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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.
In Greece, meze is commonly served as a plate of snacks to accompany drinks such as ouzo and tsipouro. In Palestine, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Cyprus, and Israel, meze is often a meal in its own right. There are vegetarian, meat or fish mezes. Groups of dishes arrive at the table about four or five at a time (usually between five and ten groups).
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]
Turkish cuisine (Turkish: Türk mutfağı) is largely the heritage of Ottoman cuisine (Osmanlı mutfağı), Seljuk cuisine [1] [2] and the Turkish diaspora.Turkish cuisine with traditional Turkic elements such as yogurt, ayran, kaymak, exerts and gains influences to and from Mediterranean, Balkan, Middle Eastern, Central Asian and Eastern European cuisines.
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.
Meze is a selection of small dishes served with alcoholic drinks, as a course or as appetizers in Arab countries, Turkic countries, and Iran. Stuffed vegetables, a dish associated with Middle Eastern cuisine, is commonly called dolma (Turkish for "stuffed") or mahshi. Grape leaves, chard, and cabbage are stuffed with rice, ground meat, pine ...
Aside from common Turkish specialities which can be found throughout the country, there are also region-specific specialities. The Black Sea region's cuisine (northern Turkey) is based on corn and anchovies. The southeast—Urfa, Gaziantep and Adana—is famous for its kebabs, mezes and dough-based desserts such as baklava, kadayıf and künefe.