Kiliçe: A spice-heavy, celebratory pastry
What is Kiliçe? Kiliçe is a pastry leavened with yeast and made with a variety of spices such as anise, mahaleb and gum mastic. The …
İçli Köfte: Bulgur-shelled meat packages, also known as kibbeh
What is İçli Köfte? Made with thin bulgur and a combination of spices for an outer shell, it is stuffed with minced meat, and then …
Kıtel raha: Assyrian kibbeh with plenty of meat
What is kıtel raha? With a shell of thin bulgur and meat the kıtel raha is stuffed with even more meat but unlike many others …
Bello: Vegetarian lentil köfte with eggs
What is bello? With the combination of thin bulgur, lentils and eggs, each cooked to the right point, they are mashed together with a variety …
Van Otlu Peynir – the cheese with more herbs than you can count
What is Otlu Peynir? The cheese is made either out of goat or sheep’s milk, though cow’s milk has been used in recent history. It …
Diyarbakır Babaganuç: Baba ghanoush with eggs?
What is Diyarbakır Babaganuç? As the name suggests this baba ghanoush is a specialty to the southeastern region of Diyarbakır and consists of eggplants, peppers, …
Sembusek: The forerunner of samosa, filled meat-dough delicacy
What is sembusek? Sembusek is made of thinly rolled dough, covered with a mixture containing meat and then covered with the same dough, folding it …
Gevre: A flaky börek like none other
What is Gevre? Gevre is a börek, resembling katmer, stuffed with kavurma (broiled meat) and cheese. The origins When talking about börek, we need to …
Borek – Savory goodness in thin layers of dough
What is Borek (Börek)? Börek is made with layers of “yufka”, which is similar to phyllo, and a wide range of fillings. Butter or oil …
Dolma (Sarma) – Delightful rolled and stuffed delicacies
What are Dolma (Sarma)? While some may think of dolma as a vegetarian dish of rice rolled with grape leaves, there are many different varieties …
