Doner kebab
Doner kebab (also spelled döner kebab) (UK: /ˈdɒnər kɪˈbæb/, US: /ˈdoʊnər kɪˈbɑːb/; Turkish: döner or döner kebap [dœˈneɾ ceˈbap]) is a Turkish fast food dish. A Doner can be made from bread, salad, lamb, chicken or beef. It is cooked on a vertical rotisserie then thinly sliced. When bought from kebab shops it usually comes with salad or french fries.
Doners are often eaten as take-away food on the way home after a night out. There are several common ways in which doner kebabs are served.
- Wrapped in pita bread (the most common)
- On pita bread
- Served as a dish of "doner meat" (and maybe chips), typically including salad
- Often preferred to be garnished with a range of sauces such as tomato ketchup, mayonnaise, chili sauce, mint or garlic sauce.
It is a very popular Turkish fast food.[1] The Döner was introduced to the Germans in the 1970s.
In the UK
Kebabs are very much part of the Friday and Saturday night culture in the UK rather than breakfast or lunchtime food. UK doner kebab often uses a different mixture of spices, because immigrants from Cyprus run many of the shops. They may offer doner, shish (lamb and chicken) and kofte kebabs, with a 'special' including some of each with bread and chips.[2]
Doner Kebab Media
Earlier method of horizontal cooking, here used with Cağ kebabı
The earliest known photo of döner, by James Robertson, 1855, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Döner seller at work in Bursa
İskender or "Bursa kebabı"
A plate of döner kebab in Kamppi, Helsinki
A King of Donair outlet in Halifax at Pizza Corner
References
- ↑ Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Germany: Restaurants in Weimar ordered to rename doner kebabs | DW | 27.10.2019". DW.COM. Retrieved 2021-05-23.
- ↑ Welle (yabaaa.com), Duden. "Germany: Döner Kebab | DW | 27.10.2019". Yabaaa.com. Retrieved 2014-05-23.