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Çılbır

Name: Çılbır
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: 4 very fresh egg; 1 cup thick, at room temperature hung curd (greek yogurt); 2 cloves grated garlic; 2 tbsp butter; 1 tsp as Aleppo pepper kashmiri chilli powder; a pinch red chilli powder (indian red chili powder); 1 tbsp chopped dill leaves; 1 tbsp vinegar; a pinch salt; Whole wheat bread (wholemeal bread), crusty bread, to serve

Poached eggs on cold garlicky yogurt with sizzling chilli butter. Hot, cold, tangy, perfect.

15 minTime

32 gProtein each

mediumSpice

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Grandma's wayGarlic yogurt, poached eggs and Aleppo pepper butter, as in Istanbul.

The original

533kcalsame

32 gproteinsame

5 gfibresame

15minutessame

Çılbır.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Egg4, very fresh

Hung curd (greek yogurt)1 cup, thick, at room temperature

Garlic2 cloves, grated

Butter2 tbsp

Kashmiri chilli powder1 tsp, as Aleppo pepper

Red chilli powder (indian red chili powder)a pinch

Dill leaves1 tbsp, chopped

Vinegar1 tbsp

Salta pinch

Whole wheat bread (wholemeal bread)crusty bread, to serve

Method

4 steps

1Stir the grated garlic and a pinch of salt into the yogurt and spread it into two shallow bowls.
2Poach the eggs in barely simmering water with the vinegar for about 3 minutes.
3Melt the butter until it foams and smells nutty, then take it off the heat and stir in both chilli powders.
4Set the eggs on the yogurt, spoon over the chilli butter and scatter dill.

Serve it like this

Serve in shallow bowls with the eggs in the centre, red butter pooled over, dill on top. Plenty of warm bread for wiping.

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