it already feels like summer in Albania.
in such days, one of the things i enjoy best is cold linden tea.i love its smell and lovely red color.
in Tirana we are quite lucky actually, cause you might smell this wonderful fragrance in many streets of the city:)
enjoy some cold linden tea in case you`re experiencing an early summer in your country too 
I love salmon and always try to cook it differently.This time it came out really nice and piquant, just the way i like it:)
For this super easy and yummy recipe you`ll need :
For 2 persons:
2 salmon fillets
4-5 peppers in different color (only one color would do as well , but i do love colors :- )
2 tomatoes
some tomato sauce (i used a ready made one ,which had basil included)
2 carrots
5 cloves of garlic
some laurel leaves
salt
black pepper
freshly squeezed lemon juice
olive oil
Chop the veggies (pepper,tomatoes,carrots) finely and fry them shortly using olive oil on a pan altogether with the garlic.In the end you may add the tomato sauce,laurel, black pepper and salt over the mixture.Cook them shortly altogether.
Meanwhile ,spray the lemon juice over the salmon fillets.
Afterwards you can put the mixture and the salmon fillets to be baked in a preheated oven under 150 ° until they are ready.
Bon Appétit !
Shqip :
Tave me salmon dhe perime
Me pelqen shume salmoni dhe perpiqem shpesh here ta gatuaj ne menyra te ndryshme.Kete here doli shume e mire dhe pikante ashtu sic me pelqen mua:)
Per kete recete shume te lehte e te shijshme per dy persona do t`ju duhen:
2 fileta salmoni
4-5 speca shumengjyresh (edhe vetem speca njegjyreshe mund te perdorni, nuk eshte e thene, mua me pelqejne ngjyrat kjo eshte arsyeja:)
2 domate
salce domateje (ajo qe perdora une ishte e perzier me borzilok)
2 karrota
5 thelbinj hudhrash
gjethe dafine
kripe
piper i zi
leng limoni i fresket
vaj ulliri
Pritini perimet (specat,karrotat, domatet) holle dhe jepini nje kaverdisje te shkurter me vaj ulliri se bashku me hudhrat.Me tej shtojini dhe salcen e domateve, kripen e piperin e zi e gjthet e dafines dhe perzijini dhe pak.
Ne anen tjeter hidheni lengun e fresket te limonit mbi filetat e salmonit.
Me tej vijeni miksturen qe pergatitet me lart se bashku me filetat e salmoni ne nje tepsi dhe lijeni te piqet ne temperaturen 150 ° sa te jene gati.
Ju befte mire!
To prepare this yummy ice -cream, I used.
500 gr of heavy cream
3 tablespoons of cocoa powder
200 gr dark chocolate
250 ml milk
6 tablespoons of honey
one pinch of salt
5 egg yolks
200 gr of strawberries
a pinch of chopped pistachio
100 gr of vanilla
Whisk the heavy cream and cocoa powder together until the cocoa is dissolved.Put them in a saucepan and heat them for a while , while continuously whisking them.Drop the finely chopped dark chocolate over the saucepan and keep on whisking.Remove it from the heat. Put the homogenous ice cream base in a bowl .
Afterwards mix together the milk, honey,the pinch of salt, in a saucepan under a medium temperature.On the other side whisk the egg yolks in a bowl.Add some part of the milk mixture over the bowl where the egg yolks are found, whisking them all continuously. In the end , add this to the pan where the rest of the milk mixture is being heated.Keep on stirring them all under a medium heat , until it gets thickened. Once ready add this mixture to the firstly prepared cacao mixture ,altogether with the vanilla, chopped pistachio and finely chopped strawberries.Mix them together and let them in the fridge to get frozen.
Serve it with some more strawberries
Bon Appétit:)
Albanian – Shqip :
500 g krem
3 lugë kakao pluhur
200 g çokollatë me perqindje te larte kakao
250 ml qumësht
6 lugë mjaltë
pak kripe
5 te verdha veze
200 g luleshtrydhe
pak fëstëk i shtypur
100 g vanilje
Perzini se bashku kremin me pluhurin e kakaos deri sa kakao te tretet ne krem.Hidhini ne nje tenxhere dhe perzijini nen nje temperature te mesme , duke i rrahur vazhdimisht me nje luge.Me tej shtojini siper dhe cokollaten e erret te copetuar holle dhe perzijini dhe nje cope kohe se bashku.Hiqeni tenxheren nga zjarri dhe permbajtjen qe perfituat hidheni ne nje tas.
Ne nje tenxhere tjeter perzini se bashku qumeshtin, kripen, mjaltin se bashku nen nje tem[erature te mesme.Ne nje tas rrihini te verdhat e vezeve se bashku.Hidhni ne kete tas pak nga mikstura e qumeshtit dhe perzijini mire.Me tutje hidheni kete te fundit ne tenxheren ku eshte pjesa tjeter e mikstures me qumesht e perzijini mire deri sa te ndjeni qe do te trashet.Me tutje hidheni kete miksture te fundit , mbi miksturen e pare me kakao dhe shtojini siper vaniljen, fëstëkun e shtypur dhe luleshtrydhet e prera ne copa te vogla.Perzijini te gjitha se bashku dhe me tej lijeni tasin ne akull qe te ngrihet masa.Akullorja eshte gati.Servireni ate me disa luleshtrydhe me shume
Ju befte mire !
Tired of less healthy, fried meat-balls?
Try some vegetable balls then;)
This one is one of my favorites.Easy to prepare and much healthier:)
Ingredients used ;
1 bunch of broccoli
1 bunch of cauliflower
1 bunch of fresh dill
1 bunch of fresh parsley
2 eggs
1 spoon of flour
200 gr of curd
black pepper
salt
Steam cook the broccoli and cauliflower.Chop and mix them altogether with dill and parsley in a mixer.Mix them with the 2 eggs ,flour, pepper & salt afterwards.
You may fry them, but i advice you to simply bake them, to save yourself the calories and side effects
Bon Appétit
SHQIP
Qofte me brokoli dhe lulelaker
Perberesit e qofteve :
disa lulka brokoli dhe lulelakre.
koper dhe majdanoz i fresket.
2 veze
nje luge miell
200 gr gjize
kripe dhe piper i zi
Gatuajeni brokolin dhe lulelakren ne avull.Me tej copetojini dhe perzijini bashke brokolin, lulelakren dhe majdanozin e kopren ne mikser.
Perzijini ne fund me miellin, vezet, kripe dhe piperin e zi.Brumi i qofteve, kesisoj , eshte gati.
Ju keshilloj ti piqni pastaj ne furre ne vend qe ti skuqni.
Ju befte mire:)
It`s the last hours til the New Years eve now and most of you , celebrating at home must have finished cooking But i wanted to share this new , amusing recipe with you anyways:)
It`s a very easy and nice looking recipe
I have already shared something similar before . oregano bread , recipe was this time modified with vegetables , in order to get something fancier:)
Ingredients for colorful bread rolls:
400 gr flour
1 cup of coffe olive oil
2 tea spoons of sugar
2 tea spoons of salt
1 spoon of yeast
1 + 1/2 glass of water
one handful of oregano
You can mix all of the above ingredients to profit the dough.Let the dough to get ready for about 45 minutes (covered with a slightly wet napkin) and afterwards , cut the dough in pieces to mix them with the veggies to make it colorful
I used carrots, spinach and beet root.So my dough was cut into 3 pieces.
The carrots and beet roots were boiled firstly.All of the vegetables were finely chopped. Then each part of the dough was respectively mixed with one of the vegetables.
They were baked in a preheated oven under 180°C,. In the end they looked so cute, just like macaroons:)
Bon Appétit & Happy New year
Receta ne Shqip :
Me rastin e vitriut mendova te ndaj me ju nje recete zbavitese:)
Kam ndare dicka te ngjashme me pare ne fakt ketu : buke me rigon.Ndryshimi i vetem ne te eshte ta ndani brumi e pergatitur si per buken me rigon , ne sa pjese te doni ju (me sakte ne aq pjese sa perime do perdorni) dhe ta perzini me perimet e grira imet ne mikser.
Ne rastin tim u perdoren karrota,spinaq dhe panxhar. Karrotat dhe panxhari u zien perpara.
Pasi ta perzieni cdo pjese te brumit te pergatitur si per buken me rigon, me perimet perkatese, piqeni ate ne 180°C, deri sa te jete gati.
Ju befte mire dhe Gezuar Vitin e Ri
I love sardines.Let them be fried, cooked, or baked.They`re always so tasty I tend to love small fishes better than big ones, since they tend to be very fatty and not so tasty , at least according to me.
They are very rich of B12 vitamin, omega 3 – fatty acids, vitamin D, potassium, phosphorus, calcium and also iron , selenium and protein.Since they are one of the most affordable fishes, they are also budget friendly
In my opinion the healthiest and yummiest way of eating them is baking them or cooking them in a pan, instead of frying them.
Here come the ingredients for the baked spiced sardine recipe of mine
1/2 kg of sardines
4 medium ripen tomatoes thinly chopped
2 medium onions finely chopped
10 garlic cloves, minced
a handful of fresh parsley ,chopped
3-5 bay leaves
salt, black pepper seasoning
5 spoons of olive oil , to be sprayed over
Place the onions on the baking tin. Meanwhile mix the tomatoes, garlic ,parsley together and put them over the onions. In the end place the sardines and the bay leaves over them.Add some salt & black pepper and spray the olive oil over all.
Put it to be baked on the preheated oven at 180°C, until it`s ready.
Bon Appétit
Vdes per sardele Sido qe te jene gatuar ato .Jane gjithnje shume te shijshme.Ne pergjithesi kam tendence te pelqej peshqit me te vegjel pasi jane me pak te yndyrshem sipas mendimit tim.
Sardelet jane te pasure ne vitaminen B12, acidet yndyrore omega 3 , vitaminen D, Potasium,Fosfor, Kalcium, si dhe Hekur & Selenium dhe proteina.
Nisur dhe nga fakti qe nuk jane te shtrenjta, i vijne per shtat dhe buxhetit tuaj
Sipas meje menyra me e shendetshme dhe e shijshme per ti gatuar sardelet , eshte te piqen ne furre apo te gatuhen ne tenxhere dhe jo te skuqen.
Permbajtjesit qe perdora ne receten time per taven aromatike sardelesh jane
1/2 kg sardele
4 domate mesatare te pjekura, te prera holle
2 qepe mesatare, te prera holle
10 thelbinj hudhre , te grira
nje dore e mire me majdanoz te fresket , te prere holle
3-5 gjthe dafine
kripe dhe piper i zi per ereza
5 luge vaj ulliri per tu sperkatur siper
Vendosni qepet si nje shtrese te pare ne tave.Me tej shtoni siper tyre domatet, majdanozin, , hudhrat .Vazhdoni njesoj me sardelet duke i vene siper domateve dhe pastaj shtoni dhe kripe , piperin e zi dhe gjethet e dafines siper.Ne fund sperkatini me vajin e ullirit.
Vijeni taven ne furren e ngrohur me pare ne temperaturen 180° dhe lijeni deri sa te piqet.
Ju befte mire!
ps: Today Yummania is 6 years old:) thanks to all of you for following:)
ps: Sot Yummania ka pervjetorin e 6 falemderit te gjitheve qe me ndiqni:)
Last month i was asked to give an interview to the Russian `Chief` printed magazine.
To read it you may check this link
Thanks to my friend Xenia for making it happen;) 
She`s the photo editor of the magazine.you may check her photography work as well as her food page..note: the hasure photos belong to her:)
"i like to show the expressive and emotional side of the humans and dreams .i enjoy capturing them using old,nowadays and new era`s mediums in order to mold their auras spraying a hint of soul inside".
Eni Turkeshi on see.me: http://eniturkeshi.see.me/
ENI TURKESHI ON (CIRKUMFLEKS)Magazine:
This cake is super easy to do and came out to be very delicious.A good choice for an autumn evening to have eat along with your favorite cup of tea:)
Ingredients for caramelized cake :
75 gr sugar for the caramel
100 gr of sugar for the cake
4 eggs
150 ml milk
300 gr flour
100 ml oil
1 table spoon of baking powder
Firstly prepare the caramel with 75 gr of sugar.Afterwards pour it over the cake`s baking pan.
Use the first 3 eggs, milk and 50 mg of sugar.Whisk them thoroughly.Afterwards pour them over the caramel layer on the same cake baking pan.
In another bowl mix the left egg, flour,baking powder, the rest of the 50 gr of sugar and oil altogether.Pour this mix on the same cake baking pan over the caramel and other mixture.
Bake the cake at 180° until it`s ready.
Bon Appétit !
ALBANIAN :
Ky ishte nje kek shume i kendshem dhe mjaft i pelqyeshem per tu ngrene ne keto nete vjeshte i shoqeruar me cajin tuaj te preferuar:)
Permbajtja per kekun:
75 gr sheqer per te pergatitur karamelin
100 gr sheqer
4 veze
150 gr qumesht
100 ml vaj
300 gr miell
1 luge sode buke
Se pari pergatisni karamelin me 75 gr sheqer.Me tej hidheni ate tek forma e kekut.
Me tej ne nje tas perzini 3 veze, 150 ml qumesht dhe 50 gr sheqer.Hidheni kete miksture mbi karamelin.
Ne nje tas tjeter me tej hidhni vezen qe mbeti,300 gr miell,100 ml vaj dhe soden e bukes.Perzijini keto deri sa te arrini nje miksture homogjene.Shtojeni dhe kete te fundit ne te njejtin vend siper karamelit dhe mikstures tjeter.
Lijni kekun te piqet ne 180° deri sa te jete gati.
Ju befte mire!
from TWTGE the flower issue, July 2012
Hi Eni, please introduce yourself.
Hello guys, I`m Eni from Albania, I`m a visual artist focused mainly in photography but I like experimenting with many art mediums as well. Occasionally I`m also a food blogger. I love to take pictures of the food I cook, or the atmosphere of the kitchen and other places I eat, drink, have a talk with friends, read etc.
By the sweet the world through green eyes page today, as one of the 10 cool blogs to be read as a book:)
that`s flattering thanks guys
To make this super easy & super yummy dish you`ll need:
8 eggplants
4 tomatoes
pizza cheese
16 garlic cloves
basil
salt
pepper
a little amount of olive oil to spray over the aubergines
Cut the aubergines into four parts as shown in the figure.Let them in salty water for a while.Afterwards don`t rinse them from the salty water , just take them from the bowl.Put them to be baked in the oven adding some garlic and basil over them.Pour some olive oil over them.
After they are baked for a while , add the pizza cheese and tomato slices over each aubergine part.
You can add some pepper over them.Then let them to be baked for some more time.
Bon Appétit !
ALBANIAN
Per te pergatitur kete recete do t`ju duhen:
8 patllexhane
4 domate
16 thelbinj hudhrash
borzilok
kripe
piper i zi
fare pak vaj per te lyer taven dhe per te sperkatur siper patllexhaneve
Pritini patllexhanet me 4sh sipas formes qe shihni dhe ne figure.Lijini pak ne uje me kripe qe ti ike hidhesia, por me vone mos i shpelani , qe te perdorni kripen qe eshte perzier me to dhe mos shtoni kripe tjeter.
Vijini ne tave per ti pjekur dhe shtojini siper dhe hudhrat dhe borzilokun. Sperkatini pakez vaj ulliri siper.Pasi te piqen per nje periudhe , nxirreni taven dhe shtojini siper djathin e pices dhe feten e domates si dhe piper te zi nese deshironi.
Lijeni te piqen serish deri sa te marrin nje ngjyre te kuqerremte.
Ju befte mire!
Making of vegetarian lasagne was absolutely easy and the result was much more tasty (according to me .
The title says it all.Instead of the normally used ingredients , this time vegetables was used.To make it ever more healthy the top was covered with yoghurt and feta cheese and not with Béchamel sauce.
Ingredients for vegetable lasagne:
fresh sheets of lasagne pasta (you can use ready made ones or make them yourself)
chopped carrots zucchini , aubergines,peppers .(2 from each)
a handful of chopped dill
small amount of olive oil
salt
black pepper
For the upper covering :
some feta cheese and homemade yoghurt
The lasagne sheets are boiled in the water.The vegetables will be cooked in pressure cooking.This will make you save unnecessary oil and time and they will taste so much better. You can add some olive oil and salt to the pressure cooker.Add the dill after they are ready.
Put the sheets of lasagne pasta and add the vegetables over them.Repeat this as many times you want.
Mix the yoghurt and feta cheese together in one bowl. Put this mixture over the last lasagna sheet.
Afterwards bake the lasagna at 180° until it`s ready.
I hope you`ll enjoy this version, i did a lot:)
Bon Appétit !
Per llazanjen vegjetariane do t`ju duhen:
pete llazanje (mund ti pergatisni dhe vete ose ti perdorni te gatshme)
karrota,kunguj,patllexhane,speca te prera ne forma te vogla kubike (2 cope per cdo perime)
nje grusht me koper te grire holle
pak vaj ulliri
kripe
piper i zi
ne vend te sosit Beshamel u perdor : kos shtepie dhe djathe i bardhe
Zijini petat e llazanjes.
Perimet gatuajini ne presion duke i shtuar pak vaj ulliri, kripe dhe piper.Do te behen me te shijshme dhe do te evitoni yndyrnat e teperta.Ne fund shtoni dhe kopren siper tyre.
Shtrojini petat e llazanjes ne tepsi dhe siper tyre vini perimet me kopren.
Kur te mbaroni me shtrimin e petes se fundit te llazanjes mbulojeni kete te fundit me miksin me kos dhe djathe te bardhe.
Piqeni llazanjen ne furre me 180° deri sa te jete gati.
Shpresoj t`ju shijoje kjo lloj llazanje.Mua me shijoi shume:)
Ju befte mire:)
Last year at the school i was a student i had the good chance to cook Albanian food to 80 Danes:) The school`s chef helped me a lot with it actually i owe it to her:) It all started one day i was whining on how much i missed Albanian pie.
So she decided to make an Albanian food day:)Yay!
I decided to cook Tave Elbasani a traditional Albanian recipe, as well as some pie and oregano bread.As per dessert i cooked tresleches , but that`s not Albanian anyways:)
Now i still can`t believe that inly 2 people (me and her) did everything in 5 hours 
For a moment i thought i was a protagonist of `Run Lola Run` But that`s fine, i had so much fun:)
Tave Elbasani is a traditional Albanian recipe where you mix the lamb meat with yoghurt, but actually you can do it with other kind of meat as well,so we decided to use chicken as a lighter version:)
We used a total of 140 chicken thighs;) The chef told me people might wanna eat more than one thigh per each person.How right she was:)
Ingredients for TAVE ELBASANI
140 chicken thighs
8 lt yoghurt(Greek or Turkish full fat yoghurt)
7 cups of rice
10 chicken bouillons
20 eggs
20 spoons of flour
Butter
Salt,pepper
that was the ingredients for 80 people;) do yourself the math for your family:)
The chicken thighs were boiled first [reminder: don`t boil the lamb meat only the chicken one has to be boiled first the lamb can be just baked]..Please don`t forget to add the bouillons to the water before boiling them.
I let the rice get slightly softened in water for a while, but not totally boiled.
Afterwards put the rice and chicken thighs on the baking tin.
I mixed all the yoghurt, eggs, salt ,pepper ,flour altogether.
Then i poured them over the boiled chicken thighs and rice adding some butter over it.
Then put them to be baked under 180° in the oven.
Make sure to let it be baked until the upper surface gets a slightly brownish color.
When it gets so you now it`s ready:)
Unfortunately i didn`t have the camera with me that time so i missed the chance to take lots of photos, but thanks to the chef , i got 2 memory pics from her.Here they are:)
Conclusion? Everybody loved the Albanian oregano bread, tomato-onion pie and Tave Elbasani.Tresleches was also very much nicely commented but that`s not Albanian anyways;)
I was glad and proud to see how the recipes of my country were so much liked and how everyone was so eager to get the recipes from me in order to do them theirselves:)
So if you haven`t tried this yet, do now;) I`m sure you`re gonna like it too:)
duke filluar qe sot do te mund ti gjeni postimet e Yummania dhe tek faqja http://www.qysh.me/gatu ..nen kategorine Eni Turkeshi:)
starting from today you`ll find my posts at http://www.qysh.me/gatu under the category `Eni
Turkeshi`
in the pic (home made apricot,black cherry,quince,figs,red cherry jams)
How do you make your homemade jams? Usually the technique i use is boiling together 1 kg of sugar per 1 kg of fruit.Sometimes i add a pinch of cinnamon to that.And for some other jams , like watermelon jam for example , lime using is a must before boiling of the watermelon shell with sugar.
Actually i like to use half amount of the sugar and a lot of lemon juice and zest but this makes them not long lasting.
What are your techniques of making home made jam?
in the pic (home made quince jam)
Yummania has been published on TWGE art zine on the `flower issue`.This is the first time Yummania gets published ,apart from my other publications on my photography.TWGE a.k.a THE WORLD THROUGH GREEN EYES it`s a very cute and beautiful zine on nature, ecology and environment.
I gave an interview about my blog Yummania, where i shared my thoughts on how this blog came out, on food ,some recipes and some thoughts about photography and the way i use flowers and veggies in it as well:) So it was a multidisciplinary interview i`d say:)
You can read the full interview from this link: http://issuu.com/twtge/docs/twtgeissue04 (btw pages 141-149)
Roasted veggies are a great and healthy treat during all the year, but i`d guess summer is the best time ever to try them, since all the vegetables are fresh and much more tasty.
For this simple dish you`ll need:
For 3-4 persons:
5-6 ripe tomatoes
6 zucchini
5 eggplants
5 peppers
some garlic cloves
one onion if you wish
olive oil
salt,black pepper, oregano
Cut the veggies in thin , circular shapes. Chop the garlic and onion as well. Mix the veggies with the onion and garlic + the salt,pepper and oregano. Place them in a flat plate and pour some olive oil over them. Bake them under 175 ° until they are ready.
Tip: i add some vinegar while serving them.it`s up to you of course , to add it or not
Bon Appétit !
Shqip- Albanian
Per te pergatitur 1 tave me perime te pjekura per 3-4 persona ju duhen:
5-6 domate te pjekura
6 kunguj
5 patllexhane
5 speca
hudhra
qepe sipas deshires
vaj ulliri
kripe,piper i zi, rigon
Prejini perimet ne forme rrethore dhe holle.Pritni ne copa te imta dhe qepen dhe hudhrat.Perzijini perimet me qepen & hudhrat si dhe kripen,piperin dhe rigonin.Vendosini mbi nje tepsi te holle dhe sperkatni vaj ulliri siper tyre. Lijeni te piqen ne furre nen 175 ° deri sa te behen.
Shenim: Pasi piqen , tek i servir une i shtoj dhe pak uthull siper.Por kjo eshte sipas deshires suaj sigurisht:)
Ju befte mire!
