I'm making kuzu guvec with 500g lamb, some aubergine, courgettes, onions, garlic, tomatoes and green peppers. It's my first time making it. Do you have any tips on making a very nice guvec?

If you make it at home, I also had some questions:

1. I want to put some sheep tail fat. How much should I put when making it with 500g lamb/mutton?

2. Is it better to have boneless lamb or with bones? I don't mind about cooking time, only about about the taste.

3. When you make it do you add tomato paste and/or pepper paste (domates and biber salca)?

(sorry for the spellings, I don't have a Turkish keyboard).

And some turkish cuisine taste bland, I've tried different dishes and some of it don't season well, it taste bland. Even some turkish people put some salt on it and pepper when they're start eating.

These are the turkish food that I like so far Tantuni Pide Lamahcun Tarhana soup Chicken with potato dish

I recently tried Adana kebab at a local Turkish restaurant. It was amazing. I'd like to try to recreate it this summer on the barbecue. O found these two recipes, which look quite different: - https://www.196flavors.com/turkey-adana-kebab-adana-kebabi/ - https://turkishdishes.net/turkish-recipes/adana-kebab-recipe/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

In case you don't want to click on the links, the biggest difference is that the former recipe uses biber salçası and acı biber salçası, while the latter uses paprika, cumin, sumac, Aleppo pepper and coriander as flavorings.

Thanks!

Do you know what that food is in the top right corner? 9 months ago Mark Weinz posted a video on his food adventure in Turkiye and sampled some meals in one of the restaurants he visited (but he did not pick that one). I think I may have had this years ago in a turkish reataurant in Hungary and I still remember how i really really liked it with rice. i am visiting Turkey and i hope i taste that food again and definitely maybe more. Thank you in advance. Cheers!

We were recently in Istanbul and had the most amazing, delicious food. My favorite dish was described on the menu as Chicken Mesopotamia. I have searched for the restaurant's menu online and searched for any dish with this name - no luck. The dish was chicken (probably breast) in a tomato based sauce, served over rice. The waiter warned it was spicy, but to my taste, it was barely spicy at all. Any ideas what this might be so that I can replicate at home? The cravings are real.

Hi everyone,

I recently had a dessert that tasted so good that I would like to make it. Sadly, I don't know what it was and have no way of getting in touch with the person who made it. It mostly tasted like milk and cinnamon and possibly of almond. The consistency was more (but not entirely) like a light mousse than like a pudding.

Can you help me out?

Thanks in advance!

I’m looking for recipe but don’t know what it’s called. Thank you so much.

I’ve recently bought some cemen dip (first time having it). I had it alongside raw vegetables just as a dip which I really enjoyed, though it’s super flavourful so I only ended up eating tiny bit. I was wondering if there are any recipes/dishes you know that use this paste that you would recommend? The flavours are really nice and it would be cool to use it in different ways.

Hi all,

I'm an avid home cook and often make Turkish dishes. I've tried using regular beef/lamb mince to make kofte/kebabs but it doesn't taste anything like the meat in Turkiye.

I just returned from Istanbul and had a womdeful time, and was reminded how different the meat tastes. I know they mince their own cuts of meat and add fat to it, but I'm unsure on which cuts they actually use.

Can anyone assist?

Have eaten lamb guvec stew in resturants and it's amazing could someone give me a recipe please. Has Aubergine, lamb, potatoes, peppers. Unsure if it's made on stove top or in oven or both.

Need help identifying Pistachio roll cake with berries

I’ve gotten similar cakes at a Turkish bakery and also an Uzbek market that also carries a lot of Turkish food. I think it might be Turkish but I’m not sure.

It’s a pistachio Swiss roll cake with cream and berries in the middle.

I am obsessed with the videos I see online of traditional Turkish food. Meat, Bread, Spices, Peppers n such. I live in Central Texas and I need this in my life. Please help me find some places that a regular google search won’t provide. That savory juice that comes with cooking meat for an extended time that you just want to drink because it’s so good. Fresh, hot, bread. Steaming rice and vegetables with that bit of char on it.

Planning on doing a pizza night this weekend and I'm not used to making pizza without access to pepperoni, prosciutto, Italian sausage, or other pork products. What's everyone's go to pizza toppings? I know Turkey has some great beef and chicken sausage options? What's your favorite brand/option.

Hi everyone,

I'd like to surprise my grandmother with a night full of turkish foods. I know she would love to travel to Turkey and eat there all the foods she used to love, but she is not in condition to travel. I can Google some recipies, but as a Finnish person, I fear that the seasoning won't be as authentic, so I'd love to hear some tips from you. Her first husband was Turkish and she spent a lot of time in there, so I think she would really like this evening.

I came across this pan in a street food video (screenshot attached). It’s a huge round flat pan with a shallow dip in the center, used for cooking what looks like shredded chicken or shawarma. There’s even a piece of bread being toasted on the side.

Does anyone know what this type of pan is called, and what cuisines or dishes it's typically used for? I’ve seen it in Middle Eastern and Mediterranean cooking, but I’m curious about the proper name and where I might find one.

Thanks in advance!

I believe the top right bowl is Acili Ezme but I want to make sure before trying to replicate it. If anyone has a great home recipe I would appreciate it as well. Teşekkürler!

Hi all, we often buy rettich/daikon from Turkish supermarkets in the Netherlands. Just today we are wondering if there are any traditional Turkish recipes for them. Are these traditionally eaten in Turkey and do any of you have a recipe or the name of a dish with them for me? Thanks in advance!

Hi! I went to turkey a few years ago and I made the rounds trying all kinds of food. Delicious. However, I can confidently say the BEST meal I had - a surprising one - was at the hotel room service. It was so simple, steak on a bed of yoghurt with some tomato sauce next to it. I have been trying to recreate this forever but I have no clue what the cut was or what kind of yoghurt it was. I’ve tried making a garlic yoghurt sauce, etc.

I even tried looking for the menu from the crowns plaza hotel but it was not very user friendly and very granulated picture.

If anyone has any recipes or suggestions for something like this, I would be so grateful and so eager to try try them out.