Main DishesEasy
Cypriot Chicken and Potato Tray Bake (Kıbrıs Usulü Fırın Tavuk)
Chicken thighs and drumsticks are baked in one tray with potatoes, onion and tomatoes, with lemon, thyme and a pinch of cinnamon.
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Main Dishes Recipes
22 verified recipes; with measurements, times and step-by-step instructions.
Main DishesMedium
Ada Usulü Ağır Ateşte Fırın Kuzu Kol – Cypriot Slow-Roasted Lamb Shoulder Recipe
Lamb shoulder marinated with Cypriot thyme, garlic and bay leaves, then oven-roasted until so tender it falls off the bone.
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Main DishesMedium
Girne Usulü Deniz Mahsullü Fırın Makarna – Cypriot Baked Seafood Pasta Recipe
A delicious Kyrenia-style baked pasta with a Mediterranean touch, tossed with prawns, squid and grated fresh halloumi.
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Main DishesEasy
Sebzeli Tavuk – Chicken and Vegetable Sauté Recipe
Chicken sautéed with onion, green peppers and tomatoes.
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Reklam
Main DishesMedium
Green Beans with Meat
The beans cook in the meat's own liquid, and the tomato and paste go in only once the beans are halfway tender.
Vejetaryen
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Main DishesHard
Sheftalia — Cypriot Caul-Wrapped Kebab
Seasoned lamb wrapped in caul fat and grilled over embers. Despite the name, there is no peach in it: sheftali refers to how the fat is wrapped.
Vejetaryen
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Main DishesEasy
Mediterranean Lemon Pasta
A quick Mediterranean pasta brightened with lemon zest, tomato and olive oil.
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Main DishesMedium
Soya Soslu Sebzeli Tavuk – Soy Sauce Chicken and Vegetable Stir-Fry Recipe
A quick pan dish in which chicken, peppers and carrots meet a glossy soy sauce.
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Main DishesHard
Adana Kebabı – Adana Kebab Recipe
Homemade Adana kebab: ground lamb kneaded with tail fat and pepper, pressed onto wide skewers, grilled and served with lavash.
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Main DishesHard
Beyti – Turkish Beyti Kebab Recipe
Delicious beyti kebab wrapped in lavash flatbread and finished with a buttery tomato sauce.
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Main DishesMedium
İskender Kebabı – Turkish Iskender Kebab Recipe
Iskender kebab at home: warm pide topped with döner, tomato paste sauce and melted butter, with yoghurt on the side.
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Main DishesEasy
Çöp Şiş – Turkish Mini Beef Skewers Recipe
Quick and tasty çöp şiş: Turkish mini skewers of hazelnut-sized beef pieces.
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Main DishesMedium
Fırında Kuzu İncik – Turkish Oven-Baked Lamb Shanks Recipe
Oven-baked lamb shanks that melt in the mouth, slow-cooked with potatoes, carrots, garlic and rosemary.
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Main DishesMedium
Geleneksel Sac Kavurma – Traditional Turkish Lamb Stir-Fry Recipe
Delicious lamb, stir-fried with onion, green peppers and tomatoes in a traditional Turkish iron pan.
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Main DishesHard
Kıbrıs Usulü Molohiya – Cypriot Molokhia with Lamb Recipe
Molokhia, a traditional taste of Cyprus: dried jute leaves slow-cooked with bone-in lamb, tomato paste and lemon.
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Main DishesMedium
Kıbrıs Usulü Kolokas – Cypriot Kolokasi with Lamb Recipe
Cypriot kolokasi (taro) stewed with lamb, celery stalks and lemon.
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Main DishesEasy
Mersin Usulü Tavuk Tantuni – Turkish Chicken Tantuni Wrap Recipe
Mersin-style chicken tantuni: finely diced chicken breast sautéed with paprika and wrapped in lavash.
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Main DishesMedium
Bursa Pideli Köfte – Turkish Meatballs on Pide Bread Recipe
Bursa's famous flat meatballs on chopped pide, served with a tomato and butter sauce and yoghurt.
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Main DishesMedium
İzmir Köfte – Turkish Meatball and Potato Bake Recipe
Baked İzmir Köfte: lightly fried beef meatballs and potato wedges finished in the oven with a tomato paste sauce.
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Main DishesMedium
Ali Nazik Kebabı – Ground Beef on Smoky Aubergine Yoghurt Recipe
A kebab of ground beef browned in butter and poured hot over a cool bed of charred aubergine mixed with garlic yoghurt.
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Main DishesMedium
Klasik Etli Kuru Fasulye – Turkish White Bean Stew with Meat Recipe
Etli kuru fasulye, Turkey's national dish: dried white beans cooked slowly with meat and tomato paste.
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Main DishesMedium
Kıbrıs Usulü Kleftiko – Cypriot Slow-Roasted Lamb Recipe
Lamb rubbed with garlic and olive oil, sealed in a pot with bay leaf and rosemary, slow-roasted for 2.5 to 3 hours until it falls off the bone.
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