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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
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
Strained yoghurt
Yoghurt drained in a cloth bag to remove the whey. The base for mezes, and the terbiye of toyga and düğün çorbası.
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
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
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
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
Cold ayran soup
It deserves its own record because the technique is categorically different: nothing is heated. Boiled and cooled chickpeas and wheat are stirred into
Mantı
Tiny dough parcels are boiled, laid over garlic yoghurt and finished with sizzled butter and chilli. Dried mint and sumac come last.