Turkish Street Food

[Targon]

Inspired from Indian Street Food thread, I will show some basic Turkish street food.

Basic breakfast pastries, Simit, Poğaça, Açma and Börek(there are many Börek variants)

Sandwich stuff, Köfte ekmek(meatballs), Kumru, Tantuni, Döner, İçli Köfte, Kokoreç, Lahmacun

Next is plate stuff, simple snacks and sweets, not sure if they all can be considered street food, but still in fast food level.

Plate stuff, Köfte, Döner&İskender, Şiş, Nohut Pilav, Mantı, Kebabs(a lot), Pide( a lot)

 

[Targon]

Some simple Snacks and sweets, Köz Mısır, Kestane Kebab, Turşu Suyu, Acıbadem, Halka Tatlısı(or Kerhane tatlısı which means brothel dessert ), and of course Turkish ice cream.

I'm tired, I may later go deep into details and bring more, but thats pretty much the basic street/fast food

Ups forgot Kumpir

 

[anant_s]

Really a beautiful array of colors & am sure aromas too. DO share pics of Turkish Delight and Baklava too. I've tasted both in India and really loved them.

 

[Neptune]

Rice with sanitized chicken near salad and gherkins is my favorite. Especially the best thing you can find after hanging up the night with friends in Tunalı of Ankara at 03.00a.m

 

[Sage]

What is this thing ? Details please !

 

[T-123456]

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Chestnuts!

 

[Targon]

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Chestnut its not only a street snack but also a family tradition at the houses with stoves taste is hard to explain but its almost feels like eating a proper dish.

Ok getting into more details

From the original Kumru, derived some more variants, like Yengen, Çengel burger, Eritme Kaşarlı etc.

Midye Dolma

Toasts, when we say Tost we mean something resembles Panini, basic Tost includes Sucuk, Kaşar Cheese and Ketchup or tomato paste, ingredients varies greatly, one of the more unique ones is Ayvalık tost, which includes tomatoe slices and other sausages, best tosts are usually made at home

Islak Hamburger, first appeared in fast food places of Istanbul

Balık Ekmek, simply fish in bread with some salad

Çibörek, popular in Eskişehir region, brought by Tatar immigrants

 

[Bratva]

No Şiş tavuk ? Blasphemy !

 

[anant_s]

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They are smoking chestnuts.

 

[Sage]

Midye Dolma are oysters cooked in rice, right ?

 

[Targon]

Midye Dolma are oysters cooked in rice, right ?

Mussels.

 

[Targon]

 

[haman10]

delightful !!

interestingly , i've seen your sis kofte and i thought to myself goddamn this thing is our kubideh !!

Kabab koobideh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

from wiki :

Şiş köfte (Turkish) is a kebab variant. It consists of köfte, minced lamb meatballs with herbs, often including parsley and mint, on a stick, grilled. The food is popular in Turkey, where there are hundreds of versions of köfte such as ıslama köfte, sulu köfte, İzmir köfte, Tekirdağ köfte, Akçaabat köfte, dalyan köfte, sucuk köfte, çiğ köfte, and kadınbudu köfte; and, is usually served with plain rice and a salad.[1]

The origin of the word köfte is the Persian word کوفته kufteh meaning "mashed". In old times since people did not have meat grinders they minced meat to very small pieces and then mashed them in rather large mortars. As a matter of fact, Persian meatballs (the size of a big apple) are called Kufteh in Persian as they are made from ground meat as well. Kofte is called Kubideh in Persian, which is another form of the word "Kufteh".

Köfte is usually made of ground meat. It can also be made without any meat at all, as in the cases of lentil köfte or potato köfte

 

[Targon]

@haman10

Its looks closer to Adana Kebab then Şiş Köfte, Şiş Köfte is smaller and less spicy.

Anyway

Shish is Turkic
Kebab is Semitic
Kofte is Persian

This shows how much was the trade between food cultures were.

 

[anant_s]

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Amazing stuff, you guys do Phyllo pastry sheets. In India a similar Tea time favorite snack Khari is quite similar to what you've shown above.