3 turkish pasta yogurt Recipes

garlic cloves (pretty large size), balkan yogurt (thick type ), fresh mint, chopped, fresh lemon juice (to taste), english cucumber, sea salt , to taste, good quality olive oil, onion, butter, divided, minced flat leaf parsley, lean ground beef (i use extra lean and add a lot of good olive oil or it will be too dry), baharat mixed spice (turkish baharat spice mix or baharat aka middle east mixed spices - the real mix), chopped fresh mint (may not be needed, see directions.), sea salt , to taste, rice pasta (may use regular if not gluten free. i prefer macaroni or farfalle shape in this), sweet paprika

eggplant, about 1 lb, cut in 1/2 -inch cubes, extra virgin olive oil, kosher salt or 1/2 tsp coarse sea salt, garlic cloves, minced, shallot, minced, ground lamb, red pepper flakes (preferably turkish or aleppo), fresh ground black pepper, chopped fresh mint (or more to taste) or 1 1/2 tbsp dill (or more to taste), bow tie pasta (or orecchiette), unsalted butter , to taste, plain greek yogurt