Meaning of cig kofte | Babel Free

Definitions

An Anatolian dish made from raw ground meat (often lamb or beef), bulgur, onion, tomato paste, hot red pepper paste, and urfa biber, wrapped in lettuce.

Examples

“They specialise in dishes from the Gaziantep region in south-east Turkey synonymous with kebabs. Our favourite is cig kofte, Turkey's answer to steak tartare (lamb kneaded with spice and herbs).”

“We used to go to Turkey every second year to visit our relatives and many of my memories of Gaziantep are based around food. Stuffed dolma, eggplant kebap, onion kebap, lahmacun, yuvalama, cig kofte, baklava, kunefe and much more.”

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