Hunkar Begendi | Akis Petretzikis

[@seherburada6103]

Hünkar Beğendi is a very old traditional Turkish dish. The sultan orderes his chefs to create a special dish for his special guests .After tasting many of the dishes that his chefs prepared, this new creation quickly becomes the Sultan's favorite. ‘Hünkar beğendi’ (‘The sultan liked it’) was thus named and served to the Empress. Thanks for sharing this recipe with us dear greek friend.

[@oemer1422]

Thanks for sharing this recipe. It's very very tasty ☺️ 🇹🇷🇬🇷🇹🇷🇬🇷🇹🇷🇬🇷

[@sarelpretorius9955]

I can just sit and listen to Akis talking the whole day. He is like one of those friends that keeps you company in the kitchen. He just makes a person smile everytime😊

[@akispetretzikisen]

Thank you my friend! 😍

[@catthepat7521]

Akis .... thank you for sharing dishes which are common in Greece and Turkey.... both countries have a common past und culture ... we should be proud together ❤ 👏 💜 💕

[@elenapavare6962]

I'm cooking that today, I hope my turkish husband will like that 🥰 thank you so much for such amazing recipe and making that look so simple 🙏🩷

[@markchapman3811]

Thank you for introducing a Turkish recipe from your popular channel!

[@hellodarling9073]

This is amazing, thanks for sharing! 😃 Greetings from Serbia! 🇷🇸❤️🇬🇷

[@briannabrittany3127]

I've made this twice now, and Akis' face at 12:05 is exactly right. That eggplant puree is AMAZING and people WILL go crazy for it.

[@esmaerdem3307]

You really cooked the meat perfectly Akis, and my grandma cooks this dish very tasty, love from İstanbul

[@ossiebekman7043]

Thank you Akis for sharing 🇹🇷🇬🇷

[@meralozdemir551]

It is maid by palace's cook for the French guest Princess Eugenie. Therefore béchamelsauce in this dish. The cook served the new dish first to the King and he gave his consent to serve . Hünkar = King / beğendi = liked / "The King liked it". The original version of this dish is the same with yoghurt instead of French béchamelsauce and it is called "Ela nazik" or "Ali nazik". Ela/Ali = a male name / nazik = gentle / "gentle Ali". The same King/Hünkar composed classical music. For his songs search for: Sultan Abdülaziz - Valse davet, Sultan Adülaziz - Gondol Şarkısı (la gondolle barcarolle) or Sultan Abdülaziz - Sultan'ın polkası. officially it is said that he killed himself. But today we know, he was probably murdered. A photo published at the beginning of the 00's with that Hünkar/King and two men. It is alleged those two men were his murderers.

[@meralozdemir551]

@@ΑΞΙΟΛΟΓΗΤΗΣ-ΙΩΑΝΝΗΣ-ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ ορίστε παρακαλώ.

[@teniyalcin7775]

Thank you neighbour for making this dish so close to the original. Lots of love from Milano, I will prepare this dish to my Italian guests❤️

[@sinepari9160]

I had a friend with a Turkish wife.. oh my .. wonderful dishes.

[@sivrej1613]

This Turkish recipe looks yummy and the way you cooked and presented it is so inviting...thank you Akis for all your recipes especially with your greek and Meditteranean recipes they look good and healthy. You're one great chef vlogger.

[@charlesdarnay5455]

I made this tonight and it is AMAZING. I never would have thought of cumin and cinnamon together but wow, is that good. Along with the cheesy bechamel sauce! Guys, you have to try this.

[@mugeakkus8302]

One of the best dishes🥰

[@mistermysteryman107]

Akis has been in more kitchens for his channel than I’ve ever seen.

[@richarajesh8098]

Fantastic as always! Please show more classic Turkish and Greek recipes. Also a few popular African dishes as it is still unexplored in global popularity but surely they must be good, we have eaten a few like Moroccan meat balls, Dorro wot.

[@Arcadia61]

I'm definitely saving this recipe to try it out soon. The combination looks very interesting and something quite new for me. I love trying out different cuisines.

[@ildaelezi7543]

You are the best Akis I done for new year the Melzanosalad from you, absolutely very tasty 😋 all my guests loved that,thank you Akis for sharing those nice recipes with us 😊

[@Hyde-n-Shriek]

Thank you Akis, for teaching such an amazing recipe! In my wife’s words, “This will get you pregnant!” It’s a real winner, and so unique! It’s the latest in a string of your recipes that are now part of my weekly dinners! The lemony pea stew, and the baked giant beans are favorites! Keep up with great work!

[@Bissunicole]

Çok güzel. Ellerinize sağlık! 🇹🇷 💕🇬🇷

[@NI-sr8ep]

I couldn t imagine my life with out you Thank you so much for help and effott which you are giving to me. Love from Serbia ❤️❤️❤️

[@k1r10n]

I had this dish in Istanbul, but with lamb shanks. Amazing!

[@daphnemarais1540]

Love at first sight

[@muratsahin79]

eventhough I follow your channel I missed this part 🙁. However thank you for this recipe. Many loves from Turkey you are simply the best 🥰🥰🥰👋👋👋

[@jasondanasi7026]

We love you Akis 🥂

[@ivkadivka6023]

Looks delicious! I have been living in Turkey for a few years, but I have never tried this dish! I am going to correct that mistake! Thank you! 🤗

[@TodorCvetkov]

Spot on ingredients and execution! Has been my family's favorite use of beef for the last 2 years since I made it for the first time. My version is baked at the end like you served it with the string cheese 'tel' on top. Love your recipes! Cheers from Bulgaria!

[@lu9464]

Congratulations AKIS you are very strong and very spectacular video...🔝🔝💪💪❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🇮🇹🇬🇷👍

[@earth2972]

Why no 5 million subscribers this man is amazing

[@nastikitchen]

Amazing recipe. Gotta try it.

[@lanniefield5499]

Ohhh I’m going to try this on Sunday, thank you!

[@prisillaspace]

I didn’t grow up eating eggplant, however I love it now! Just picked some up at the farmer’s market. Definitely going to try this! Thank you! From South Texas. 😋🍆💐💖

[@hectorramos3811]

My Greek favorit chef

[@hakantiran2152]

Thank you Akis. Awaiting for octopus receipe with Khios gum

[@craz4mom]

Wow, Happy New Year! I have tried many of your recipes, never disappointed - this one -real different, on my list!!!!

[@davidnarva6456]

Wow, what an interesting dish! I will try it sometime. I enjoy your channel and would love to see more videos with recipes that has either fennel or artichoke-two underrated Mediterranean veggies🥰

[@abrahamlincolnsbilecikguid5778]

if you dont know, hünkarbeğendi is not meaning of hünkar's delight. meaning is "hünkar liked this" :D . btw you cooked amazing I hope you ate this with joy 2 years ago.

[@louiselavoie2773]

never tried this, thanks for sharing I will give this one try

[@thomaslawless2573]

So good to see you back.

[@bektasince7594]

Thank you komşu

[@xiaotuzi.fnb1]

Amazing as always 😍❤️EXCELLENTRecipe👍🏻🌶

[@cristinagutierrez4072]

Thanks a lot Akis!!! Definitely a new recipe to try at home. And yes, I love you even more 😍🥰

[@seanmcerlean]

You are giving us all some seriously amazing cooking and recipes Akis. This is one to try for sure,seeing the crossover between turkish & greek cuisine, as well as trying to teach us greek phrases Perhaps some more recipes like this from the area or perhaps some of those you cooked on your food tour but translated to for us. Thanks man👌👌😀.

[@Ac.8173]

Love this recipe! the eggplant is brilliant idea !

[@faraz0777]

Thank you Akis!!

[@COOKINGFROMTHELOFT]

well, that is going on my "list" of things to make very soon! Thanks Akis!

[@rickkyriakopoulos1103]

Looking forward to making this dish egg plant beef !! My kind of living !! Thank you happy New Year my friend. Health happiness and good times ahead !

[@evilgirl34]

Omg, love you Akis! Can you try Lebanese cuisine?

[@Lulu212x]

Eggplant ?! Count me in 😍

[@vk33771]

I made a sauce with leftover lahmacun meat and served over the eggplant. It was delicious.

[@mishguna7]

This looks amazing!! Totally making this! Thanks, Akis! ❤️❤️❤️

[@monapreidiman715]

Love your recipes!!

[@elifnurozel7873]

One more time you did it very tasty and in your own special way, God bless your hands :) realized that I haven't cooked this for a long time, gonna do it for tomorrow:) @14:00 ahaha maybe we should change the name: "Akis beğendi" :)

[@ezgidemirtas5538]

Akis masallah 🤞

[@mikedooling7483]

That’s it I’m going straight to plaza to eat😊

[@CountYourAssets]

This looks amazing! Akis, I would love for you to make a traditional Yemeni dish and do your own twist on it- I'm certain the outcome will be spectacular! Lots of love from a British Yemeni!

[@favouriteeatsbyBushra]

Absolutely love love love this recipe 😍😋🙏

[@yaseminaksoy1680]

As a turkish self acclaimed amazing cook,you did well😋😍🤩😘😀 greeting to lovely neighbor greek 😀we have so much common,dont lwt get the politics crawl under your skin .and congrats to newly dad😍🤗

[@akispetretzikisen]

❤️

[@litsapsilli6444]

Είσαι ο καλύτερος!😁♥️

[@chatanak]

Hello Akis, I really want to try out this recipe but only have electric stove so no flames to burn the eggplant, any trick you could suggest? Sorry if someone already asked.. love your channel! ❤

[@selenmehteraral5088]

Thank you akis❤️you are awesome 👍🏼

[@earth2972]

Ok akis I found you last night your explanation is amazing I subscribed you after 2 video you are amazing

[@buckbenelli8]

That looks amazing.

[@dimitriusa]

Υγεία σου Ακι… Is there a reason you did not add eggs into the Beshemel? My recipes call for eggs in the beshemel when I make mousaka or “pastichio”. 🇬🇷🇺🇸

[@StanWatt.]

Oh god I want that NOW!

[@musfulla4232]

😍You just made baba ganoush. Smart twist with the bechamel Akis 👍

[@miekezevenhuizen7387]

This looks so delicious! Im definitely going to make it. By the way, would love to see Lakis one day in your video!

[@akispetretzikisen]

👻

[@zahrahashemi4917]

what do you suggest instead of red wine beverage? I can't drink it

[@akispetretzikisen]

You can just omit it.

[@laraigneeauplafondofficiel]

Akis rules!! You rock man i love you ❤

[@pietbliksem]

What a stunning recipe, and like many other Turkish dishes it has an interesting story too. My imagination is now saying maybe the sultan liked it so much that he overate and then it was Hünkar Bayildi....(I'm not sure if this translates correctly - I mean 'the sultan swooned')

[@ezgid9919]

lol it is "imam bayildi"

[@pietbliksem]

@@ezgid9919 😄Obviously I know this, or I wouldn't have been able to make the pun (play on words) between imam and sultan.

[@rozaliabababekov5486]

Looks yummy 😋

[@E6Grimmjow]

I made yesterday beef braised with carrots, if I knew you were gonna cook something similar today I’d wait, but next time I’ll definitely try your recipe :D

[@mohammed.kitchen465]

Wow amazing 😍

[@lucybirot5623]

Po,po,po,po, Aki, mou trehoune ta salia (I'm drooling...) You're a discovery for me! I saw you for the first time on TV today! That rather silly programme where the person brings the chef a few items and you have to cook it all in twenty minutes and one team is green peppers and the other is tomatoes --- all this because I can't remember the name of the programme... Anyway, you're terrific! Yassou, levendi mas! And thanks for your delicious cooking!

[@sahtesarisinmuzaffer]

Not exactly the original but a creative touch to our dish.

[@vanessas1167]

Can you cook your version of Karniyarik?

[@teelouise7680]

Oooh yuuumm!😍 That is a darn right gorgeous dish!😋 So doing this!🙏 I am a Pacific Islander and two of our diet staples are Tapioca and Coconut Milk. I would love to know how you would incorporate these two in a dish! Like a Pacific/Mediterranean style dish!😍 Would you do it with a Bechamel sauce!??Idk! But I would absolutely love if you could put something together!🙏🙏🙏

[@lydiea707]

Miam miam ! 🇨🇵👍

[@evaggeliatzouvara9013]

Καλημέρα χρόνια πολλά καλη χρόνια μπράβο σας

[@annamcleod9699]

Have some lamb- this will also work? So hungry now, but need to grab eggplant at market tomorrow.😋

[@gamze5934]

Yes, lamb works perfect for this recipe. Actually, I always do it with lamb meat. Also pieces can be smaller. He makes them too big to eat.

[@patty5023]

Are your cookbooks available in English?

[@akispetretzikisen]

I have this. akispetretzikis.com/en/shop/product/718/greek-comfort-food

[@patty5023]

@@akispetretzikisen Thank you for responding, I love your videos and have made many of your dishes, they always turn out delicious :)

[@coljar100]

delish ... let us meet Lakis

[@NearLife4life]

Akis! Cook pomegranate lamb biryani!

[@petefahni3725]

Very nais! There should a link to the video from the recipe on the page :) So you can find the video for the recipe

[@akispetretzikisen]

You can find the link of the recipe under the video!

[@petefahni3725]

@@akispetretzikisen I mean the link of the video in the recipe. When I find the recipe on your page and if there is a video of it, there could be a link to the video

[@andrexadoh]

Very nais! Greetings from kazahkstan

[@onyxabier4502]

Akis try beğendi with octopus 🤤

[@abisakhasshuss8495]

Yummylishes delicious 👌

[@mimieline6594]

yumiiiiii

[@food6175]

Suprised? Greek and Turkish don't fight over the ownership of the food!😂

[@kulsoomraza6479]

❤❤❤👍👍

[@LindaCasey]

💞💞

[@Magdalini.85]

💖💖💖💖

[@elladapetrosyan9610]

I totally get the sprinkle of sugar in the tomato sauce, but wouldn't put honey in my grilled aubergines.

[@GC-bi4bv]

🇹🇷❤️🇬🇷

[@clavesseptem7223]

There is only one word for this: "Decadent". I wonder, is there a vegetarian variant?

[@xand3rz]

I think you could replace the meat with vegan variants: seitan, tofu, jackfruit or even mushrooms (portobello)

[@clavesseptem7223]

@@xand3rz Mmmm, the tofu or mushroom ideas sound freaking excellent!

[@ardemisaguirre8088]

I’m not going crazy with Turkish food but Greek food yes

[@elasinemcunnuk2610]

We were living under the same roof for hundreds of years then they seperated us.Turkish and Greek are siblings and neighbours not enemies.

[@md-dp5bo]

can you guys not dramatize everything. its a recipe smh. and no one ‘separated’ us, educate yourself about history. and if you open your eyes and start being aware of your surroundings more you can see that most greeks see turks as enemies. only turks are this naive, you wont see the same positivity on the other side.

[@elasinemcunnuk2610]

@@md-dp5bo if world continues to think like this,wars never going to stop.nationalizm is the worst enemy of the world,its about the start 3.world war dont u see

[@md-dp5bo]

@@elasinemcunnuk2610 yeah tell that to the average greek. and im not sure how what i said is related to nationalism, its the truth you are ignoring. believing in fairytales such as ‘we were separated while we were in love’ type of thing is unrealistic af. plenty of other communities were part of the ottomans back in the day, i wonder if you feel the same about them. do you think you were also siblings with arabs and were forcefully separated from them for example, i think we know both know the answer. you are probably thankful that you were. there are tons of people like you who have a phobia of nationalism in turkey, while the average greek or armenian cant even stand the fact that you exist. so its really you who should open your eyes and realize the truth, also your hypocrisy.

[@md-dp5bo]

also nationalism isnt the reason for the latest events in ukraine if thats what you are referring to. but brainwashed people following the masses wont see that.

[@elasinemcunnuk2610]

@@md-dp5bo yes it is.Russia says there is a Russian population in Ukraine and they want take the whole country based on that but the only truth is their Panslavism thoughts.After Ukraine,they will move to the other Slav countries like Poland.

[@ahnanda68]

Rustic so much better.. making this dish with lamb.. LOL can you see that 😻 traditional Greek dish I don't know anything with seafood or a fusion something else new recipes anything like you can spend a little bit more time explaining like this is good

[@kalakruti1596]

Interesting eggplant dip..only one thing you do thats not good you use lot of one time use of plastic gloves,the plastic sheet etc..please please avoid