Step-by-Step Guide to Making Turkish Eggs (Cilbir) at Home

Turkish Eggs, also known as Cilbir, is a delicious dish featuring poached eggs over a creamy yoghurt base, topped with spiced butter. You can prepare this dish easily at home in five steps. Take a look:

Prepare Spiced Butter

Over medium heat, melt butter in a small saucepan. Add the red pepper flakes and minced garlic and heat until fragrant.

Mix Yogurt

In a bowl, combine yoghurt, lemon juice and salt, whisking until smooth.

Poach Eggs

Cook the eggs in simmering water until the whites are firm but the yolks remain runny.

Assemble the Dish

Arrange the poached eggs on top of the yoghurt mixture, then pour the spiced butter over it.

Tea was Chinese Not Indian

While the East India Company exported a lot of goods from India, it obtained almost all of its tea from China. In fact, the British EIC did not install its first tea plantations in India until the 1830s.