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Testi Kebab Recipe
SERVES HOW MANY
for 5 people
PREPARATION TIME
30 minutes
COOKING TIME
1.5 hours

Melda Tengiz, who believes that nutrition is not just the act of eating and focuses on vegetables and fruits in her recipes, wrote for Yemek.com .

There is a line just below the knuckle of the testicle, which is designed especially for testi kebab prepared in Central Anatolia and Cappadocia. Meat cooked in wood ovens with various vegetables is delicious. When we hit the knuckle of the jug with a hammer, the upper part breaks as a mold.

In official invitations, it is traditional for the person who will break the jug to make a promise about something he will do before breaking it.

 
Ingredients for Testi Kebab Recipe
  • 1 kilogram of cubed meat (lamb or medium-fat beef)
  • 500 grams of tomatoes
  • 500 grams shallot
  • 20 garlic cloves
  • 6 medium sized green peppers
  • 250 grams of butter
  • 1 teaspoon of salt
  • 1 teaspoon black pepper

To close the mouth of the jug:

  • 1 piece of bread dough

How to Make Testi Kebab Recipe?

  • Chop the peeled tomatoes and the seeded green peppers into cube-sized pieces.
  • After removing the skins of the shallots and garlic, leave them whole. Mix the vegetables with salt and pepper together with the meat.
  • Place half of the butter on the bottom of the jug that you have washed in plenty of water and drained.
  • Fill the meat and vegetable mixture blended with spices into the jug. Add the butter cut into small pieces on top.
  • Cover the pot with bread dough and let the meat and vegetables cook in their own steam.
  • If you have the chance to cook the dish, which tastes perfect over a wood fire, cook it outdoors with oak coals for 2 hours, or in the oven for about 90 minutes.
  • After the cooking process, place the kebab in the jug that you broke at the neck, onto a serving plate. Share it with your loved ones accompanied by Shepherd's Salad.