Hackberry Leaves Yogurt

Widespread in the Mediterranean climate, pistacia terebinthus consists of fresh shoots of hackberry tree, also known as mastic tree. Hackberry Leaves Yogurt, one of the cold flavors unique to Denizli, is served by boiling hackberry leaves and vine leaves and pouring garlic yogurt. The leeks and dill are roasted in butter and added to the hackberry leaves and the vine leaves, and cooked over low heat with the addition of bulgur. After it cools down, garlic yogurt is poured over it. In order to make it both more delicious and look nicer, chili peppers roasted in butter and fried dried peppers are added on top. Hackberry leaves yogurt, a delicious and light meal, is among the special tastes that must be tasted in Denizli.