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Kefir

A tangy, slightly effervescent fermented milk drink made with kefir grains — cauliflower-like living granules of bacteria and yeasts in a polysacchari

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Ayran

Yoghurt let down with water and salted. Turkey’s national drink, and really yoghurt made portable: on the move it both slowed spoilage in heat and rep

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Churn buttermilk

Not to be confused with ordinary ayran — it is a different substance: the liquid left after butter has been churned out of yoghurt. Yoghurt destined f

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Wedding soup

A ceremonial soup cooked in meat broth whose identity is its terbiye: strained yoghurt, egg yolk, flour and lemon juice beaten separately, tempered, a

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Toyga soup

A thicker, more archaic cousin of yayla çorbası: hulled wheat instead of rice, strained yoghurt instead of plain. A hospitality dish made in big pots

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Strained yoghurt

Yoghurt drained in a cloth bag to remove the whey. The base for mezes, and the terbiye of toyga and düğün çorbası.

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Dried yoghurt balls

Skimmed yoghurt or churn buttermilk is strained, kneaded hard with salt, formed into egg-sized balls and sun-dried until rock hard. It rehydrates into

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Çökelek

The curd that precipitates when de-fatted ayran or churn buttermilk is heated. In some regions it is made from whey instead, so çökelek is a product c

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Keş

A hard cheese made from strained yoghurt and put through a ten-day drying. Bolu keş comes in blocks; the related katık keşi is shaped like a spinning

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