Description
Kayseri Yağlaması is a traditional Turkish layered flatbread dish from Kayseri, featuring homemade soft lavash bread layered with a rich, savory spiced ground meat filling. This comfort food combines tender paper-thin bread with aromatic vegetables and meat, served with yogurt and fresh parsley.
Ingredients
Scale
- 500g all-purpose flour (4 full water glasses, plus extra ½ glass for kneading)
- 400ml warm milk (2 water glasses)
- 1 teaspoon salt (12g)
- 500g ground meat
- 1 tea glass of water (for initial cooking)
- 3 water glasses of water (added later)
- 2 medium onions
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 red bell pepper
- 2 green peppers
- 1 tablespoon red pepper paste
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 1 large grated tomato
- 1 tea glass vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon butter
- Black pepper and salt to taste
- Yogurt for serving
- Fresh parsley for serving
Instructions
- Combine 4 glasses of flour with 2 glasses of warm milk in a mixing bowl, add salt and knead until soft dough forms.
- Transfer dough to work surface and gradually add ½ glass flour until smooth and manageable.
- Divide dough into 15 equal portions and shape into tight, smooth balls.
- Roll each ball into 28×28 cm squares, dusting with flour as needed.
- Cook each lavash in a 30×30 cm pan on high heat, flipping 3 times total when bubbles form, until puffed and cooked.
- Keep cooked lavash wrapped in clean cloth while warm.
- Cook ground meat with 1 tea glass water, stirring constantly to prevent clumping.
- Add chopped onions, garlic, and peppers to meat, cook until tender.
- Stir in red pepper paste and tomato paste, cook until fragrant.
- Add grated tomato, remaining 3 glasses water, salt and black pepper, simmer until proper consistency.
- Layer 10 pieces of lavash with meat filling to create the yağlama.
- Serve with yogurt and fresh parsley.
Notes
- Water glass measurement equals 200ml
- Dough will be very soft initially – this is normal and necessary
- Ensure ball bottoms are completely smooth for even rolling
- Cook lavash at just below highest heat for best results
- Keep cooked lavash covered to prevent drying since there’s no yeast
- Press puffed areas during cooking to ensure even browning
- Cooking meat with water first prevents clumping
- Recipe uses about 10 lavash pieces for assembly
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 portion (1/8 of recipe)
- Calories: 420
- Sugar: 8g
- Sodium: 580mg
- Fat: 18g
- Saturated Fat: 7g
- Unsaturated Fat: 11g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 45g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 22g
- Cholesterol: 65mg
Keywords: Kayseri Yağlaması, Turkish flatbread, layered bread, Turkish lavash, homemade Turkish bread, Turkish meat flatbread, traditional Turkish dish, Kayseri recipe