Turkish kitchen

eggplant, zucchini and more. Most side dishes are rice, chips or Bulgur, a pre-roasted wheat. Very important is the white bread and Yoghurt, which is served beside every meal. Good meat will be served from grill, others are in sauce. A traditional summer meal are vegetables (eggplant, chilis, potatoes and zuccini) roasted in olive oil, with garlic yoghurt and white bread - cold served and very good!
Perhaps you heard lately about a very modern diet: the so-called "Mediterranean -" or "Crete diet"... Main part: Vegetable, lean and little meat, Yoghurt, olive oil, fish and sea fruits. But this is the traditional turkish kitchen! You can make your holiday to a "diet holiday" -but only if you renounce the wonderful and very sweet desserts and cakes.....

For vegetarians Turkey is the purest paradies: innumerable hors-d'oeuvres and courts get along completely without meat. Fresh salads belong to each meal or are, with beans or chickpeas, a fresh main meal in summer. Eggplant, tomatos, zucchini, onion and beans are pervasive, also exotic vegetables such as artichokes, Jerusalem artichokes, Avocado and many more in various kind.

Spices are few used, usually you have to add salt at the table. The most important spices are: black pepper, garlic, red Chili, dried peppermint and lemon, also cumin or a peppering mixture named "Et Baharati" or Osman Baharati "(consists meat spice or Osmani spice of dried parsley, garlic, Oregano, red paprika and pepper). Plentifully also olive oil is used that sometimes people with sensitive stomachs can have a little problem..... Important is the self-taste of the vegetables.