MURAT YILDIRIM IN THE ARABIC MAGAZINES FAMOUS TURKISH FOOD | Page 11

parsley and hot pepper

Roka (arugula) salad

Patlcan salatas – eggplant salad

Bakla ezmesi – hummus prepared from broad bean

Barbunya pilaki – borlotti beans cooked with garlic, tomato paste, carrot and olive oil

Borani

Börek – very thin dough layers staffed with cheese, meat or vegetables

Cack – cucumber with yoghurt, dried mint and olive oil

Cevizli biber – a meze prepared with walnut, red pepper, pepper paste, onion and cumin

Çerkez tavuu (literally "Circassian chicken")

Çi köfte – raw mea patties, similar to steak tartare, prepared with ground beef (sometimes lamb) and fine-ground bulgur; a vegetarian version using tomato paste is known as etsiz çi köfte (literally "meatless raw meatballs")

Çoban salatas – a mixed salad of tomato, cucumber, onion, green peppers, and parsley

Deniz börülcesi (Salicornia europaea, also called common glasswort or marsh samphire)

Dolma – vine leaves, cabbage leaves, chard leaves, peppers, tomato, squash, pumpkin, eggplant or mussels stuffed with rice and/or meat

Fasulye pilaki – white beans cooked with garlic, tomato paste, carrot and olive oil

Fava – broad/horse bean puree

Gavurda salad

Hardalotu – mustard plant salad

Haydari

Humus (a word coming from Arabic) – a spread prepared from sesame, chickpea, garlic, olive oil, lemon juice

çli köfte (also known as oruk) – served either as a meze or a main dish; especially in the east of Turkey, when it is cooked through boiling in a pot, içli köfte is served as a main dish

Kabak çiçei dolmas – stuffed zucchini blossoms, a kind of dolma

Kalamar (calamari) – fried or grilled, served with tarator sauce

Karides (shrimp) – served as a salad, grilled, or stewed with vegetables in a güveç (a casserole)