İskender kebap

İskender kebap is one of the best-known dishes of northwestern Turkey. It takes its name from its inventor, İskender Efendi (Master Alexander), who lived in Bursa in the late 19th century Ottoman Empire.

İskender kebab

İskender kebap from Kadıköy, Istanbul
Course	Main dish
Place of origin	Ottoman Empire
Region or state	Bursa
Created by	İskender Efendi
Main ingredients	thinly cut grilled lamb, tomato sauce, pita bread, melted sheep butter and yogurt
Cookbook: İskender kebab   Media: İskender kebab

The dish consists of döner kebab prepared from thinly cut grilled lamb topped with hot tomato sauce over pieces of pita bread and generously slathered with melted sheep butter and yogurt. Tomato sauce and melted butter are generally poured over the dish, at the table.

"Kebapçı İskender" is trademarked by the İskenderoğlu family, who still run the restaurant in Bursa.[1][2] This dish is available in many restaurants throughout the country mostly under the name "İskender kebap", "Bursa kebabı", or at times with an alternative one made up by the serving restaurant such as "Uludağ kebabı".

See also

• List of kebabs

References

1. İskenderoğlu, Yavuz. "Become a brand". Kebapçı İskender. Archived from the original on 2011-05-24. Retrieved 2008-07-27.
2. "Trademark Registration". Kebapçı İskender. Archived from the original on 2011-05-24. Retrieved 2008-08-10.

External links

• Original İskender Restaurant (in Turkish)
• Video - History of Iskender Kebap
• Home Style Iskender Recipe