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    Easy Turkish Recipes You Can Make at Home

    We share easy Turkish recipes you can make at home with simple, everyday ingredients. From traditional dishes to quick dinners, these are the recipes we cook in our own kitchen.


    Turkish Dinner Recipes

    Easy Turkish dinner recipes made with simple ingredients, perfect for everyday meals at home.

    • Featured image of Turkish moussaka baked in a casserole dish with roasted tomato slices and fresh parsley on top.
      Turkish Moussaka (Musakka)
    • Hunkar Begendi with lamb stew served over creamy eggplant puree, garnished with parsley and served with rice.
      Hünkar Beğendi
    • Baked rice stuffed green peppers in a white oval baking pan.
      Turkish Stuffed Peppers (Biber Dolmasi)
    • Turkish stuffed eggplants karniyarik garnished with parsley on a white plate.
      Turkish Stuffed Eggplant Karniyarik

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    Turkish Breakfast Recipes

    Easy Turkish breakfast recipes, from eggs and pastries to traditional breads and spreads.

    • Turkish breakfast with egg dishes, pastries like borek and simit, jams, olives, cheese, vegetables and Turkish tea.
      Traditional Turkish Breakfast Foods (Kahvalti)
    • Menemen in a pan and a piece of bread in it.
      Menemen Recipe
    • Simits on a cooling rack on a dark background.
      Turkish Simit Recipe
    • Golden brown pogaca with sesame seeds, one cut open showing a feta and herb filling, served with tea, olives, and cheese.
      Pogaca (Soft Turkish Pastry)

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    Turkish Dessert Recipes

    Easy Turkish dessert recipes, from syrupy classics to light milk desserts, all simple to make at home.

    • Rice pudding with a golden top garnished with pistachios in a clay bowl.
      Sutlaç - Turkish Rice Pudding
    • Hands holding a bowl and showing how stretchy the ice cream is with a spoon.
      Dondurma (Turkish Ice Cream)
    • Golden and crispy kadaif slices topped with crumbled pistachios.
      Kadayif Dessert - Kadaif
    • Freshly baked Turkish Şekerpare cookies in a baking dish, topped with ground pistachios, with a small bowl of extra pistachios on the side.
      Sekerpare Recipe

    More Turkish Desserts


    Turkish Side Dishes

    Easy Turkish side dishes, from rice and bulgur to yogurt-based classics, perfect with any meal.

    • A plate of Turkish bulgur pilaf with red and green peppers, garnished with parsley, served in a white scalloped dish with a fork.
      Turkish Bulgur Pilaf with Tomatoes
    • Overhead view of fluffy Turkish rice pilaf shaped into a dome on a dark blue plate, with a fork lifting separate grains.
      Turkish Rice Pilaf
    • A bowl of lettuce salad with shredded carrot and thinly sliced red cabbage in a white bowl.
      Mevsim Salatasi (Turkish Lettuce Salad)
    • Yogurt and cucumber cacik in a white ceramic bowl, drizzled with olive oil and topped with chopped cucumber and halved cherry.
      Cacik (Turkish Yogurt Sauce)

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    Vegetarian Turkish Dishes

    Easy vegetarian Turkish recipes, from traditional mezze to healthy and satisfying everyday meals.

    • Baked rice stuffed green peppers in a white oval baking pan.
      Turkish Stuffed Peppers (Biber Dolmasi)
    • Two Turkish stuffed eggplants with tomato-onion filling, garnished with fresh herbs and served in a rich olive oil sauce.
      Imam Bayildi
    • Turkish green beans with tomatoes and onions served in a white bowl.
      Taze Fasulye - Turkish Green Beans
    • Overhead shot of Turkish barbunya pilaki in a white enamel dish, garnished with parsley and lemon slices.
      Barbunya Pilaki

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    Turkish Meze Recipes

    Turkish meze recipes, from classic dips to fresh and flavorful small dishes perfect for sharing.

    • Close-up overhead view of Havuç Tarator on a plate, topped with dill and drizzled with spicy chili oil.
      Havuc Tarator (Turkish Carrot Dip)
    • Marinated red onions with sumac in a white bowl and a spoon in it.
      Sumac Onions (Turkish Onion Salad)
    • Turkish potato salad in large bowl and wooden spoons inside it.
      Turkish Potato Salad (Patates Salatasi)
    • Turkish ezme salad on a white ceramic plate with a fork inside it. A bunch of parsley and a slice of lemon on the side.
      Ezme Recipe (Turkish Acili Ezme)
    • Mercimek kofte served with lettuce leaves and lemon slices on an oval plate.
      Mercimek Koftesi (Turkish Lentil Balls)
    • Mucver patties served with yogurt on a white plate.
      Mucver (Turkish Fritters)
    • A bowl of Çoban Salata with diced tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, onions, and parsley, tossed in olive oil, lemon juice, and sumac. A spoon rests inside, with sumac and parsley nearby.
      Coban Salata (Shepherd Salad)
    • Haydari topped with olive oil, fresh dill and mint leaves served on a black plate and pita bread slices on the side.
      Haydari Recipe

    More Meze Recipes


    Zerrin & Yusuf

    Meet Zerrin and Yusuf Gunaydin: The couple behind this blog. We bring Turkish food into your kitchen! From kebabs to desserts, everything you crave is here.

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    Turkish Salads

    Fresh Turkish salads made with simple ingredients, from classic shepherd’s salad to hearty and flavorful combinations.

    • Eggplant salad with tomatoes in a white rectangular dish and two spoons inside it.
      Turkish Eggplant Salad - Patlican Salatasi
    • A bowl of Çoban Salata with diced tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, onions, and parsley, tossed in olive oil, lemon juice, and sumac. A spoon rests inside, with sumac and parsley nearby.
      Coban Salata (Shepherd Salad)
    • White bean salad with tomatoes and red onions in a white bowl.
      Piyaz (Turkish White Bean Salad)
    • Turkish potato salad in large bowl and wooden spoons inside it.
      Turkish Potato Salad (Patates Salatasi)

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    Turkish Soup Recipes

    Easy Turkish soup recipes, from comforting lentil soup to traditional favorites you can make any day.

    • Turkish lentil soup garnished with fresh mint and spices in a white bowl.
      Mercimek Çorbasi (Turkish Red Lentil Soup)
    • Woman with a yellow jumper holding a bowl of Turkish chicken soup on a wooden board.
      Tavuk Corbasi - Turkish Chicken Soup
    • Close-up of a bowl of Turkish Yogurt Soup (Yayla Çorbası) topped with butter-mint sauce, served with bread on the side.
      Turkish Yogurt Soup
    • A bowl of tarhana soup garnished with dried mint and red pepper flakes, some bread and a wooden spoon on the side.
      Tarhana Soup Recipe

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