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Iskender kebap is a signature dish of Turkey; we have verified places to eat it in Istanbul. Thinly sliced lamb döner served over chopped pide bread, with melted butter, hot tomato sauce and a side of yogurt. Start with where to eat Iskender kebap in Istanbul.
Thinly sliced lamb döner served over chopped pide bread, with melted butter, hot tomato sauce and a side of yogurt. Bursa's dish, eaten everywhere in Istanbul.
Iskender Efendi invented the dish in Bursa in the 1860s by setting the spit vertical instead of horizontal, so the meat fat dripped over the lamb instead of into the fire. The recipe travelled to Istanbul with Bursa migrants in the early 20th century; today Develi in Samatya and most major Istanbul kebab houses serve their own version.
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