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Other names: Çömlek kebabı
A showy dish from the Cappadocia region, where meat and vegetables are cooked in a sealed clay pot over embers. The pot is broken open at the table.
Slow cooking at low heat; steam is trapped inside the pot.
Where to eat ↓4 Michelin matches
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How to order
The pot is cracked at the table; opened in the kitchen, the dish has already lost its steam.
How to order
The same dish changes name from city to city. Asking about an unfamiliar name is the shortest route.
How to order
In spiced kebab the chili is mixed into the mince and cannot be dialled back later. Order it plain and ask for the chili on the side.
Common myth
The fat in kebab is not a sign of poor meat: tail fat is the traditional ratio that keeps mince from drying over fire.
Cappadocian pottery tradition
Testi kebabı stands where Cappadocia's pottery tradition meets its kitchen; the pots of Avanos's red earth are both the vessel and the ritual of serving. Breaking the pot at the table has lately, mixed with tourism, turned into a performance.
Source note: çömlekçilik bağı belgeli; sofra ritüelinin kökeni sözlü aktarım
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