THE TURKISH DISHES

Turkish Cuisine

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Saksuka

    Şakşuka 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

    Mücver — 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 çiğ köfte — a dish whose very name means “raw meatball” but which, in its most widely… 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