Turkish Tomatoes 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 tomatoes, 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, grilling, baking and frying.

Sweet-acidic fruit that forms the backbone of sauces, stews and salads across nearly every cuisine. In this collection it's most often cooked with onion, tomato paste, garlic, olive oil, paprika and extra-virgin olive oil. The dishes here span turkish classics ready in as little as 15 minutes to slower, more involved cooking that rewards a relaxed afternoon.

Reader favourite: İskender Kebab is the highest-rated dish in this collection at 4.9★ from 2,134 ratings.