Turkish

Summer barbecue

Kanat chicken wings with sumac, tomato and onion salad

Think of these as the ultimate summer wings. Grilled until golden and glowing, they hit every high note – tangy, savoury, and beautifully charred.

< 30 mins
Jessica Brook

Spiced lamb flatbreads with quick chilli and vegetable pickle. — EASY

Fakeaway

These spiced lamb flatbreads aren’t just fast, they’re a flavour bomb

Rich, aromatic spiced lamb tops crispy flatbreads for a speedy lahmacun-style dinner. This Turkish tribute is your new 20-minute weeknight hero.

< 30 mins
Jessica Brook

An easy midweek pasta dish that riffs on the flavours of Turkish manti dumplings. — EASY

Quick & easy

This TikTok-famous manti-style lamb pasta could be your new crush

It has all the flavours of the Turkish dumplings, but you can rustle it up in less than 30 minutes.

30 mins - 1 hr
Jessica Brook

Cilbir with Ramazan pidesi (Turkish eggs with flatbread).

Weekend brunch

‘One of my all-time favourites’: Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s punchy Turkish-style brunch

Treat Mum to cilbir – poached eggs on a bed of garlic yoghurt smothered with chilli-infused melted butter – this Sunday.

< 30 mins
Julia Busuttil Nishimura

Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s Turkish-style flatbread.

Baking

Ramazan pidesi (Turkish-style flatbread)

This Turkish bread is perfect for dipping into cilbir for a punchy brunch.

2 hrs +
Julia Busuttil Nishimura

Rice & risotto

Adam Liaw's Turkish rice

This Turkish staple has browned orzo pasta through the rice, but you could use broken pieces of vermicelli instead. There are many regional variations.

30 mins - 1 hr
Adam Liaw

Meat

Adam Liaw's lamb sausage stew with red butter

While not authentic Turkish food, this dish is inspired by the influences that stretched the length of the Ottoman Empire. The curry powder or garam masala is used here as a general spice mix, like baharat or zaatar.

30 mins - 1 hr
Adam Liaw

Seafood

Grilled prawn skewers

I remember buying these in Istanbul from a food stand beside the Bosphorus and adapted it from a similar recipe in Marcella Hazan's The Classic Italian Cookbook.