Hunkar Begendi | Akis Petretzikis

A traditional Turkish recipe, perfect for meat lovers. Hunkar begendi, translated as "sultan's delight", is a complete dish with melt-in-your-mouth beef and eggplant puree. Make it and fall in love with it!

Chef: Akis Petretzikis
Director: Leonidas Pelivanidis
Production: Akis Petretzikis Ltd.

Video Editor: Mihalis Barbaris
Featured Partners: Mary-Rose Andrianopoulou, Katerina Vasilakopoulou, Markos Papakonstantinou, Anna-Maria Volanaki, Aggelos Sofoglou, Giannis Borompokas, Maria Xypolia, Martha Angelopoulou, George Athanassiadis, Valia Athanasopoulou

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[seherburada]

Hünkar Beğendi is a very old traditional Turkish dish. The sultan orderes his chefs to create a special dish for his special guests .After tasting many of the dishes that his chefs prepared, this new creation quickly becomes the Sultan's favorite. ‘Hünkar beğendi’ (‘The sultan liked it’) was thus named and served to the Empress.
Thanks for sharing this recipe with us dear greek friend.

[KaZe]

Thanks for sharing this recipe. It's very very tasty ☺️ 🇹🇷🇬🇷🇹🇷🇬🇷🇹🇷🇬🇷

[catthepat]

Akis .... thank you for sharing dishes which are common in Greece and Turkey.... both countries have a common past und culture ... we should be proud together ❤ 👏 💜 💕

[sarelpretorius]

I can just sit and listen to Akis talking the whole day. He is like one of those friends that keeps you company in the kitchen. He just makes a person smile everytime😊

[elenapavare]

I'm cooking that today, I hope my turkish husband will like that 🥰 thank you so much for such amazing recipe and making that look so simple 🙏🩷

[markchapman]

Thank you for introducing a Turkish recipe from your popular channel!

[hellodarling]

This is amazing, thanks for sharing! 😃
Greetings from Serbia! 🇷🇸❤️🇬🇷

[davebillnitzer]

I've made several of Akis' recipes over the years - schnitzel, gigantes, granola, olive oil cake, tzatziki and more and they've all been great - tasty and easy, but I've never commented on them until now. I don't have a gas stove so I used an air fryer to cook the eggplant but everything else just the way he says. I am going to try it with lamb next time. This has to be the BEST thing I've ever tasted !!!

[esmaerdem]

You really cooked the meat perfectly Akis, and my grandma cooks this dish very tasty, love from İstanbul

[richarajesh]

Fantastic as always! Please show more classic Turkish and Greek recipes. Also a few popular African dishes as it is still unexplored in global popularity but surely they must be good, we have eaten a few like Moroccan meat balls, Dorro wot.

[briannabrittany]

I've made this twice now, and Akis' face at 12:05 is exactly right. That eggplant puree is AMAZING and people WILL go crazy for it.

[ildaelezi]

You are the best Akis I done for new year the Melzanosalad from you, absolutely very tasty 😋 all my guests loved that, thank you Akis for sharing those nice recipes with us 😊

[Arcadia]

I'm definitely saving this recipe to try it out soon. The combination looks very interesting and something quite new for me. I love trying out different cuisines.

[sivrej]

This Turkish recipe looks yummy and the way you cooked and presented it is so inviting...thank you Akis for all your recipes especially with your greek and Meditteranean recipes they look good and healthy. You're one great chef vlogger.

[sinepari]

I had a friend with a Turkish wife.. oh my .. wonderful dishes.

[kiriap]

This looks very nice, and something you can make in advance which is always great, thank you for sharing the recipe and it is something 😍

[teniyalcin]

Thank you neighbour for making this dish so close to the original. Lots of love from Milano, I will prepare this dish to my Italian guests❤️

[charlesdarnay]

I made this tonight and it is AMAZING. I never would have thought of cumin and cinnamon together but wow, is that good. Along with the cheesy bechamel sauce! Guys, you have to try this.

[krn]

I had this dish in Istanbul, but with lamb shanks. Amazing!

[muratsahin]

eventhough I follow your channel I missed this part 🙁. However thank you for this recipe. Many loves from Turkey you are simply the best 🥰🥰🥰👋👋👋