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4 HEALTH AND LABORATORY MAGAZINE

WINTER TASTES

OF TURKEY

Winter is near so we a street vendor roasting dessert. Most of the coffee of drinking boza, pay a I’ve already mentioned
thought it would be nice chestnuts. The look and and teashops offer salep in visit to the historical “Vefa that it’s typical to consume
to introduce some of the the smell of it catches you winter season, so it’s easy Bozacısı” This charming them with Boza, but leblebi
delicacies you might come so that it is hard to resist to find on a cold winter day. café was established in (roasted chickpeas) are in
across in Istanbul during not indulging in some. This It is produced from tubers 1876 and has become an themself a winter delicacy.
the year’s coldest months. winter delicacy is also high of wild orchids and helps to iconic destination to con- Many stores roast chick-
Some can be found on in fibers and has a low gly- fight coughs and uneasi- sume the traditional drink. peas in daytime so that
any busy street, whereas cemic index which means ness of the stomach. To really drink it like a local, you can go and buy some
others need to be pursued that as well as being tasty, enjoy with leblebi (roasted warm, freshly-roasted
into a restaurant.. These chestnuts are actually BOZA chickpeas) and cinnamon chickpeas on your way
tastes are so much a part healthy snack option. You sprinkled on top. Another home. Leblebi are low on
of Turkish culture, that they can find a lot of chestnuts good reason to drink boza fat and high in healthy
don’t just fill our stomach, vendors on the ever busy is its nutritional qualities. carbohydrates, so good
but also shape our winter Istiklal Avenue in Beyoğlu. It contains lactic acid that to consume. You can taste
experience too. few foods contain. It is also freshly-roasted leblebi
SALEP a rich source of vitamin A, in Mısır Çarşısı (the Spice
KESTANE (CHESTNUTS) B and E and highly rec- Bazaar), somewhere you
ommended for pregnant might have already includ-
women to consume. ed it in your tour plan.

LEBLEBI TURŞU (PICKLES)
Boza is a famous Ottoman (ROASTED CHICKPEAS)
drink that has a cultural
history dating back to
17th century. In cold winter
nights, Boza sellers used
to go around in neigh-
Salep is a Turkish drink that borhoods with a gallon of
Chestnuts are perhaps the is only consumed in winter. Boza on their back calling
most symbolic streetfood It warms you up and gives with a certain rhythm
that is associated with you a unique taste com- “Booooo- Zaaaaa” a
winter. During your travels bined with cinnamon on practice that continues in
in Istanbul, it is inevitable top. It is quite filling, so it’s some parts of the city. For Pickles mainly help us to
that you will come across best not to drink it with a a truly unique experience preserve our vegetables