Mediterranean (Adana, Antalya & Hatay) Street Food

6 dishes in Turkey

6 street foods from Mediterranean (Adana, Antalya & Hatay), Turkey: Adana Kebab, Künefe, Şalgam Suyu, Tantuni and Humus and more. Each one has its own page with the story behind it and what to look for.

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Street foods of Mediterranean (Adana, Antalya & Hatay)

Adana Original · Hand-Minced Skewer Adana Kebab Turkish regulation actually protects the name — a kebab can only be labeled "Adana Kebab" if it meets specific standards for meat, fat ratio, and… Hand-minced lamb mixed with tail fat and hot pepper is packed onto wide iron skewers and grilled directly over charcoal, arriving smoky and char-streaked over a bed of lavash with grilled…

Hatay Dessert · Cheese-Stuffed Pastry Künefe It's served hot enough to still be sizzling from the pan — eating künefe before it cools and the cheese firms back up is considered essential to… Shredded kadayıf pastry is packed around a layer of stretchy, unsalted white cheese, cooked in butter until crisp on both sides, then soaked in sugar syrup and served bubbling hot with a…

Adana Drink · Fermented Turnip Juice Şalgam Suyu The vivid purple color doesn't come from the turnip itself but from purple carrots fermented alongside it — turnip only lends the name and a sharper… A deep purple, sour-salty drink made by fermenting purple carrots, sometimes with turnip, together with bulgur flour, salt and a sourdough starter, şalgam is served ice-cold, either plain…

Mersin Wrap · Thin-Sliced Sautéed Beef Tantuni Despite looking similar to döner, tantuni is never roasted on a vertical spit — the meat is always pan-sautéed in small batches, a distinction… Thin strips of beef are quick-cooked in a wide shallow pan with a little sunflower oil, chopped fine, then rolled into thin lavash with onion, parsley, and tomato. Mersin's tantuni stands… 🫘 Hatay Specialty · Warm Chickpea Dip Humus (Hatay-Style, with Pastırma) Unlike the room-temperature hummus known internationally, Hatay's version is served warm, and dedicated "humus salonu" shops in Antakya often sell… Chickpeas are pureed smooth with tahini and served warm rather than room temperature, topped with a knob of melted butter and thin slices of spiced, air-dried pastırma, then scooped up… 🍲 Stuffed offal · Adana's own speciality Şırdan Adana eats so much of it that lamb stomachs are collected from other regions and brought to the city, and sellers insist it should be eaten by hand… A lamb's stomach is cleaned, stuffed with rice, fat, tomato and spices, sewn shut and boiled, then sliced onto paper and sprinkled with cumin and chilli flakes. Sold from street stalls on…

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