Are Turkish and Indian food similar?

Both Turkish cuisine and North Indian cuisine borrow ingredients from Greek, Central Asian and Middle Eastern cuisine. While cooking, both love to use herbs, yogurt, onion, tomato, pepper, cumin, coriander and many other. Though their cooking techniques are not the same.... read more

Turkish kebab, Turkish pizza or Dürüm are to some extent similar to the rolls available in North Indian cuisines. Turkish Cacık is like the Raita in Indian cuisine. Turkish köpoğlu or Şakşuka is similar to Indian Eggplant curry. Turkish Köfte is similar to Indian Koftas. read more

Ambassador of Turkey to India, Skir Ozkan Torunlar, who inaugurated the ‘Turkish Cullinary Delights’, an on-going Turkish food festival at Hyatt Regency Gurgaon in association with Turkish Airlines, shared the various initiatives being taken to make the native dishes popular amongst Indians. read more

Turkish cuisine, for the most part, is Ottoman cuisine. The Ottoman Empire at its height was vast and diverse and encompassed much of what we call the Middle East and the Balkans. The Ottomans both absorbed the cooking techniques of their subject nations and spread their techniques outward. read more