What is the 'beğendi' part of hünkâr beğendi?

A purée of fire-roasted aubergine with kashar cheese

In the traditional (meat) version of çiğ köfte, how is the meat cooked?

It is not cooked; kneading counts as 'cooking' it

What is classically poured over mantı?

Garlic yoghurt and sizzling oil with tomato paste

Turkish cuisine quiz: how many dishes do you know?

From hünkâr beğendi to şırdan... How deep is your knowledge of the table? In 10 questions we measure your kitchen culture.

10 questions · 3 min

Turkish cuisine is not a list, it is a geography: Bursa's İskender, Adana's şırdan, the Black Sea's kuymak, Hatay's künefe... Every dish has a hometown and every hometown has a claim.

This quiz measures your knowledge of the table: 10 questions, from the classics to the regional ones. Everybody likes eating; we are looking at who knows how much.

What the result tells you

Depending on how many you get right, we tell you your kitchen level — from the one who never strays from the menu to the master we would hand the ladle to. The quiz is just for fun; it is no substitute for a cookery diploma, but it earns you respect at the table.

If your score comes out low, do not be sad: hundreds of recipes are waiting for you in our recipes section. If it comes out high, write in the comments which question gave you trouble — arguing about it is half the quiz.