Food & Drink
Turkish Dishes
Traditional dishes and foods from Turkish cuisine.
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Name↕ | Turkish↕ | Used in↕ | References↕ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allspice | Yenibahar or dolma bahar | Dolma, vegetables, pilav, fish, köfte | |
| Anise | Anason | Peksimet, rakı, used to season nut and dried fruit mixtures in both sweet and savory dishes | |
| Black pepper | Kara biber | Egg dishes, meat dishes, laz böreği | |
| Cardamom | Kakule | Rarely used, mostly in coffee. A common ingredient in Persian and Indian desserts, Turkish variations usually replace it with vanilla and rosewater. | |
| Cinnamon | Tarçın | Desserts, pastries, salep, boza, iç pilav, fish, lamb, vegetables, tomato sauces, milk puddings, desserts | |
| Clove | Karanfil | Fruit compotes, spiced black tea, meat casseroles, sweets, breads, pastries | |
| Coriander | Kişniş | Extremely rare. Used in some fish and meat dishes, particularly in southern and eastern Anatolia. | |
| Cumin | Kimyon | Kofta spice, pastirma, lentil soup | |
| Fenugreek | Çemen otu | Vegetables, fish, breads, pastirma | |
| Isot | Urfa biberi | Ciğ köfte | |
| Mahlep | Mahlep | Baked goods | |
| Mastic | Sakız | Used in milk desserts, ice cream, Turkish delight | |
| Nigella seeds | Çörek otu | Savory pastries, homemade cheese. Can be mixed with coriander, cumin and haspir to make a spice for fish. | |
| Red pepper | Kırmızı biber, pul biber | Garnish for soups, manti, Adana kebab | |
| Rose water | Gül suyu, | Su muhallebisi, güllaç, aşure | |
| Poppy seeds | Haşhaş | Bread, rolls, meat, fish, light sauces and yogurt dressings | |
| Safflower | Yalancı safran (fake saffron) | Used primarily in the regional cuisine of Gaziantep to give yogurt soups a saffron-like tint | |
| Saffron | zafiran | Zerde, pilav | |
| Salep | Salep | A winter beverage made with milk, vanilla, sugar and starch; tastes like warm liquid vanilla pudding. Originally it was thickened with these ground wild orchid roots. | |
| Sesame seeds | Susam | Simit, tahini, helva | |
| Sumac | Sumak | Juice from sumac berries can be used in a marinade for fish or chicken. Ground sumac can be used to season salads, pilav and soups. A spice mix of sumac, dried thyme and roasted sesame seeds is used with grilled meats. |
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