Yalanci Tavuk Goksu~Unreal Chicken Breast Pudding

This evening friends from TASC/Niagara and I went to Ikbal's home for Turkish coffee night. Turkish Coffee Nights are a tradition at TASC. It is a way for us to meet new friends and to introduce Turkish culture to them. We showed a video presentation, had a mock henna gecesi, danced and ate authentic Turkish food.

Henna Gecesi is a traditional pre-marriage celebration. It is a ceremony performed by the bride and her family and her new mother-in-law. A bride is dressed in a red gown with a red veil covering her face. All of her closest female friends and family have come to celebrate and participate in the ceremony. The bride enters the room with family members walking behind her with lit candles and singing a song of henna night. The bride is made to sit on a chair and the others walk around her with lit candles, singing a song of how she will leave her family. The song continues until the bride sheds her first tears. Then henna paste is brought in on a tray, with lit candles. The mother in law places henna in her right hand first, then her left hand, laying the henna on thick, Then she tries to lay a gold coin in the same hand but the bride refuses. She must try again, then finally the bride accepts. This symbolizes the bride accepting the mother in law and her soon to be husband. The bride’s hennaed hands are completely wrapped, henna, coins and all. Then her mother in law slides a silk embroidered bags over her hands. Some times if the bride wants, her feet and hair can also be hennaed. When the henna is finished the bride and her new family and friends celebrate with dancing, music and food. Most celebrations last until morning. In some regions in Turkey this celebration can last a week.

Near the end of our Mock henna we had some delicious food, Boreks, Revani, Pilav, Kisir, Et. We gave the ladies their very own Turkish coffee cup and we enjoyed some fresh coffee ourselves. This evening I made Unreal Chicken Breast Pudding. The reason it is called "Unreal" is because the original recipe calls for shredded chicken breast. I added two eggs to mine. They come from chickens right? ha ha he he! Many people call and make this pudding as you see below. The original recipe is very tedious and time consuming. Enjoy.

Recipe

5 C milk
9 tbsp sugar
7 tbsp flour
2 pkts. vanilla
2 eggs
1 tsp butter
pinch salt

Cinnamon
Cocoa

First prepare your 9/13 cake pan. You can either butter it, or you can rinse with water. Both are effective for the pudding to not stick. Add all ingredients into nonstick pan. Use an immersion blender to blend all together. Then turn on high heat until it starts to warm up. Continuously stir. Then turn on Med/low heat. When mixture starts to thicken again use your immersion blender. (try not to let air in) Continue to cook and stir as if you were mixing a cake batter. When pudding is thick and rich, poor immediately to pan. Smooth and place in refrigerator.
Now here is the fun part. Cut out designs to match your holiday or season, get creative. I used a thick, firm paper. You can either spray with a non-stick spray or gently lay on cooled pudding. then just add your cinnamon and cocoa to sifter and gently tap. Serve Cold. Afiyet olsun!