Kebab Heaven

Doner Kebabs

There are many different variations on the kebab dish. The most popular types of kebab in the UK are the Doner Kebab and the Shish Kebab.

Below you can read about the various types of kebab dish and how they are cooked.

Doner Kebab
A Doner Kebab is usually made of lamb or chicken which is slowly roasted on a vertical rotating spit. The name Doner Kebab translates as “Turning Roast” and similar dishes include Gyros, Shawarma and Taco al Pastor.

Usually a Doner Kebab is served in pita bread and accompanied with salad. In the UK the Doner Kebab is commonly eaten after a night out and are mostly purchased from late opening takeaway restaurants.

Shish Kebab
A Shish Kebab consists of cubed meat placed onto a skewer which is then either grilled or roasted. Any type of meat can be used and often fruit or vegetables are also placed on the skewer.

Shish Kebab is a Turkish word and translates as “Skewered Grilled Meat”. In Greece and Turkey a Shish Kebab is known as Souvlaki. The dish is thought to have been invented by Medievel Turkic Soldiers who used their swords as a skewer and cooked the meat over an open fire.

Kofte Kebab

Kofte Kebab
Kofte Kebabs are especially popular in Turkey where there are many variations of the dish including ?slama köfte, çi? köfte, and kad?nbudu köfte. They are made of Kofte, minced lamb balls with herbs which are grilled on a skewer and generally served with plain rice and salad.

Iskender Kebap
The Iskender Kebap is a similar to a Doner Kebab and is made from thinly sliced grilled lamb or beef which is basted with tomato sauce, covered with melted butter and yoghurt and served on a pitta bread.

The dish is named after its creator – ?skender Efendi who lived in Bursa in the late 1800’s. This variety of kebab was the first ever vertically cooked and tends to contain less fat than a Doner Kebab.

Kalmi Kebab

Kalmi Kebab
The Kalmi Kebab is an Indian snack made through marinating chicken drumsticks and putting them in a tandoor. Assorted spices are mixed with yoghurt to marinade the chicken and once prepared the dish is usually served with onions and Indian bread.

Chelow Kebab
The Chelow Kebab is the national dish of Iran. Typically it consists of saffroned basmati or Persian rice (chelow) and one of the various Persian kabab varieties.