Akşam için tarhana çorbası yaptım, yanına da biraz kısır koydum.

It literally means for the evening.

In this sentence, though, a native speaker will usually understand it as for dinner / for the evening meal, not just for the evening in a vague sense.

• akşam = evening
• için = for

So Akşam için tarhana çorbası yaptım is basically I made tarhana soup for dinner / for this evening.

A useful contrast:

• Akşam tarhana çorbası yaptım = I made tarhana soup in the evening / this evening
• Akşam için tarhana çorbası yaptım = I made tarhana soup for the evening meal

Because Turkish often leaves out subject pronouns when the verb already makes the subject clear.

Both verbs show first person singular:

• yaptım = I made
• koydum = I put / I served

The -m ending tells you the subject is I, so ben is unnecessary unless you want extra emphasis.

• Ben yaptım = I made it (emphatic)
• Yaptım = I made it (neutral, normal)

Yaptım comes from yapmak = to do / to make.

It breaks down like this:

• yap- = make/do
• -tı- = past tense
• -m = I

So yaptım means I made or I did, depending on context.

Here it clearly means I made, because it is used with food: tarhana çorbası yaptım = I made tarhana soup.

This is a very common Turkish noun-compound pattern.

tarhana çorbası means tarhana soup, and the structure is:

• tarhana = tarhana
• çorbası = its soup / soup of ...

In Turkish, when one noun modifies another in this kind of compound, the second noun usually takes a compound suffix:

• domates çorbası = tomato soup
• mercimek çorbası = lentil soup
• tarhana çorbası = tarhana soup

So even though English just says tarhana soup, Turkish naturally says tarhana çorbası.

In Turkish, yapmak is extremely common for preparing food.

So these are all natural:

• çorba yaptım = I made soup
• kek yaptım = I made cake
• salata yaptım = I made salad

You can sometimes use other verbs depending on context, but yapmak is the normal, everyday choice here.

Yanına means something like to its side, which in natural English becomes with it, alongside it, or on the side.

It comes from:

• yan = side
• yanı = its side
• yanına = to its side

In this sentence, yanına da biraz kısır koydum means:

• I also put some kısır next to it
• more naturally: I also served some kısır on the side

The it here refers to the main dish just mentioned, or more generally the meal setting.

This is about the difference between direction/placement and location.

• yanına = to its side / next to it
• yanında = at its side / beside it

Because the verb is koymak (to put / place), Turkish prefers the form showing movement toward a position:

• yanına koydum = I put it next to it

If you used yanında, it would sound more like describing where something already is, not the act of placing it there.

So:

• Kısır yanındaydı = The kısır was beside it
• Kısırı yanına koydum = I put the kısır beside it

Here da means also, too, or as well.

So:

• yanına da biraz kısır koydum = I also put some kısır on the side

It adds the sense that this is an extra item in addition to the soup.

A very important point: this da is written separately because it is a particle meaning also/too.

Compare:

• da / de = also, too → written separately
• -da / -de = in, on, at → written attached as a suffix

For example:

• Ben de geldim = I came too
• Evde kaldım = I stayed at home

Turkish often connects clauses just with a comma, especially when the relationship is already clear.

So:

• Akşam için tarhana çorbası yaptım, yanına da biraz kısır koydum.

is perfectly natural without ve.

The particle da already helps show addition, so the meaning feels close to:

• I made tarhana soup for dinner, and I also served some kısır with it.

You could sometimes add ve, but it is not necessary here.

Because biraz usually makes the object indefinite: some kısır, not the kısır.

In Turkish, indefinite direct objects often appear without the accusative ending.

So:

• biraz kısır koydum = I put/served some kısır
• kısırı koydum = I put/served the kısır (a specific, known one)

This is a very common pattern:

• biraz ekmek aldım = I bought some bread
• biraz su içtim = I drank some water

Yes, literally koydum means I put / I placed.

But in food contexts, Turkish often uses koymak where English might say:

• serve
• add
• put on the side
• set out

So yanına da biraz kısır koydum is very natural Turkish, even though a more natural English translation may be I also served some kısır on the side.

Yes, Turkish word order is flexible, but the original sentence is the most neutral and natural arrangement.

The basic flow here is:

• Akşam için = setting the purpose/time frame
• tarhana çorbası = object
• yaptım = verb
• yanına da biraz kısır = additional item
• koydum = verb

Turkish often puts the verb at the end, and that is exactly what happens in both clauses.

If you change the order, the meaning may stay similar, but the emphasis changes. The original version sounds smooth and normal in everyday speech.