THE TURKISH DISHES

Hearty Meals

  • Patates Oturtma

    Patates oturtma — seated potatoes — is one of the most comforting and deeply satisfying dishes in Turkish home cooking: whole or halved potatoes cooked… Continue reading

  • Etli Ekmek

    Etli ekmek — meat bread — is Konya’s most famous culinary contribution to Turkish cuisine: an elongated flatbread topped with a thin layer of finely… Continue reading

  • Karniyarik

    The name karnıyarık means “split belly” in Turkish — a playfully descriptive name for a dish in which plump whole eggplants are slit lengthwise and… Continue reading

  • Iskender Kebap

    Few dishes in the world carry the weight of legacy quite like Iskender Kebap. Continue reading

  • Hunkar Begendi

    Hünkar Beğendi — “The Sultan’s Delight” — is one of the most eloquent dishes in Ottoman palace cuisine: a velvety, smoky eggplant purée enriched with… Continue reading

  • Tas Kebabi

    Taş kebabı — stone kebab — is one of the great slow-braised dishes of Turkish cuisine: tender pieces of lamb, braised with onions, tomatoes, and spices… Continue reading

  • Kuru Fasulye

    If there is a single dish that could be called the national comfort food of Turkey, it is kuru fasulye — slow-cooked white beans in a rich tomato and… Continue reading

  • Inegol Kofte

    İnegöl köfte comes from a small city in the Bursa province of northwestern Turkey, and it is one of the most distinctive and beloved of all Turkish… Continue reading