Kebab with Yoghurt (Yoğurtlu Kebap)

Yoğurtlu kebap is grilled kebab served over pieces of bread, covered with garlic yoghurt and finished at the table with hot butter, often coloured red with pepper flakes. The kebab itself is usually Adana-style minced lamb or cubed şiş, so the name describes a way of serving rather than a single meat. It sits in a well-known family of Turkish plates: İskender from Bursa puts döner on pide with tomato sauce and butter, Ali Nazik from Gaziantep lays meat on smoky aubergine mixed with yoghurt, and beyti is often wrapped in lavaş and sliced over yoghurt. Yoğurtlu kebap is the plainest of these, and the one where the yoghurt does most of the work.