HISTORY OF ETLIEKMEK

60 or 70 years ago in the market field of Konya there were a few of restaurant and lots of kebab makers. These kebab makers were coming together the place that we call today “kebapçılar içi” (kebab makers’ place). People working in bazaar were eating some kinds of special kebabs from kebab makers instead of restaurants. Because they knew that they could eat what restaurants were cooking at their own homes.

Nowadays people often see fast food restaurants where some kind of meatballs can be found however residents of Konya knew etliekmek (a kind of Turkish fast food made from meat and bread cooked in old ovens) for hundreds years.

 Etliekmek was being prepared in kebab markets. Inside fillings and dough were prepared in market and they were shaped by cook and then cooked in suitable places in market.

PREPERATION OF ETLIEKMEK

Ingredients: 180 gr dough, 100 gr mince meat, 100-gr vegetable (40 gr tomatoe, 30 gr onion, 30 gr green pepper)

Preparation: vegetables are sliced into very small size and mixed with 100 gr minced meat. 180 gr dough is rolled out such as yufka (very thin sheet of dough) and then previously made mix is spread on the dough. And then sliced parsley is spread on new formation and finally this new form is placed in oven to cook (in this oven woods are used to burn to cook etliekmek).