Manti appears as a signature dish in 1 Turkey cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Mantı (Turkish dumplings) · Istanbul
Tiny meat-filled dumplings the size of a thumbprint, boiled, served under garlic yogurt and finished with melted butter and Aleppo pepper oil.
Mantı arrived in Anatolia with the Turkic migrations from Central Asia and became a Kayseri specialty by the 15th century. Istanbul homes still measure cooks by whether their mantı is small enough that 40 fit on a spoon; restaurants serve a looser, larger version.
Where to eat in Istanbul:
- Çiya Sofrası
- Yeni Lokanta