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I hope that you all enjoy reading my first article “Delicious Turkish Delights 1”. This is my second article about Turkish delights. This article covers other delicious Turkish delights revani, keskul, and tulumba.

Revani

Revani is one of the well-known desserts of Turkish, Arabic and Greek cuisine. However, it is known as with different names in different cultures. For example, in Arabic cultures it is called as Basbousa. Revani takes it’s name from a poet who lived in 16th century. Additionally, there are very little differences between both cooking and ingredients. The main ingredients of Turkish revani are semolina, eggs, sugar, flour. After being cooked, it is mixed with syrup which has already been prepared. The typical Revani syrup includes caster sugar, water and lemon. It is usually served at room temperature. Some people prefer to serve it with clotted cream.

Keskul

It is a kind of pudding peculiar to Turkish cuisine. The main ingredients of Keskul are milk, egg yolks, sugar, corn starch and almond. First of all the egg yolks are whisked with almond extract, sugar, corn starch and milk in a bowl. Prepared mixture is stirred in medium heat. While stirring the mixture, boil it two or three minutes. Afterthat, let the mixture cool for an hour. Keskul is served cold with ice-cream.

Tulumba

It is a kind of Turkish dessert. It is deemed that it originates from ancient Anatolian cultures. The main ingredients of tulumba are water, unsalted butter, salt, flour, sunflower oil and eggs. The syrup of tulumba is made with sugar, water and lemon juice. Water, butter and salt is heated in a pot. When it starts boling, flour is added and the heat is lowered. Whole mixture is stirred constantly until it becomes doughy. Then the eggs are added to the mixture one at a time and blended. Finally, it is mixed with it’s syrup that has already been prepared.