THE TURKISH DISHES

Starters

  • Pacanga Boregi

    Paçanga böreÄźi is a börek of particularly bold, robust character — crisp fried pastry filled with cured beef (pastırma), white cheese, and green… Continue reading

  • Icli Kofte

    İçli köfte — stuffed köfte — is perhaps the most technically demanding preparation in the entire Turkish köfte family, and arguably the most spectacular. Continue reading

  • Sigara Boregi

    Sigara böreÄźi — cigarette börek — is one of the most beloved and instantly recognizable of all Turkish pastries: slender, crisp cylinders of thin yufka… Continue reading

  • Cilbir

    Çılbır — poached eggs on garlic yogurt with spiced butter — is one of the most ancient preparations in Turkish cuisine and one of the most startlingly… Continue reading

  • Saksuka

    ĹžakĹźuka is a vivid, deeply flavored vegetable dish of fried eggplant, zucchini, and peppers in a spiced tomato sauce — a preparation that sits at the… Continue reading

  • Mucver

    MĂĽcver — zucchini fritters — is one of the most beloved vegetable preparations in Turkish home cooking: golden, crisp pancakes of grated zucchini,… Continue reading

  • Kisir

    Kısır is Turkey’s answer to the grain salad — a vibrant, deeply flavored preparation of fine bulgur wheat dressed with tomato paste, pomegranate… Continue reading

  • Cig Kofte

    Few dishes in Turkish cuisine have a story as extraordinary as çiÄź köfte — a dish whose very name means “raw meatball” but which, in its most widely… Continue reading