Turkish Eggs

Name: Turkish Eggs
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: ½ tsp cumin seeds; 1 tsp pul biber or red pepper flakes; a small handful of dill, roughly chopped; salt and black pepper; 1 garlic clove, crushed; 4 very fresh eggs; 200 g/7 oz/scant 1 cup Greek yogurt, at room temperature; 50 g/1¾ oz butter; 2 slices of sourdough bread, toasted, to serve

Preparation info

Serves
2

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Life's Too Short to Stuff a Mushroom

By Prue Leith

Published 2024

About

I first had this on a walking holiday in Turkey. It was served when I asked for poached eggs for breakfast, and proved a far cry from the plain egg-on-toast I was expecting. Surprising and delicious.

Ingredients

200 g/7 oz/scant 1 cup Greek yogurt, at room temperature
1

Asia
Turkey
Vegetarian
Breakfast
Mediterranean

Method

Mix together the Greek yogurt and the garlic, and season with salt and pepper. Set aside.
In a small saucepan, melt the butter on a medium heat. Add the pul biber or red pepper flakes and the cumin seeds and cook for 1-2 minutes, or until fragrant. Set aside.
One by one, poach the eggs (see hacks). While the first e