Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Turkish foods: 23 delicious dishes
Sitting at the historical crossroads of Europe, Asia, and the Middle
East, Turkey is exceptionally diverse across ethnicity, culture, geography, and
climate. Accordingly, Turkish food is a rich fusion of various traditions,
including olive oil-based dishes on the Mediterranean coast, spicy flavors from
the east, and hearty pastries from central Anatolia. Some of the popular dishes
are; Piyaz, a butter bean salad, Ezogelin, a lentil soup, Saksuka, a vegetable side
dish, Kisir, a bulgur wheat and tomato salad, Mercimek kofte, a red lentil nugget,
Yaprak dolma, seasoned rice wrapped by vine leaves, Inegol kofte, grilled
meatballs, Hamsili pilav, a baked rice dish covered by anchovies, Manti, small dumplings,
Gzleme, a pastry with salty white chees, Pide, a stretched flatbread with
fillings, Su boregi, a svory pastry with white cheese, Simit, a sesame seed-coated
circular, twisted bread, Cig kofte, a raw meatball dish, and Baklava, a rich,
sweet layered pastry. Food is one thing that you can feel the taste of local
culture and traditions.
Read the article and learn about some of the most popular Turkish
dishes.
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