Dishes you should try in Nevşehir Central District: Nevşehir Testi Kebabı (lamb cooked in a clay jug), Mantı and Arabaşı Çorbası (chicken and flour soup). This guide also covers the local products to buy and what Nevşehir Central District is famous for.
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Prepared by placing lamb, vegetables and spices in a clay jug, sealing the mouth with dough and baking it in the oven. The jug is broken open at the table when served. It is the signature flavour of Cappadocia.
Nevşehir mantısı is prepared by boiling small hand-rolled dough pieces filled with minced meat. Served with a garlic yoghurt and butter-chilli sauce.
A thick soup made from chicken broth, flour and butter, the traditional winter dish of Nevşehir.
Nevşehir takes its name from Damat İbrahim Paşa, an 18th-century Ottoman grand vizier. The pasha rebuilt his birthplace, Muşkara village, as 'Nevşehir' (New City), and became one of the most important statesmen of the Tulip Era.
Nevşehir is the administrative centre of Cappadocia, which is on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Fairy chimneys, underground cities and rock churches bear the traces of thousands of years of human settlement.
Nevşehir Central District is known for 3 local dishes, above all Nevşehir Testi Kebabı (lamb cooked in a clay jug), Mantı and Arabaşı Çorbası (chicken and flour soup). Prepared by placing lamb, vegetables and spices in a clay jug, sealing the mouth with dough and baking it in the oven. The jug is broken open at the table when served. It is the signature flavour of Cappadocia.
Nevşehir Central District is known for Nevşehir Testi Kebabı (lamb cooked in a clay jug), Kapadokya Şarabı (Cappadocia wine) and Tulip Era and Damat İbrahim Paşa. Its best-known sights include Nevşehir Castle and Damat İbrahim Paşa Complex.
Local products and souvenirs to buy in Nevşehir Central District include Kapadokya Şarabı (Cappadocia wine) and Nevşehir Kabak Tatlısı (pumpkin dessert).