Turkish Rice Recipes

Turkish cooking spans smoky grilled kebabs and meze to gentle olive-oil vegetable dishes, balancing richness with yoghurt, lemon and herbs. When Turkish cooks work with rice, they reach for olive oil, cumin, pul biber (pepper flakes), garlic, yoghurt and fresh mint, and the techniques that come up most across these recipes are simmering, boiling, sautéing and frying.

The everyday grain for half the planet — a neutral base that soaks up the flavours around it, from pilafs to fried rice. In this collection it's most often cooked with pine nuts, onion, fresh dill, olive oil, ground allspice and ground cinnamon. The dishes here span turkish classics ready in as little as 35 minutes to slower, more involved cooking that rewards a relaxed afternoon.