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Discover 1774 iconic traditional dishes from 151 countries - what they are, what's in them, and where to taste the real thing.
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Adana Kebab
Hand-minced, chilli-spiced lamb grilled on a wide skewer.
Turkey ·
Adana 
Köfte
Spiced grilled meatballs in countless regional forms.
Şambali
Şambali is a Turkish semolina cake baked until golden, cut into pieces and soaked in syrup, a familiar sweet of İzmir and the Aegean.
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Basma
Başma is a stretched, sugar-sweetened cheese dessert from Bursa, served in glossy mounds and dusted with pistachio.
Turkey ·
Bursa, northwest Turkey 
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Kumru
Kumru is a grilled sesame-crusted sandwich from Izmir, Turkey, filled with melted kaşar cheese, tomato and green peppers. A charcoal-grilled Aegean street food classic.
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Künefe
A hot Turkish dessert of crisp shredded pastry and molten cheese, soaked in syrup and topped with pistachios.
Lahmacun
Thin crisp flatbread topped with spiced minced meat.
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Manti
Tiny meat dumplings under garlicky yoghurt and chilli butter.
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Burma Kadayıf
Twisted Turkish shredded-dough pastry filled with walnuts and syrup, baked in shallow trays and served with tea.
Gozleme
Gozleme is a Turkish flatbread of thinly rolled dough, filled with savoury ingredients such as cheese, spinach, potato or minced meat, and griddled.
Lokma
A golden Turkish dessert of small deep-fried dough balls soaked in cold sugar syrup, traditionally handed out to neighbours and passers-by in the days after a funeral, and sold from street carts across Istanbul.
Saksuka
Saksuka is a Turkish mezze of fried aubergine, potato and peppers in a fresh tomato sauce, served at room temperature with bread.
Sütlaç
Baked rice pudding with a caramelised brown skin.
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