As the capital of Turkey and the second most populated city with a population of 5.6 million, Ankara has many different attractions that will impress you around every corner. With Anıtkabir, the most visited landmark of our country, huge city parks, interesting museums, quality universities, vibrant squares and streets such as Kızılay Square, Ankara is the capital of Turkey both politically and culturally. This city, which knows how to feed its visitors and locals who spend hours touring Ankara, is also home to many places that compete with each other in terms of taste. Here are the dishes that you must not leave without eating when you are in Ankara...
Ankara Food Guide: Iconic Dishes You Shouldn’t Miss While Visiting the Capital
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What to eat in Ankara? Which restaurants serve the best food in Ankara? What are the most famous dishes of Ankara restaurants? If you are hungry, ready for a feast of flavour and curious about the answers to these questions, here are 14 dishes to eat in Ankara...
1. Tamtak Tirit
Tamtak Tirit, which is an unforgettable taste prepared with slices of bread on the base and minced meat blended with fenugreek on top, is a local dish that will remain in your palate for a long time.
2. Beypazarı Güveci
Beypazarı Güveci, which is prepared in classic stone ovens, is a taste that you will seek every day, even though it takes a long time to prepare. Although this flavour, which has a history of more than half a century, cooks slowly, it does not take long to finish. Please keep in mind that this dish is certainly addictive!
3. Efelek Sarma
These triangular wraps are made from the leaves of a plant called labada. This plant, which you can collect from spring to summer, is also included in many dishes. You must try out these wraps, which are also served with yemlik cacik!
4. Bici Aşı
Another local dish of Ankara, Bici Aşı is very filling and delicious. We are sure that this magnificent dish, where vine leaves meet bulgur pilaf and garlic yoghurt, will be on your mind for a long time!
5. Öllükün Kör
A perfect combination of noodles and minced meat. Öllüğün Kör is a wonderful flavour prepared with noodles on the bottom and minced meat on top. With ingredients such as cheese and walnuts, this dish is both nutritious and delicious, so don't leave without tasting it when you are in Ankara!
6. Entekke Pastry
Entekke pastry, which is a walnut-sized pastry with minced meat inside, is fried in oil and brought straight to the table for you to savour! You can taste this delicacy in many local restaurants or diners selling local food, so don't leave without tasting it while you are in Ankara!
7. Beypazari Kurusu
This flavour, which can be stored for a long time, with plenty of butter and a little cinnamon, is a perfect accompaniment to tea!
8. Şibit Dessert
Şibit, a must-try dessert of Ankara, is a dessert prepared by baking phyllo dough on a baking sheet, cutting it into baklava shapes and then pouring syrup over the phyllo dough.
9. Çılbır
Consisting of yoghurt, a little butter and some spices on cooked eggs, we highly recommend you taste çılbır. With its perfect harmony of flavours, Çılbır will surely make it your favourites list!
10. İnceğiz Soup
This heart-warming soup takes its place on the tables in the capital as an essential dish for the winter months. With chickpeas, wheat and lamb meat, this soup goes very well with the frosty weather of Ankara.
11. Yemlik Cacığı
Yemlik cacığı, which is an indispensable flavour in Ankara cuisine, is a saviour of summer days. This flavour, where manger grass and yoghurt meet, can be served and consumed with many dishes.
12. Malak
Very easy to make, this delicious dish will stay in your minds for a long time! Molasses, which is found in many dishes in Ankara, is also found in Malak dessert. In addition to molasses, we hope that dessert lovers will love this flavour with walnuts and butter!
13. Uruş Kapama
Uruş kapama is a dish made on special occasions such as weddings. After putting ingredients such as lamb meat, onion and garlic into a cube, it is placed upside down on the tray to be cooked, and the ingredients in the cube are left to cook. We are sure that you will not easily forget this long-cooked dish!
14. Toyga Soup
Toyga / Toğga soup, which can also be found in regions such as Osmaniye, contains wheat, chickpeas, bulgur, yoghurt and fresh mint. Don't forget to taste this soup while you are in Ankara!