Testi Kebab

When it comes to Testi Kebab, Dibek Restaurant comes first to our mind. Dibek restaurant is one of these restaurants that receive pre-orders to prepare this magnificent pottery kebab in advance for the customers. It is one of the famous restaurants in the region located in Göreme village. The restaurant has a unique and traditional atmosphere. Once your Testi Kebab (pottery kebab) is ready, it is brought to you in a special red clay pot with a mini hammer to crack and open your pot. By using the mini hammer, the waiter cracks and opens your pot and pours the delicious kebab onto your plate.  To make Testi Kebab, you don’t need many ingredients. It is made with lamb cubes, shallot onions, tomatoes, garlic, long green pepper, black pepper, butter, and tomato paste. Back then, the restaurants were cooking Testi Kebab in large clay pots and served directly on the plates. It was later observed that serving equal amounts to everyone was getting difficult. Hence, Avanos pottery producers started to produce smaller single-serve pots. This also allowed the meat to cook much better. For me, Testi Kebab is the easiest Kebab variety to make. Once the ingredients are placed into the single-serve clay pots, the head part of the pot is sealed off with a piece of aluminum foil and placed the pot vertically in the tandoor oven or charcoal smoker to cook. Some restaurants prefer to seal off the clay pot with dough. After 30 minutes of cooking, a hole emerges in the middle of the aluminum foil to create a pressure-cooker atmosphere inside the pot. The high temperature and pressure inside the clay pot are the secret behind the Testi Kebab (pottery kebab) taste.