Lahmacun : It is mostly called Turkish pizza. Looks like it. Made with thin dough, mince meat and onion or mince meat with garlic. Very thin, crisp, tasty. Served with parsley and lemon on the side. Eaten with hands, if you like with the parsley and squeezing lemon inside and then rolling in to a wrap. Yum!
Köfte : Meatballs.The main ingredient is meat, as you know, but lamb or veal, it differs to place to place – dish to dish. A great variety of köfte exists. Mainly made with allspice, eggs or bread crumbs, onion and other spices at homes. Everyone has their own recipe and they are proud of it, everyone’s köfte is the best of the best, go, ask them, you’ll understand.
Piyaz : A salad made from cooked haricot (lingot) beans, onion, a slice of boiled egg on top, dressed with vinegar and olive oil. Some restaurants top it with tomatoes, carrots, lettuce. This is a traditional side salad to köfte. It is called köfte and piyaz.
İrmik helvası : A dessert made from semolina, butter, pine nuts, sugar and water -sometimes milk instead of water. The trick is the sugar, butter and pinenuts balance. A delicacy when prepared right.
Tahin : Tahin is sesame paste, thick, oily, tasty, dense liquid.
Bakla : Meaning broad beans, may be used dry or fresh according to season and of course the dish.
