Local Dishes

1. Kutilk

   Kutilk (the general name for stuffed dishes; dolma is one of them)

2. Kutilka dîlanê

   Kutilka dîlanê (round bulgur-shell dumpling with a filling)

3. Kufte

   Kufte (the general name for meatball dishes)

4. Biryan

   Biryan (whole lamb slow-roasted in a sealed tandoor or earth pit)

5. Serûpê

   Serûpê (stew of sheep or cattle heads and trotters)

6. Keledoş

   Keledoş (dried-yoghurt and garlic stew poured over torn bread)

7. Girar

   Girar (a yoghurt-and-grain pot dish)

8. Şîvedîz

   Şîvedîz (lamb, fresh garlic and chickpeas simmered in yoghurt)

9. Doxave

   Doxave (buttermilk soup with chickpeas and small meatballs)

10. Xingal

    Xingal (a dish of torn sheet dough)

11. Meftune

    Meftune (a pot dish of Amed / Diyarbakır)

12. Pitî

    Pitî (meat and chickpeas stewed in a pot)

13. Helîse

    Helîse (wheat and meat pounded together into a thick porridge)

14. Şorbenîsk

    Şorbenîsk (lentil soup)

15. Şorbeya keşkê

    Şorbeya keşkê (winter soup of dried yoghurt)

16. Tutmaş

    Tutmaş (yoghurt soup with squares of dough)

17. Pêçange

    Pêçange (thin dough rolled finger-shaped and fried)

18. Sêmûçe

    Sêmûçe (triangular pinched pastry)

19. Kilor

    Kilor (the general name for filled dough breads)

20. Nanê tîr

    Nanê tîr (thin round griddle bread)

21. Nanê loş

    Nanê loş (thicker flatbread slapped onto the tandoor wall)

22. Patîle

    Patîle (pide-style bread, and the group name for such breads)

23. Lehmecûn

    Lehmecûn (thin flatbread baked with a minced-meat topping)

24. Meze

    Meze (light small plates served before the main dishes)

25. Haydarî

    Haydarî (thick yoghurt meze with garlic and chilli)

26. Qisir

    Qisir (bulgur meze)

27. Sîrmastok

    Sîrmastok (garlic-yoghurt sauce)

28. Şîrbirinc

    Şîrbirinc (milk-and-rice pudding)

29. Zerde

    Zerde (sweet rice coloured yellow with saffron)

30. Peqlewe

    Peqlewe (baklava)

31. Qedayîf

    Qedayîf (shredded-pastry and nut sweet)

32. Mertoxe

    Mertoxe (flour toasted in butter and sweetened with molasses)

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