Turkish recipes
14 Turkish recipes for a home kitchen, from 15 minutes. Have some of the ingredients already? Match them to what you have.
Dinner
30 min
Turkish · dinner
Turkish chicken and pepper sauté
Chicken thigh pieces and bell pepper cooked down in a light tomato and paprika sauce, a quick Turkish skillet supper.
30 min
Turkish · dinner
Skillet lamb meatballs with lemon yogurt
Cumin-scented lamb meatballs browned in a skillet and set over garlicky lemon yogurt. A soaked panko binder keeps them tender.
40 min
Turkish · dinner
Mantia beef pastry bites with yogurt
Little phyllo parcels filled with spiced onion and beef, baked until crackling, with garlic yogurt for dipping.
60 min
Turkish · dinner
Iskender kebab
Thin-sliced döner-style meat over pide cubes with tomato sauce, yogurt and sizzling browned butter.
75 min
Turkish · dinner
Imam bayildi
Eggplants slow-cooked in olive oil and stuffed with sweet onions, garlic and tomato—served at room temperature.
80 min
Turkish · dinner
Kumpir (Turkish loaded baked potato)
Giant baked potatoes mashed with butter and cheese, then piled with salads, pickles and sauces.
90 min
Turkish · dinner
Manti with garlic yogurt and chili butter
Tiny spiced lamb dumplings topped with garlicky yogurt and paprika butter.
90 min
Turkish · dinner
Lahmacun
Paper-thin Turkish flatbread with spiced minced lamb, tomato and pepper, rolled up with parsley, onion and lemon.
120 min
Turkish · dinner
Turkish pide
Boat-shaped Turkish flatbreads filled with spiced beef or cheese and egg, brushed with butter.
Lunch & snacks
Breakfast
Baking & sweets
60 min
Turkish · baking
Sütlaç (Turkish baked rice pudding)
Creamy rice pudding baked in clay dishes under the broiler until the tops are blistered and caramelized.
90 min
Turkish · baking
Saffron baklava with walnuts, pistachios and dates
Layers of buttered phyllo with a filling of walnuts, pistachios and dates, baked crisp and soaked in saffron syrup.
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