Kayseri's famous feast dish: layers of thin yufka bread with a spiced ground beef sauce and garlic yogurt, finished with sizzling pepper butter.
Ingredients
Instructions
- 1
Finely chop the onions and green peppers and grate the tomatoes.
- 2
Heat the sunflower oil in a large skillet and cook the onions over medium heat for 4-5 minutes; add the ground beef and cook for 8-10 minutes until the liquid evaporates.
- 3
Add the green peppers, tomato paste and red pepper paste and stir for 2 minutes; add the grated tomato, black pepper and salt and simmer over low heat for 10 minutes.
- 4
Crush the garlic and whisk it into the yogurt.
- 5
Cut the yufka into rounds about 35 cm across and warm each in a dry pan for 20-30 seconds; fold each sheet into 2-3 layers.
- 6
Place one layer of yufka on a round platter and spread with some meat sauce and yogurt; repeat until all the yufka is used, finishing with sauce and yogurt.
- 7
Melt the butter in a small pan, add the red pepper flakes and, once foaming, pour over the yaglama; cut into wedges and serve right away.
Nutrition
Per serving
| Calories | 637 kcal |
|---|---|
| Protein | 27 g |
| Carbs | 64 g |
| Fat | 31 g |
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