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Diced beet salad with dill, parsley, walnuts and pomegranate seeds in a blue floral bowl.

Beet and Pomegranate Salad

Tender beets with dill, parsley, walnuts and pomegranate in a lemon and olive oil dressing.

Grated carrot and walnut yogurt dip in a cream oval dish.

Carrot Yogurt Dip

Soft grated carrots, garlic yogurt and walnuts make a creamy meze with a gentle sweetness.

White rice with chickpeas on a cream plate with a blue rim.

İstanbul style

Chickpea Rice

Buttery rice with tender chickpeas, inspired by Istanbul’s street-side pilaf carts. This version uses cooked chickpeas and water, with no chicken topping.

Savory milk-and-flour dolaz with chili butter in a blue patterned bowl on a stone table in an arched courtyard.

Aksaray style

Aksaray’s savory dolaz: milk thickened with flour to a smooth, pudding-like consistency, salted and finished with butter melted with pul biber. Unlike the sweet dolaz made elsewhere in Central Anatolia, it has no sugar or molasses.

Rice pilaf with browned eggplant cubes, tomato and chopped dill on a patterned plate

Eggplant Rice Pilaf

Tender Baldo rice with browned eggplant, tomato, onion, butter and fresh dill.

Green Lentil and Bulgur Pilaf

A plain, buttered pilaf of coarse bulgur and whole green lentils. The lentils are boiled separately, then folded into the bulgur as the cooking liquid is absorbed.

Afyon style

Green Lentil Pilaf with Poppy-Seed Oil

Dry green lentils are soaked and simmered, then cooked with coarse bulgur in their own liquid. Hot cold-pressed poppy-seed oil is stirred through, and the pilaf rests under a paper towel so the grains stay separate.

Green Lentil Salad

Whole green lentils with tomato, onions and parsley in a cumin, mint and lemon dressing.

Green olives, tomato, parsley and spring onion in a shallow cream bowl.

Green Olive Salad

Green olives, tomato, parsley and spring onion in a tangy pomegranate and lemon dressing.

Lentil and bulgur pilaf topped with fried onions, with cacık, pickles, and a spoon.

Kilis style

Lentil and Bulgur Pilaf with Onions

A Kilis pilaf of green lentils and coarse bulgur with soft, sweet onions, olive oil and a little butter and tomato paste.

Red Pepper and Walnut Dip

Roasted red peppers and walnuts with fresh bread crumbs, pomegranate molasses and cumin.

Separate white rice grains mixed with golden toasted orzo on a white plate

Rice Pilaf with Orzo

Buttery white rice and golden toasted orzo, gently simmered and rested until the grains are separate.

İstanbul style

Roasted Chestnuts

Chestnuts scored, soaked and oven-roasted until tender, then rested under a cloth for easier peeling—a home version of a familiar Istanbul winter snack.

Kırklareli style

Roasted Eggplant and Pepper Salad

Roasted eggplant and red peppers mixed with fresh vegetables, vinegar and olive oil, with sweet corn on top.

Roasted Pumpkin with Garlic Yogurt

Golden roasted pumpkin with garlic-lemon yogurt, toasted pine nuts, parsley and a light sprinkle of sumac.

Three golden pumpkin fritters on a decorated plate, with foamy ayran in a copper cup.

Savory Pumpkin Fritters

Fresh pumpkin, Parmesan and parsley come together in six savory fritters, pan-fried until golden and crisp.

Garlic yogurt topped with dried red pepper pieces and warm butter sauce on a blue floral plate.

Spicy Yogurt with Dried Chiles

Garlic strained yogurt topped with dried cayenne peppers warmed in butter and olive oil.

Thin red onion slices with sumac, parsley and red pepper flakes in a cream bowl.

Sumac Onion Salad

Thin red onion half-moons tossed with sumac, parsley and a little red pepper for a crisp, tangy side.

Finely diced tomato and onion salad with walnuts and parsley in a blue floral dish.

Tomato and Walnut Salad

Finely diced tomatoes and onion with walnuts, sumac and a sweet-tart pomegranate dressing.

Tomato rice on a blue-and-white plate with yogurt and ayran on a coastal terrace.

Tomato Rice Pilaf

Domatesli pilav with ripe grated tomatoes, butter and tender rice: a simple Turkish household side dish.

Potato salad with carrot, onion, lettuce and parsley in a cream bowl.

Turkish Potato Salad

Potatoes, crisp greens and onion with a lemon dressing seasoned with sumac and red pepper flakes.

Coarse bulgur pilaf with tomato, onion and green pepper in a cream bowl.

Vegetable Bulgur Pilaf

Coarse bulgur cooked with onion, green pepper and tomatoes, then rested for separate, tender grains.