Çılbır

Also Cilbir, Turkish eggs

Poached eggs on garlicky yoghurt, with butter foamed with red pepper poured over the top.

What makes it çılbır

Soft poached eggs.
Thick yoghurt beaten with garlic, at room temperature.
Butter foamed with pul biber or Aleppo pepper, poured over.

Where it comes from

An old dish — it's said to go back to the Ottoman palace kitchens — and a simple one: warm eggs, cool yoghurt, hot butter. It has found a second life abroad as a brunch dish, under the name Turkish eggs.

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