Turli Tava

Turli tava (vegetable and meat stew) has its name origin in Turkish words turli (türlü in modern Turkish) meaning mixed and tava, a pottery dish. It is a common main course dish for Macedonia and the rest of the southern Balkans. Turli tava is made out of potatoes, rice, okra, eggplant, carrots, peppers, pork, beef or lamb. All these ingredients are mixed and baked in an oven in a traditional pottery dish (tava).

Cuisine of Macedonia

Foods	Breads Pogača (погача) Gjevrek (ѓеврек) Kifla (кифла) Pita (пита) Appetitizers Meze (мезе) Ajvar (ајвар) Jogurt (јогурт) Kashkaval (кашкавал) Kiselo mleko (кисело млеко)

Dishes	Tavče-Gravče (тавче-гравче) Turli Tava (турли тава) Ajvar (ајвар) Macedonian Kjebap (ќебап) Pita (пита) Burek (бурек) Malidzano (малиџано) Pindzur (пинџур) Popara (попара) Pastrmajlija (пастрмајлија) Pleskavica (плескавица) Kačamak (качамак) Zelnik (зелник) and Maznik (мазник) Selsko meso (селско месо) Širden (ширден)

Desserts	Kadaif (кадаиф) Honey (мед) Tulumba (тулумба) Palačinki (палачинки) Kompot (компот) Lokum (локум)

Wines	Macedonian wine (main article) Vranec (вранец) Kratošija (кратошија) Stanušina Crna (станушина црна) Smederevka (смедеревка) Savagnin (траминец) Tamjanika (тамјаника)

Beverages	Beer (пиво) Boza (боза) Mineral water (кисела вода) Jogurt (јогурт) Salep (салеп) Mastika (мастика)

See also	Balkan cuisine Middle Eastern cuisine Mediterranean cuisine Ottoman cuisine

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