DISH RESEARCH · Snack
Diyarbakır Beluh
Also known as: Beluh, Kurdish Lentil Balls
Red lentils and fine bulgur kneaded with an onion-and-pepper-paste sauce.
About Diyarbakır Beluh
Turkey's Kultur Portali records belluh as part of Diyarbakir's traditional kitchen. Red lentils and fine bulgur form the base of this mercimekli kofte rendition.
A cooked onion sauce brings tomato paste, pepper paste and chilli flakes into the mixture. Spring onion, parsley, black pepper and crushed coriander complete the seasoning, with fresh grated tomato offered as an optional addition.
The softened lentil-and-bulgur mixture is kneaded together with the onion sauce and chopped greens. The official account specifies hot service for this regional meze.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Wheat (gluten), Milk.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Diyarbakır Beluh
Kultur Portali's Diyarbakir belluh with lentils, bulgur and pepper paste.
- Red lentilsBase
- Fine kofte bulgurBase
- OnionAromatic
- Spring onionsAromatic
- ParsleyAromatic
- Tomato pasteSeasoning
- Pepper pasteSeasoning
- Fresh grated tomatoBase · Optional
- SaltSeasoning
- Chilli flakesSeasoning
- Black pepperSeasoning
- ButterCooking medium
- Cooking oilCooking mediumIngredient page not linked
- Pounded corianderSeasoning
- WaterLiquid
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Red lentils: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Fine kofte bulgur: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat (gluten) source-confirmed. Actual27 koftelikbulgur, broader bulgur candidate with finegrade preserved, conventional wheat bulgur confirms Wheat.
- Onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Spring onions: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Parsley: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual29 combined row names greenonion AND parsley, not optional or alternative.
- Tomato paste: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Pepper paste: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual31 bibersalcasi, broader redpepperpaste candidate ordinary named Turkish condiment; cultivar/heat/full formula unprovided.
- Fresh grated tomato (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual32 top-listed qualified37 istenirse optional freshgrated tomato.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Chilli flakes: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual32/37 pulbiber, broader pepperflakes candidate, species/heat unprovided.
- Black pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Butter: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Actual33 named butter retained, separate method stage unprovided; not omitted or assumed interchangeable with listedoil.
- Cooking oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual34 siviyag, botanicalidentity unprovided; lentil roast/onion saute37 allocations consolidated.
- Pounded coriander: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual35 dovulmus kisnis, broader coriander candidate; form crushed retained, plantpart not independently narrowed.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual37 explicit hotwater forlentil cook, full allocation retained, no guessed stock.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Turkey
- TürkiyeCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Diyarbakir Cuisine
- Kurdish Cuisine in TürkiyeCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.