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.

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