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Turkish summer recipes

Dishes served cold or warm that keep your appetite up in the heat, along with mezes and cooling drinks.

Recipes

Mince-stuffed karnıyarık garnished with tomato and pepper on a plate

Karnıyarık (stuffed aubergines)

1 h 5 minMedium

Adana kebab served with charred tomato and pepper

Adana kebab

1 h 37 minMedium

Grilled chicken pieces, tomato and green pepper on a plate

Chicken shish (tavuk şiş)

2 h 30 minEasy

Grilled köfte with rice and charred pepper on a plate

Grilled köfte (Turkish meatballs)

1 h 27 minEasy

Olive oil stuffed vine leaves on a plate with lemon slices

Yaprak sarma (stuffed vine leaves)

1 h 50 minHard

Imam bayildi with a tomato filling on a white plate

İmam bayıldı

1 h 10 minMedium

Olive oil artichokes stuffed with a rice filling

Zeytinyağlı enginar (olive oil artichokes)

1 hMedium

Olive oil barbunya pilaki with parsley on a plate

Barbunya pilaki (borlotti bean stew)

1 h 15 min + restingEasy

Olive oil green beans with tomato on a plate

Zeytinyağlı taze fasulye (green beans)

55 minEasy

Fluffy bulgur pilaf on a plate

Bulgur pilavı (bulgur pilaf)

35 minEasy

Tomato, cucumber and lemon shepherd's salad in a white bowl

Çoban salatası (shepherd's salad)

15 minEasy

Kısır garnished with green salad and olives on a plate

Kısır (bulgur salad)

25 minEasy

Thick haydari meze on a white plate

Haydari (strained yoghurt dip)

40 minEasy

Cacik garnished with mint in a white bowl

Cacık (yoghurt and cucumber)

10 minEasy

Finely chopped red spicy ezme on a white plate

Acılı ezme (spicy tomato relish)

50 minEasy

Tomato menemen in a frying pan

Menemen

20 minEasy

Frothy ayran in copper cups

Ayran

5 minEasy

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