İnegöl köfte are grilled
meatballs (''köfte'') specific to
İnegöl
İnegöl (known as , ''Angelokomis'' in the Byzantine period) is a municipality and district of Bursa Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,118 km2, and its population is 302.251 (2024). İnegöl is one of the centers of the Turkish furniture indus ...
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Bursa
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Turkey
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History
The dish was invented by one Mustafa Efendi, who was born in 1842 in
Pazarcık
Pazarcık () is a municipality and district of Kahramanmaraş Province, Turkey. Its area is 1,253 km2, and its population is 70,173 (2022). It is in the southeastern part of the province. The cement plant is a major source of greenhouse ga ...
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Ottoman Bulgaria
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emigrated
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to İnegöl in 1892. In 1893, he began selling meatballs in his shop at the bazaar on the Ankara-Bursa road. These proved popular and the family-run shop is still in business till the present day.
Besler Köfte 1893.
100 Tarihi Lokanta (in Turkish). Retrieved 28 March 2021
Preparation
Kneaded in a round shape, the meatballs are usually cooked on a grill. The fame of İnegöl meatballs has spread throughout Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...
. Production of İnegöl meatballs started in the 1930s and quickly spread all over the country. The most important feature of Inegol meatballs is that no seasoning is used other than salt. Each meatball is between 12 and 15 grams and round, though some places make them flat as well. İnegöl meatballs can consist of veal, lamb, salt, sodium-bicarbonate and onion mixture in specific proportions. Prepared meatballs are refrigerated for 2–3 hours, then they are ready to be cooked.
See also
* Akçaabat meatballs
* Islama köfte
Islama köfte is a traditional dish originated in Adapazarı, the capital of Sakarya Province in Turkey.
They are served with bread slices and unfermented grape juice on the side. The sliced bread is dipped in meat broth and grilled along with the ...
* Ćevapi
Ćevapi (, ) or ćevapčići (formal: diminutive; , ) is a grilled dish of minced meat found traditionally in the countries of southeast Europe (the Balkans). It is considered a national dish of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia, with Bosnia and ...
* List of meatball dishes
A meatball is ground or minced meat rolled into a small ball, sometimes along with other ingredients, such as bread crumbs, minced onion, eggs, butter, and seasoning. Meatballs are cooked by frying, baking, steaming, or braising in sauce. There ...
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