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Written by Cerkes
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Dienstag, 02 Januar 2007 |
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Hospitality and sociability are deep rooted in Turkish everyday life.
“ Choose your friend along the taste of your meal”
This adage shows which role Turkish cuisine plays. Beside French and Chinese cuisine the Turkish one belongs to the three outstanding cuisines worldwide.
The food is tasty, multifaceted and a mix between rural tradition and elegant palace cuisine in Istanbul. Not to forget the delicious desserts and sweet kickshaws from the Orient.
In general sheep, lamp, poultry as well as beef, but no pork meet is used. Plenty of vegetables are on their menu which is changing in season. Some meals are served with yogurt, some with olive oil.
On the basis of the following options of Turkish cuisine you can create a tasty lunch or diner. This cuisine offers more than “Döner” from next door
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A meal always starts with a soup which is served hot.
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Trahana corbasi (tomato, yoghurt)
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Dügün corbasi (Wedding soup)
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Mercimek corbasi (red lenses soup)
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Sebse corbasi (vegetable soup)
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Tavuk corbasi (chicken soup)
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Yayla corbasi (highlands soup)
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Tarhana Soup
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Mercimek Soup |
Yayla Souppe |
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 - Starters
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 Appetizer you will find on all menus in turkey
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 Die türkische Küche ist reich an Fisch und Meeresfrüchten.
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Balik Izgara (grilled fish)
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Kefal firinda (bass backed in oven)
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Kalkan tava (fried turbot)
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There are several variations of Kebap, cooked meat dishes and ragouts
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Izgara kebablari (grilled kebaps – f.e. Adana Kebap – see picture)
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Sis kebabi
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Cöp kebab “garbage” kebap (meat cubes on a spit with vegetables)
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Kadin budu köfte (womenleg köfte)
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Kusbasi birdhead (cubes) – see picture
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Pirzola (lamp chop)
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Kuru köfte (dry köfte)
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Etli kuru fasülye (white beans with lamp)
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Türlü (fried meat cubes with vegetables – see picture)
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Türlü from mom
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Kusbasi special
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Iskender Kebap
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 - Dishes with vegetables
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Cold vegetables
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Dolmalar (filled vegetables, sweet pepper, aubergine, zucchini)
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Lahana dolmasi (filled collard greens)
Warm vegetables
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Bamya batisi (Okra sheet ropes ragout)
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Okra sheet ropes ragout )
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Fried sweet pepper, aubergines with yoghurt – see picture
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Moussaka (vegetables casserole)
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Imam bayildi (filled aubergines)
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Als Vorspeise und zum Hauptgericht.
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Coban salatasi (herdsman salad)
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Havuc salatasi (carrot salad)
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Patates salatasi (potato salad)
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Piyaz salatasi (white beans salad)
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Cacik (yoghurt, cucumber salad)
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Click picture!
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 - Pastry and noodle dishes |
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 This contains Pide dishes (flatbread with filling) and Börek dishes (pasties made with strudle or filo pastry) which are filled with sheep cheese, vegetables or minced meat.
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Çiğ börek (pastry with minced meat)
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Ispanakli börek (pastry with spinach)
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Tepsi börek (history pastry)
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Lahmacun (turkish pizza with minced meat – see picture)
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Sigara börek (Börek formed like a cigar filled with scheep chees)
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Manti (turkish ravioli with yoghurt souce – see picture)
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Simit (like a pretzel with sesame coat – see picture)
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Lahmacun from Mom |
Börek... from my mom too! |
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 - Egg dishes
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- Kiymali yumurta (egg with minced lamp meat)
- Menemen (scrambled egg with tomato, onions and sweet pepper)
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 - Sweets |
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Cookies ( Gurabiye )
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Dessert
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Baklava (filo pastry with nuts)
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Kadayif (dough cookies with dough flat)
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Hanim göbeği ("woman navel" - cookies)
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Tulumba (cookies with syrup)
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Yoğurtlu kek (yoghurt cake)
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Keşkül (pudding with almond )
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Sütlaç (rice pudding)
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Krem caramel (pudding au gratin)
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Dondurma (Ice)
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Salepli dondurma (Salep icecream)
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Kazan dibi
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 - Beverages
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 Çay (tea almost will get drunk in small glasses with sugar)
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Kahve (cafe - mocca)
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Ada çay (sage tea)
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Salep (hot beverage made of salep roots)
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Vişne suyu (cherry juice)
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Ayran (beverages made of yoghurt)
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Turkish beer f.e. Efes
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Rakı (anise schnapps, famous alcoholic drink, often thinned with water)
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Yoghurt is a westward component of Turkish cuisine. There are 2 different – semi liquid yoghurt and the compact “Süzme” yoghurt. You can use it for many different dishes and for the creation of Ayran. Often it is self made.
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