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Shish kebab is an English rendering of Turkish: şiş (sword or skewer) and kebap (roasted meat dish), that dates from around the beginning of the 20th century. [7] [8] According to the Oxford English Dictionary, its earliest known publication in English is in the 1914 novel Our Mr. Wrenn by Sinclair Lewis.
There are two etymologies suggested for Shish Kabob in the Persian dictionary of Dehkhoda: Shish being the Persian word "Shish" for the number 6, which refers to the original six pieces of meat of a standard Kabob skewer, or "Shish" being driven from Late Middle Persian "Sich" meaning a skewer.
Name Image Description Chuanr: Uyghur: Kewap, Chinese: 串儿 Chuanr or 羊肉串 Yangrouchuan — The most popular Xinjiang dish in China: chunks of mutton or mutton fat pierced on metal (or wood or bamboo) skewers, grilled on a coal-fired barbecue, and served with cumin and chili paste.
Shish taouk or shish tawook [1] (Arabic: شيش طاووق; Turkish: tavuk şiş [2] [3]) is a traditional marinated chicken shish kebab of Ottoman cuisine that later became part of Middle Eastern cuisine.
Shashlik, or shashlyck (Russian: шашлык shashlyk pronunciation ⓘ), is a dish of skewered and grilled cubes of meat, similar to or synonymous with shish kebab.It is known traditionally by various other names in the Caucasus, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, [1] [2] and from the 19th century became popular as shashlik across much of the Russian Empire and nowadays in former Soviet Union ...
Shish kofta before being grilled. Shish kofta (şiş köfte) [1] [2] [3] is a type of kebab-style kofta dish in Turkish cuisine.. The dish consists of minced lamb, mutton, veal or beef, or a mixture of these meats mixed with herbs, often including parsley and mint, placed on a şiş and grilled.
Wooden skewers. A skewer is a thin metal or wood stick used to hold pieces of food together. [1] The word may sometimes be used as a metonym, to refer to the entire food item served on a skewer, as in "chicken skewers".
From the mythical Mahabharata to the Iranian invasion of Kashmir (which was a part of Gandhara) by Darius in 516 BC, [15] to the Mauryans who established Srinagara to the Kushan Empire to the invasion of Kashmir by Timur in 1398, [16] [17] the culture and cuisine of Kashmiris are linked to South Asia, Persian and Central Asian [18] cuisines mixed with local innovations and availabilities of ...