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Lakerda

Traditional dish from Türkiye

Must Try Street Food

About Lakerda

Turkish style salted fish (bonito)

Lakerda is a pickled bonito dish eaten as a mezze in the Balkans and Middle East. Lakerda made from one-year-old bonito migrating through the Bosphorus is especially prized.

Key Ingredients

  • fish as food

Dietary Information

✓ Popular street food
✓ Must-try when visiting Türkiye
Traditional Türkiye cuisine

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