Turkish cuisine has a rich variety of ingredients. Nowadays, people tend to have a high percentage of ready-to-eat foods because of lack of time and unwillingness to deal with them. This brings a lot of discomforts, including weight problems.
Most Popular Turkish Dishes
There are 7 regions in Turkey. Kitchen habits of each region vary. Sort by regions;
Aegean and Akdeniz cuisine; olive oil dishes
Aegean cuisine; popular dishes such as tangled roasting, sea-bean dinner, radish grass meal, olive oil artichoke, cowpea meal, tarhana soup, stuffed zucchini flower, seafood dishes, bicep wrap, olive oil leaf wrapping, dishes such as zerde.
Black Sea Cuisine; meat roasting, black cabbage, Laz pastry, steamed anchovies, hamsi pilaf, mağlama, Akçaabat meatballs, soup, Circassian chicken, karalahana soup, siron, egg bean roast, bean roast
Central Anatolian Cuisine; all kinds of meat dishes, meat stew, ravioli, trolley soup, stew, yogurt soup, meat pide, gendeme, closing, such as Ankara Pans
Eastern Anatolia and South East Anatolian cuisine; Onion kebab, tray kebab, katmer, leaf wrapping, mixed stuffs, enva kebabs, raw meatballs, beyran soup, maternity, round meatballs, borani, Alinazik.
Turkish Foods You Definitely Need to Taste
The first taste you need to taste is Adana and Urfa Kebap . The Turkish people eat at least once a week. Is really a wonderful taste. There is too much variety of kebab in Turkish Cuisine. But most popular are Urfa and Adana Kebab.Urfa kebab; It is made with special lamb meat marinated with various spices and cooked in the wood fire. It is served with fried peppers and tomatoes. There is no pepper in the kebab mortar.Adana kebab; It is made with special lamb which is marinated with various spices and cooked in the wood fire. Served with fried peppers and tomatoes. The difference between Urfa kebab is the hot pepper in the mortar.
The second one is Stuffed meatball (İçli Köfte); One of the most spoiled, most elegant dishes of the tables is icli kofte. In almost every region of Turkey, it is done with small changes. It is covered with fine bulgur and meat, and the inside is filled with minced meat and walnuts. The outside is a distinct, delicious taste. The trick is in the kneading section. The fine bulgur with meatballs, some semolina, eggs, various spices and kneaded dough like dough. Some of the round, some oval with thinly opened with the fingers of the meatball is put into the meatballs. It is placed inside the walnut or peanut.
The third one is Turkish ravioli; It is troublesome to make, the ravioli from the pleasant pastries; It is the traditional taste of Turkish cuisine, which is either boiled or cooked in the oven. Doing is absolutely an art. Some make it so small that you can fit 40 ravioli in a spoon. Some people thin the yufka, some put a lot of internal material. They make ravioli in the Chinese, but they do not prepare such labor. Carefully kneaded dough is cut into small squares. The minced meat is put into the corners and closed. After boiling or baking, yogurt is poured on, fat is burned. When you are consumed with garlic yogurt, you must taste this excellent taste.
The fourth one is Lamb tandoori; Tandoor is a kind of primitive furnace. The meat cooked in these wells with a depth of 1-1,5 meters seems to be in a delightful shape. In the wood fire burnt to the middle part of the ovens, the lambs are hanged in the tandoor well and cooked for a long time. Every region is different but has the same taste of tandoori lamb tandoor of anywhere in Turkey. Lamb meat cooked in tandoor becomes so soft.
The fifth one is Stuffed leaves; In the Aegean, olive oil and the leaves wrapped in the east are among the carefully prepared dishes of Turkish cuisine. The leaf used is the vine leaf. It is a dish that is very, very tasty. The prepared grape leaves are wrapped and rolled. He puts minced meat into the rice mortar he asks for, requesting pomegranate syrup and spices.
The sixth one is Paper Kebab; Paper kebab, a dish from Antakya region, is an incredibly delicious dish. The onion, tomato, pepper and various spices are kneaded with oil-free lamb minced meat and spread on waxy paper. The kebab on the paper is placed in the tray and cooked in the oven.
The seventh one is Alexander the Butter; By cutting meat very thin served with tomato sauce and yogurt Iskender turned into a kebab with excellent flavor. Iskender is made in every region of Turkey but is native to Bursa. The secret is butter poured on it.
The eighth one is Raw Meatballs; Blended with bulgur, tomato paste, pepper paste, onion, hot pepper, isot and cumin, the raw meatballs are the favorite of the bitter lovers. It is eaten with ayran and greenery. It's a taste you can't give up when you try it.
The ninth one is Cag Kebab; The lamb is separated from the bones of the meat, rested in milk for one day and seasoned with spices. Then rotate the bottle as if it were rotated horizontally on the wood fire. The most beautiful place of cag kebab is Erzurum.
The tenth one is Rotary (Döner); The most known and most consumed street taste. On a large skewer, the meat is cooked with wood fire and served with bread or lavash on request. Red meat or white meat can be rotated according to your preference, rotating meat or rotating chicken.
The eleventh one is Baklava; Every tourist visiting Turkey to taste the flavor. There are two kinds of peanuts or walnuts. Both were excellent flavor. Peanuts or walnuts are placed between the layers of dough. It is cooked in a wood fire and poured into sugary sugar. Served with plain or ice cream. Once you try, a flavor you can't give up.
The twelfth one is Turkish coffee; With pleasant aroma and flavor branded Turkish coffee, Every tourist coming to Turkey should try and received as a gift. The best Turkish coffee is Mehmet Efendi, which is sold behind the Egyptian market.
The Best Restaurants in Istanbul
Where is the best kebab in Istanbul?
There is always a place in your stomach for a good Kebab. If a local person does not eat kebab for a week, he starts to miss.
Hamdi Restoran
Eating kebab on one hand and sitting on both the Galata, Bosphorus and Sultanahmet sights are much more luxurious than going to Paris for breakfast. Hamdi (also known as Hamo), which serves in Eminönü with 17 different varieties of kebabs, makes this luxury easy. The kebab with peanuts is also very good.
Address: Tahmis Caddesi Kalçın Sokak No: 17 Eminonu / Istanbul
Where is the best lahmacun in Istanbul?
Often wrongfully referred to as a ‘Turkish pizza’, lahmacun has nothing to do with the Italian classic. A thin and crispy round of dough is topped with minced seasoned meat, which is complemented with a squeeze of lemon and parsley before it’s rolled up and ready to eat.
Borsam Taşfırın Address: Rıhtım Caddesi Reşit Efendi Sokak No: /A Kadıköy / Istanbul
Where is the best doner in Istanbul?
This buffet is one of the best representatives of Turkish fast food. When you go to Istanbul, it is a must to taste.
Sedef Döner located at walking distance to the Sultanahmet square.Address: Binbirdirek Mah. Divanyolu Cad. No: 21 / A Sultanahmet / Fatih / Istanbul
Where is the best Bursa Iskender in Istanbul?
Iskender kebab is one kind that you must never miss. Named after its inventor, Iskender Efendi of Bursa, iskender kebab is basically lamb kebab lovingly smothered with tomato sauce, topped with warm sheep butter, and finished off with a side of yogurt.
Şavak Usta – Aksaray Address: Sofular Cd. No: 58, Aksaray / Istanbul
Below are the food recommendations that every tourist must try in Istanbul. Do not go without taste these iconic taste before your vacation ends.
Sultanahmet Köftesi: You should definitely try the historical Sultanahmet Köftecis, next to the Sultanahmet tram stop.Ali Baba Kuru Fasulye: In the main menu of Kuru Fasulye (dry beans), Ali Baba, you should definitely try Kuru Fasulye (dry beans), cacik, rice and pickles. All the dishes are really delicious, as are the rettaurant which is served in many turkish cuisine dishes. Price is suitable. It is located opposite the Süleymaniye Mosque behind the Beyazit Square.The other proposal is the Hatay Medeniyet Sofrası at walking distance to Taksim Square; you can find all kinds of meat dishes that really turn into a full feast of meat.
Baklava: Karaköy Güllüoğlu, the first baked baklava shop in Istanbul, has been hosting its guests in Karaköy since it opened. Beside the baklava, they are also very successful in the şöbiyet, burma, kadayıf and the milk. It is located in Kemankeş Karamustafa Paşa Quarter, Rıhtım Street, Storey Car Park Under, No 4, Karaköy
