Turkish recipes
155 recipes from Turkish home cooking, from mercimek çorbası and zeytinyağlılar to köfte and kuru fasulye, worked out per serving.
Recipe photos are AI illustrations of the finished dish.
155 recipes
Acılı ezme (spicy tomato dip) with cucumber
Acuka (pepper & walnut spread) on toast
Ali nazik: lamb over smoky eggplant & garlic yogurt
Apple slices with tahini & pekmez dip
Artichokes in olive oil (zeytinyağlı enginar) with dill rice
Artichokes in olive oil with peas & dill
Ayran with carrot sticks
Baked apple with walnuts, cinnamon & pekmez
Baked cauliflower mücver with dill (gluten-free)
Baked sea bass with rocket salad & potatoes
Barbunya pilaki (beans in olive oil) with bread
Bazlama with zahter, olive oil, tomatoes & olives
Beef sauté with mushrooms & peppers (mantarlı et sote)
Black olive tapenade (zeytin ezmesi) with cucumber & celery
Black Sea anchovy rice bake (hamsili pilav)
Black Sea cornbread with olives & tomatoes
Black-eyed pea salad (börülce salatası) with dill & lemon
Bread-free Turkish breakfast plate
Breakfast potatoes with peppers & pul biber
Broad beans in olive oil (zeytinyağlı iç bakla) with rice
Bulgur dumplings in spicy tomato sauce (fellah köftesi)
Bulgur pilaf with chickpeas & yogurt
Cabbage & chickpea stew (nohutlu kapuska)
Cacık (yogurt with cucumber & mint)
Celeriac in olive oil with orange (zeytinyağlı kereviz) and rice
Chicken & chickpea rice pilaf (tavuklu nohutlu pilav)
Chicken & vegetable soup (sebzeli tavuk çorbası)
Chicken güveç with eggplant & peppers
Chicken sauté with peppers & mushrooms (sebzeli tavuk sote)
Chicken şiş with roasted peppers & rice
Chicken soup with vermicelli (tavuk suyu çorbası)
Chicken tantuni wrap with tomatoes & sumac onions
Chicken wrap (tavuk dürüm) with salad
Chickpea & beef stew (etli nohut) with rice
Chickpea rice pilaf (nohutlu pilav) with shepherd's salad
Chickpea stew (nohut yemeği) with bulgur pilaf
Çılbır (poached eggs on garlic yogurt)
Dried apricots with almonds
Dried figs with almonds
Eggplant musakka with lentils (etsiz musakka) and rice
Eggplant with minced beef (patlıcan oturtma)
Eggs baked with tomato, pepper & kaşar (güveçte yumurta)
Eggs with pastırma (pastırmalı yumurta)
Eggs with spiced beef mince (kıymalı yumurta)
Eggs with sucuk & bread
Ezogelin soup with bread
Fava (broad bean purée) with dill & olive oil
Fish soup with potatoes & lemon (balık çorbası)
Fried anchovies (hamsi tava) with rocket salad & bread
Gavurdağı salad with walnuts & pomegranate molasses
Green beans in olive oil with bulgur
Green beans with minced beef (kıymalı taze fasulye)
Green lentil salad with pomegranate molasses
Green lentil soup with potato & dried mint
Green lentil stew (mercimek yemeği) with rice & pickles
Grilled chicken thighs (tavuk pirzola) with rice & shepherd's salad
Grilled chicken with gavurdağı salad
Grilled chicken with smoky eggplant salad (patlıcan salatası)
Grilled corn on the cob with pul biber
Grilled halloumi breakfast plate
Grilled köfte with bulgur pilaf & salad
Grilled köfte with cacık & salad (no bulgur)
Grilled köfte with piyaz (white bean salad)
Grilled lamb chops with grilled vegetables
Grilled mackerel with rocket & red onion salad
Grilled sea bream (çipura) with rocket & roasted zucchini
Half simit with white cheese
Haydari with carrot & cucumber sticks
Herby lor cheese breakfast salad
Herby lor cheese dip with cucumber sticks
Homemade chicken döner over rice (pilav üstü tavuk döner)
Honey & kaymak on toast with walnuts
İmam bayıldı (stuffed eggplant in olive oil) with rice
İzmir köfte with potatoes & peppers
Kaşar cheese omelette with tomato & bread
Kaşar toastie (kaşarlı tost) with tomato
Kaygana (Black Sea herb pancake-omelette)
Kısır (spicy bulgur salad) with lettuce
Köfte sandwich (köfte ekmek) with salad
Köfte soup with potatoes & lemon (sulu köfte)
Köfte with charred peppers & acılı ezme
Lamb & okra stew (etli bamya)
Lamb forest kebab (orman kebabı) with peas & potatoes
Lamb şiş with rocket & sumac onions
Leeks in olive oil (zeytinyağlı pırasa) with rice & bread
Leeks with eggs (pırasalı yumurta)
Lentil bulgur pilaf (mercimekli bulgur pilavı) with cacık
Lighter karnıyarık (stuffed eggplant) with rice
Liver sauté with onions & peppers (ciğer sote)
Lor & roasted pepper omelette
Mantı with garlic yogurt
Meatless çiğ köfte in lettuce with herbs & pomegranate molasses
Menemen with whole wheat bread
Mıhlama (Black Sea cornmeal & cheese)
Mushroom & chickpea sauté (nohutlu mantar sote) with rice
Mushroom eggs with thyme (mantarlı yumurta)
Okra in olive oil (zeytinyağlı bamya) with rice
Oven chicken thighs with potatoes & peppers (fırında patatesli tavuk)
Oven-baked cheese & parsley börek rolls (sigara böreği)
Oven-roasted chestnuts
Pan lahmacun on lavash with parsley & sumac onions
Pasta with minced beef & tomato (kıymalı makarna)
Pastırma with cucumber & cherry tomatoes
Pea & carrot stew (bezelye yemeği) with rice
Piyaz (white bean salad) with sumac onions
Potato & egg skillet (patatesli yumurta)
Pumpkin & red lentil soup with toasted pumpkin seeds
Purslane salad with tomato, olives & sumac
Purslane with garlic yogurt (yoğurtlu semizotu)
Purslane with garlic yogurt & chickpeas (yoğurtlu semizotu)
Red lentil köfte (mercimek köftesi) in lettuce leaves
Red lentil soup with lemon & bread
Rice-stuffed peppers in olive oil (zeytinyağlı biber dolması)
Roasted chickpeas (leblebi)
Roasted pumpkin with tahini, pekmez & walnuts
Roasted red peppers with garlic & olive oil
Roasted vegetables (fırın sebze) with chickpeas & tahini
Sea bass buğulama with tomatoes, peppers & mushrooms
Shepherd's lamb sauté (çoban kavurma) with peppers & tomatoes
Shepherd's salad with grilled chicken
Shrimp casserole (karidesli güveç) with kaşar & bread
Shrimp sauté with peppers & tomatoes (karides sote)
Smoky eggplant salad (patlıcan salatası) with bread
Spinach & chickpea stew (nohutlu ıspanak) with rice
Spinach & white cheese gözleme
Spinach with eggs (ıspanaklı yumurta)
Spinach with eggs (ıspanaklı yumurta) & roast potatoes
Spinach with minced beef (kıymalı ıspanak)
Steamed anchovies with tomatoes & peppers (hamsi buğulama)
Strained yogurt bowl with oats, walnuts & honey
Strained yogurt with fresh figs, pistachios & honey
Stuffed peppers with mince & rice (etli biber dolması)
Stuffed vine leaves in olive oil (yaprak sarma)
Tahini & grape molasses porridge with apple
Tahini & grape molasses with whole wheat bread
Toasted hazelnuts with dried mulberries
Tomato soup with kaşar & bread
Tuna pasta salad with corn & pickles
Turkish breakfast plate
Turkish eggy bread (yumurtalı ekmek) with tomatoes
Turkish potato salad with boiled eggs
Turkish vegetable stew (türlü) with chickpeas & rice
Turkish white bean salad (piyaz) with olives & sumac onions
Vegan tofu menemen
Vegan Turkish breakfast plate with tahini & pekmez
Warm hummus with pastırma
Watermelon with white cheese & mint
White bean stew (kuru fasulye) with rice
White cheese & parsley omelette with tomato
Yayla soup (yogurt, rice & mint) with bread
Zucchini fritters (kabak mücveri) with yogurt
Zucchini fritters (mücver) with cacık
Zucchini with eggs (kabaklı yumurta)
Zucchini with minced beef (kıymalı kabak)
Zucchini with red lentils (mercimekli kabak)
