Plate of poached eggs in yogurt with red-pepper butter and slices of bread.

Cilbir

Turkey · Middle East and North Africa

Short description
This egg-and-yogurt dish contrasts cool tangy yogurt with hot spiced butter.
Ingredients
Eggs, strained yogurt, garlic, butter, red pepper flakes or Aleppo pepper, salt, and bread.
Cultural note
It is often eaten with bread so the yolk, yogurt, and peppery butter can be scooped together.
Common misconception
The yogurt is not a side sauce; it is the base that holds the eggs and butter.

image credit

Çılbır - Cafe Rust 2025-03-31.jpg

creator:
Andy Li
license:
CC0 1.0
modified:
Copied from Wikimedia Commons, center-cropped/resized, and re-encoded as a local JPEG for Gochizu review; no dish content edits.

audio credit

voice:
marin (gpt-4o-mini-tts)
source:
OpenAI API Text to Speech
modified:
AI-generated voice audio.