Main / Street food

3 viral, validated main / street food recipes — each tested by a named editor in a real kitchen.

• Turkish · 112 min · Medium

  Lahmacun — Turkish Spiced Flatbread

  Turkey's thin, crackly 'pizza': a paper-thin round of dough spread with a vivid topping of minced lamb, tomato, pepper and parsley, baked blistering hot for minutes. You squeeze over lemon, pile on parsley and onion, and roll it up to eat — a street-food staple from Gaziantep to Istanbul.

• Levantine · 295 min · Easy

  Chicken Shawarma — Levantine Spiced Roast

  The Levant's great spit-roast, made at home: chicken thighs marinated in yogurt, lemon, garlic and a warm spice blend of cumin, coriander, paprika and cinnamon, then roasted and crisped and sliced thin. Tucked into warm flatbread with garlicky toum, pickles and tahini sauce — fast street food with deep flavour.

• Indonesian · 105 min · Easy

  Sate Ayam — Indonesian Chicken Satay

  Indonesia's most famous street snack: bite-size chicken threaded onto skewers, marinated in sweet soy and grilled over hot charcoal until smoky and caramelised, then drowned in a rich peanut sauce. Served with kecap manis, fried shallots and a little rice cake — smoky, sweet, savoury and impossible to stop eating.