Name:

Nadide

Surname:

Baratali

Country:

Turkey

Region:

Alanya

Biography:


Nadide Baratalı, 76 years old lives in Alanya. Both her husband and her son are kataif makers. They make it and sell it to local sweetshops and markets. They learnt the art of making kataif from one of their relatives who lives in Antalya. She relates that until the 1950’s Arabian kataif was unknown in Alanya. Then her aunt’s husband and her husband first started to make it. Arabian kataif is a pastry made especially during the month of Ramadan. Her son is the last member of her family who knows to make the dough of kataif.