Turkish drinks and Turkish food
Turkish cuisine can look back on a long tradition. The dishes are correspondingly diverse, so that you can get to know numerous dishes and preparation methods during a holiday in Turkey. Contrary to popular belief, dealing with hot and oriental spices or garlic is not wasteful. Since eating pork is forbidden for Muslims, pork dishes are not among the traditional dishes in Turkey.
In general, the local cuisine is well tolerated by Central Europeans, apart from the sometimes generous use of olive oil.
Bread (Ekmek) and water (Su) are part of every meal and are placed on the table without being asked, even in the simplest locality. Breakfast usually consists of white bread, honey (Bal), jam (Reçel), sheep's cheese (Beyaz Peynir), butter (Tereyag), olives (Zeytin) and tea (Çay).
All common drinks are available in Turkey. Tea (Çay) is drunk at any time of the day and is the national drink. Ayran, a refreshing drink made from yoghurt, water and salt, is a popular drink on hot days. The Turkish mocha (Türk kahvesi) is usually drunk after a meal. If aniseed schnapps (raki) is diluted with water, it becomes milky and cloudy; therefore it is also called lion's milk.
| Meze | Starters |
| cobblestone | seasoned and fried liver |
| I'm talking about it | cold chicken in walnut sauce |
| cig kofte | raw ground beef mixed with spices |
| stuffed mussels | spicy stuffed mussels |
| stewing | white beans in oil |
| stuffed leaves | filled wine leaves |
| liberal | Yoghurt with garlic and mint |
| corbalar | Soups |
| Dügün corbasi | bound meat soup |
| lentil soup | lentil soup |
| spring soup | Yoghurt soup with mint |
| tripe soup | tripe soup |
| kebabs | Meat dishes |
| beef steak | Beefsteak |
| Doner kebab | Lamb grilled on a rotisserie |
| Sis kebap | grilled meat skewer |
| chop | grilled lamb chops |
| stuffed lamb | fried lamb with rice filling |
| hunkar begendi | Lamb with aubergine puree |
| manti | Dumplings filled with meat in yoghurt sauce |
| Salads | Salads |
| bean salad | White bean salad |
| try the salad | mixed salad, shepherd's salad |
| eggplant salad | Eggplant salad |
| Olive Oils | Vegetables in olive oil (cold or warm) |
| olive oil beans | green beans in a spicy sauce |
| patlican kizartma | fried aubergine slices in yoghurt |
| roast zucchini | fried zucchini slices in yoghurt |
| imam fainted | Eggplant stuffed with onions and tomatoes |
| beaver dolmasi | peppers stuffed with rice, pine nuts and currants |
| Sweets | Desserts |
| fruits | Fruits |
| watermelon, melon | watermelon, honeydew melon |
| peach, banana, grape | Peach, Banana, Grape |
| portacal, elma, poverty | orange, apple, pear |
| figs, almonds | fig, almond |
