THE TURKISH DISHES

Traditional Turkish Food

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Tepsi Kebabi

    Tepsi kebabı — tray kebab — is one of the most impressive of all Turkish baked meat preparations: a large baking tray filled with minced meat,… Continue reading

  • Gul Boregi

    GĂĽl böreÄźi — rose börek — is perhaps the most visually enchanting of all the Turkish börek family: spiral-shaped pastries whose cross-section, when… Continue reading

  • Orman Kebabi

    Orman kebabı — forest kebab — is one of the most distinctively Turkish of all the country’s slow-cooked meat dishes: lamb on the bone, braised with… Continue reading

  • Cig Borek

    ÇiÄź börek — literally “raw börek” — is one of the most distinctive and beloved street foods of Turkish cuisine: large, half-moon shaped pastries made… Continue reading

  • Coban Kavurma

    Çoban kavurma — shepherd’s kavurma — is the most rustic and elemental of all Turkish meat preparations: lamb or goat cooked over an open fire in its… Continue reading

  • Izmir Kofte

    Ä°zmir köfte is one of the great comfort dishes of Turkish home cooking — braised meatballs in a rich tomato sauce with potatoes, peppers, and tomatoes,… Continue reading

  • Tantuni

    Tantuni is one of the most addictive street foods in Turkey — a simple but extraordinary preparation of thinly sliced beef or lamb sautĂ©ed with onion… Continue reading