A luxurious Iskender kebab, Bursa-style! Thinly sliced kebab meat over pita bread, drizzled with hot tomato sauce and melted butter, and served with yogurt. Turkish comfort food at a sultan's level.
🧂 Ingredients
🍽️ Servings: 3
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- 400g beef sirloin, thinly sliced (or you can use shawarma meat)
- 3 sheets pita bread, cut into squares
- 200g plain yogurt
- Tomato sauce: 400g canned or fresh tomatoes, blended
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 clove garlic, minced
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 tsp paprika powder
- to taste Salt and pepper
- Meat seasoning: 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1/2 tsp chili flakes
- to taste Salt and pepper
- Finishing: 50g butter
- Paprika powder, for sprinkling
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👩🍳 Instructions
- 1 Tomato sauce: heat the olive oil, sauté the garlic, add the blended tomatoes and tomato paste, season with paprika, salt, and pepper, and cook for 15 minutes until thickened
- 2 Meat seasoning: marinate the sliced meat with olive oil, cumin, paprika, chili flakes, salt, and pepper
- 3 Heat a grill pan over high heat and grill the meat for 2-3 minutes per side until charred
- 4 Slice the meat thinly
- 5 Cut the pita bread into squares and toast briefly in the oven or a pan
- 6 Plating: arrange the pita bread on a serving plate
- 7 Pour the hot tomato sauce over the bread
- 8 Arrange the sliced meat on top
- 9 Pour more tomato sauce over the top
- 10 Melt the butter until it's foamy and slightly browned
- 11 Drizzle the hot butter over the meat
- 12 Place the yogurt on the side and sprinkle with paprika
- 13 Serve immediately while hot
💡 Tips
• The butter needs to be foamy (browned butter) so it has that nutty, luxurious aroma
• The tomato sauce must be hot when poured so it soaks into the bread
• This dish should be eaten right away — it's not as good once it's cold
📊 Nutrition Facts / serving
520
Calories (kcal)
32g
Protein
30g
Fat
28g
Carbs
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