Çökertme kebabı (pronounced 'Ch'kertme kebab') is a type of
kebab
Kebab ( , ), kebap, kabob (alternative North American spelling), kebob, or kabab (Kashmiri spelling) is a variety of roasted meat dishes that originated in the Middle East.
Kebabs consist of cut up ground meat, sometimes with vegetables an ...
eaten in
Anatolia
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, and associated particularly with the
Bodrum
Bodrum () is a town and district of Muğla Province, Turkey. About 200 thousand people live in the district, which covers 650 km2 and includes the town. It is a port town at the entrance to the Gulf of Gökova. Known in ancient times as Hal ...
area of South West
Turkey
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.
Çökertme kebab is made using marinated strips of veal with served with fried potatoes, garlic yoghurt, tomato sauce and served with fried tomatoes and green peppers.
Çökertme kebab is a particular speciality of the district of Bodrum and the province of
MuÄŸla
MuÄŸla () is a city in southwestern Turkey. The city is the center of the district of MenteÅŸe, MuÄŸla, MenteÅŸe and MuÄŸla Province, which stretches along Turkey's Aegean Sea, Aegean coast. MuÄŸla's center is situated inland at an altitude of ...
more generally.
Çökertme is a village in the Milas district of Muğla province, from where the kebab may have originated.
See also
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List of kebabs
This is a list of kebab dishes from around the world. Kebabs are various cooked meat dishes, with their origins in Middle Eastern cuisine and the Muslim world. Although kebabs are often cooked on a skewer, many types of kebab are not.
Afghan ...
References
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