppered) Yoghurt Recipe? I guess that’s close enough but my family refers to this dish as “Spag Yog”. An abbreviation of spaghetti with yoghurt, though we usually use macaroni for the meal.

The ‘heat’ in this dish is the Garlic… and i love that spice with yoghurt all the time. If there is any pepper involved in this, it’s the red paprika. I believe this sauce is used in the Iskender Kebab in particular, but i learnt the use of this with pasta from my mother.

Ok, time for the sexy picture - because I always prefer seeing sexy pictures when i look up recipes.

I didn’t enjoy this meal as a kid at all - but these days, i love it. This is always a great health-boosting meal for us that gives a great “kick”.

INGREDIENTS

- 4-6 cloves garlic, crushed/minced
- 500g natural yoghurt (i enjoy Dairy Farmers or Pauls low fat varieties)
- 500g pasta/spaghetti
- 1tb salt
- 25g butter (a knob)
- 1 tb paprika

METHOD

1. Yoghurt Sauce - crush garlic & mix it well into the tub of yoghurt - set aside in the fridge. (The longer you keep this mix in the fridge, the flavour of the garlic infuses more deeply into the yoghurt.)

2. Boil pasta with salt - it’s important that the pasta has that salty bite to it rather than just plain.

3. When the pasta has been boiled, drain and then serve into bowls.

4. Spoon garlic+yoghurt mix onto the pasta.

5. Paprika Sauce - melt butter in a seperate pan and then add the paprika. The paprika will begin to foam up, and this is when you must remove the pan away from the heat ASAP (before it burns, otherwise the paprika will taste too bitter if it burns)

6. Pour the butter/paprika over the yoghurt over the bowls as pictured in the photo above.

Enjoy, but please be careful of eating something like this before a very hot date you plan to kiss (unless they enjoy the garlic breath)!