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Fava, also known as bakla ezmesi, is a traditional Turkish dish made of dried fava beans (broad beans, called bakla in Turkish), which are soaked and dehulled, leaving the deeper green split inner seeds. These are boiled, typically with onion, until very soft, mixed with salt, pepper, sugar, lemon juice and olive oil, and pureed.
Meze (also spelled mezze or mezé) (/ ˈ m ɛ z eɪ /, / ˈ m ɛ z ɛ /) is a selection of small dishes served as appetizers in Arabic and West Asian cuisines: Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Iran, Armenia.
Şakşuka is a Turkish side dish or meze made of vegetables cooked in olive oil. The particular vegetable may vary from region to region, but eggplant is a common choice. In Balıkesir şakşuka is made with green tomatoes. The dish sometimes includes potato and peppers as well. [1]
A plate of Turkish meze A bowl of Cacık, the original form of seasoned, diluted yoğurt with chopped cucumber, eaten throughout the former Ottoman world, under different names, like the tarator and tzatziki of the Balkans A plate of piyaz A plate of kısır decorated with green olive and cucumber pieces Çoban salatası
Mercimek köftesi is a lentil based cold dish or meze found in Turkish cuisine, also known as Lentil balls. Being one of the foods that symbolize the importance of Anatolian hospitality, it is often served in events such as 5 o'clock tea and special occasion meals.
Çiğ köfte (Turkish pronunciation: [tʃiː cœfte]) or chee kofta [1] is a kofta dish that is a regional specialty of southeastern Anatolia in Urfa. The dish is served as an appetizer or meze, and it is closely related with kibbeh nayyeh from Levantine cuisine. [2] Çiğ köfte is common to both Armenian [1] [3] [4] and Turkish cuisines. [5]
Piyaz (Turkish: piyaz, Persian: پیاز, Kurdish: pivaz, piyaz [1] for "onion" or salad) is a bean salad or meze in Turkish cuisine and Persian cuisine that is made from any kind of boiled beans with raw onion, parsley and sumac. Optionally, a boiled egg can be added to this dish.
Haydari is a type of yogurt dish similar to a thick cacık, made from certain herbs and spices, combined with garlic and yogurt.It differs from cacık in that the recipe contains no cucumber and calls for strained yogurt or labne.