Çiğ köfte
Turkey · Middle East and North Africa
- Short description
- This bulgur preparation is kneaded until dense and shaped into small ridged patties.
- Ingredients
- Fine bulgur kneaded with pepper paste, tomato paste, onion, garlic, parsley, cumin, isot pepper, and lettuce.
- Cultural note
- Modern street-food versions are often meatless, while older regional versions may include raw meat.
- Common misconception
- The current snack-counter version is often vegan or vegetarian, despite the name's older raw-meat association.
image credit
Cig Kofte from Develi on the Asian Side
- creator:
- leyla.a
- source:
- Flickr
- license:
- CC BY-SA 2.0
- modified:
- Downloaded from the source image and saved for local review; no content edits.
audio credit
- voice:
- marin (gpt-4o-mini-tts)
- source:
- OpenAI API Text to Speech
- license:
- OpenAI API generated audio
- modified:
- AI-generated voice audio.